Senior Manager of Managed Programs, Tekion
$165-215k
Offers equity
End-to-end, AI-native platform for automotive retail
Be an early applicant
End-to-end, AI-native platform for automotive retail
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$165-215k
Offers equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build the world's best business applications in the cloud.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in program or project management
- 3+ years of experience in people management or leading large-scale initiatives
- Bachelor’s degree required; PMP, Agile, or equivalent certifications preferred
- Proven ability to manage complex, cross-functional programs in fast-paced environments
- Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills
- Proficiency in program management tools (e.g., Jira, Asana, Smartsheet, MS Project)
- Experience in SaaS, tech, or enterprise project delivery preferred
What the job involves
- Lead cross-functional programs and manage a team of program and project managers to deliver business-critical initiatives
- Drive alignment across teams, ensure execution against strategic priorities, and scale program delivery practices through operational excellence and leadership.
- Manages the planning and delivery of high-impact programs that span multiple teams or departments
- Leads a team of program/project managers, overseeing their development, execution quality, and career growth
- Collaborates with senior stakeholders to define program goals, timelines, success metrics, and dependencies
- Ensures consistency in program execution by implementing and reinforcing standardized tools and processes
- Tracks and reports on program performance, resource usage, risks, and milestones
- Identifies opportunities for operational improvements across the program portfolio
- Acts as an escalation point for program-level issues and cross-functional blockers.
Our take
Car dealerships suffer from an inefficiency problem. The paperwork and administration required to complete a sale requires dealers to manage a disjointed set of various software applications. Tekion is offering an enticing remedy - a cloud-based automotive retail system that integrates the various software applications in a single infrastructure.
Competition has been strong, with rivals CDK Global and Reynolds & Reynolds offering a competitive raft of features, and benefiting from strong prior relationships with dealerships. Tekion, however, has nevertheless secured customers for the software in 28 states - likely in part due to the efficiency of partnering with a single growing service as opposed to a disparate spread.
This momentum shows no signs of slowing either, as Tekion has attracted attention from major players like CMC, Chrysler and Chevrolet. By streamlining dealership operations into a single platform, the company is proving that even in a crowded market, innovation and simplicity can win. Its recent release of AI agents and an AI interface also shows it is moving with the times.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2024
$200m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Oct 2021
$250m
SERIES D
Total funding: $635.1m
Company benefits
- Silicon Valley Startup Environment
- Stock Options
- Focus on Work/Life Balance
- Recognition Culture
- Health and Wellness
- Unparalleled Career Development
Company HQ
Pleasanton, CA
Leadership
Jay Vijayan
(CEO & Co-Founder)They started their career at Oracle, where they spent over 7 years in Management before spending 4 at VMware. They then worked at Tesla for 4 years, leaving their position as CIO to found Tekion in February 2016.
Guru Sankararaman
(COO & Co-Founder)After working as a Chief Architect at Cisco, they joined Tesla for 4 years. Initially they served as Director of Information Technology and then later became VP of Information Technology. Left this role to co-found Tekion in 2016.
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