About the role

We are looking for a Technical Product Manager (d/f/m) to join our Dealer Product Team organisation. In this role, you will take ownership of our central Vehicle Data API —a complex, business-critical platform capability that powers key experiences and processes across mobile.de.

You’ll work cross-functionally with engineering, design, business development, marketing, and sales to increase dealer and mobile.de business value—by ensuring our vehicle data is reliable, scalable, and easy to consume for internal and external stakeholders.

This is a role for someone who’s comfortable owning a technical product that isn’t directly customer-facing , but forms the foundation for many customer-facing products.

What you’ll do

• Own and evolve the vehicle taxonomy and attribute coverage (make/model/trim/options).

• Define and enforce data quality foundations for listing creation , including validation rules and quality thresholds.

• Lead external vehicle data partnerships : requirements, data exchange specs, and contract/vendor management.

• Partner with engineering on data ingestion pipelines , validation routines, and operational quality controls.

• Evaluate AI/ML opportunities for automation of data enrichment

• Lead and empower a team of ~6 developers by providing direction, context, prioritization, and clarity.

• Take technical product ownership of ~40 artefacts that touch the core of the mobile.de platform (e.g., APIs, schemas, data contracts, tooling, documentation, and supporting components).

• Translate business needs into technical roadmaps , maintain a clean backlog, and ensure reliable quarterly deliverables .

• Align and communicate across departments —ensuring shared understanding of priorities, constraints, dependencies, and trade-offs.

• Manage a broad stakeholder set by translating complex technical topics into clear, decision-ready language and translating business goals into actionable engineering work.

• Help shape the vision and roadmap for Vehicle Data – both product-wise and tech-wise —including modernization, scalability, reliability, and usability improvements.

What you’ll bring

• Solid experience as a Technical Product Manager in a platform, infrastructure, or API-heavy environment.

• Strong analytical skills—comfortable working with large datasets

• Experience with B2B / API products involving external vendors/partners and negotiating requirements or data contracts.

• Understanding of data integration patterns (REST APIs, batch imports, validation/quality checks).

• Strong ability to work with engineering teams on technical concepts such as APIs, service boundaries, data models, reliability, and operational excellence.

• Ability to create clarity in ambiguity: crisp problem framing, prioritisation, and decision-making under constraints.

• Strong communication skills—able to simplify complex technical topics without losing accuracy.

• Experience translating business goals into roadmaps , execution plans, and outcome-oriented delivery.

Nice to have

• Experience working with REST APIs and API lifecycle management (contracts, versioning, documentation, backwards compatibility, consumer-driven changes).

• Passion for automotive—or genuine curiosity and willingness to learn. Vehicle data is at the heart of what we do, and it helps if you enjoy the domain.

• Our business language is english, confidence in speaking german is a plus

• Nice-to-have: familiarity with VIN decoding and/or providers like DAT/JATO; experience applying AI/ML to enrichment/classification; background in marketplaces/automotive retail.

Additional information

• Recharge with 28 days of paid time off.
• Stay mobile with a €50 monthly transportation/mobility allowance.
• Keep growing with a development budget and access to coaching.
• Family first - enjoy up to 12 (non-birth parent) or 20 (birth parent) weeks of fully paid parental leave.
• Learn anytime, anywhere with our online and offline library.
• Get rewarded with an attractive base salary and participation in our annual incentive plans.
• Work from anywhere - up to 20 days per year from wherever you feel most productive.
• Prioritize your well-being with a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for you and your immediate family.

Company description

Founded in 1996, mobile.de disrupted the status quo of buying and selling cars as the first online vehicle marketplace.

Today, we are Germany’s largest vehicle marketplace with around 1.4 million listed cars, commercial vehicles, motorcycles and e-bikes. Both private customers and more than 40,000 registered vehicle dealers use the platform and benefit from 108 million customer visits per month. As a "one-stop shop”, mobile.de’s offering includes financing and leasing solutions in addition to buying and selling – and we will not stop innovating. If you are driven by an eagerness to learn and a passion for collaboration then we should get to know each other.

mobile.de is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.

If you feel like you don’t meet all of the requirements for this role but are interested, please consider applying anyway. We strongly encourage people from historically excluded groups to apply.

What we offer

Meaningful Work: We are a diverse, international, highly skilled and passionate team committed to a world where people share more and waste less. Every day you will have the opportunity to make a huge difference for our users, customers as well as shape the future.

Embracing AI: We’re at the forefront of integrating cutting-edge AI technologies into our operations. Being part of mobile.de you will work with and learn about AI tools, contributing to projects that leverage AI to enhance efficiency, improve customer experiences, and drive our mission forward. With an AI-first mindset, we foster a culture of continuous learning and experimentation, empowering our team to explore and apply AI in meaningful ways for the company and themselves.

Growth and Development: We are a global organisation who truly believes in growing our people. To support this we offer lots of development and training opportunities and provide a budget for our team members.

Connection and Inclusion: Our culture is the glue that holds us together. We believe in making meaningful connections and creating an inclusive atmosphere with lots of opportunities to connect both in your day to day work and through social team activities (online and offline).