Staff Product Manager

At Podium, our mission is to arm every local business with a complete platform and outcome-driven AI employees that convert leads into real, paying customers. Every day, millions of workers use our AI lead conversion and communication platform to help them get more leads and make more money.

Our work and focus on helping local businesses thrive has been recognized across the industry, including Forbes’ Next Billion Dollar Startups, Forbes’ Cloud 100, the Inc. 5000, and Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies.

At Podium, we believe in fostering a culture that thrives on hiring and developing exceptional talent. Our operating principles serve as a compass, guiding daily behavior and decision-making, and ensure we hire people who will thrive at Podium. If you resonate with our operating principles and are energized by our mission, Podium will be a great place for you!

About the company

At Podium, our mission is to arm every local business with a complete platform and outcome-driven AI employees that convert leads into real, paying customers. Over 100,000 local businesses use our AI lead conversion and communication platform to get more leads and make more money. Our work has been recognized by Forbes Cloud 100, Inc. 5000, and Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Companies.

About the team

We build AI agents that automate front office work - texting, calling, emailing, and more. Our conversational agents integrate into the systems that matter and operate in a human-in-the-loop way that works in the real world. We serve businesses across Automotive, Healthcare, Home Services, and Retail. Our formula: build product quickly, talk to customers, repeat.

About the role

We're hiring a Staff Product Manager to own Podium's automotive platform strategy. Auto is one of our most strategic verticals, and you'll define how we expand from our current AI agents into a comprehensive platform that dealers can't live without.

You'll grow existing products while building the next generation platform. This means shipping features that drive near-term growth while architecting the foundation for where we're going long-term. Most automotive software feels like it's from 2005. We're building consumer-grade products that dealers actually want to use.

You'll make decisions that affect Podium's entire platform - not just Auto. You'll establish data architecture and integration patterns that other vertical teams build on, influence our AI agent platform strategy, and shape partnerships that determine how we compete. The market is moving fast. We need to move faster.

This position is based in Lehi, UT. We may offer relocation assistance.

In this role, you will:

• Own Auto platform strategy end-to-end - the systems and infrastructure that make our AI agents more valuable to dealers
• Make company-level decisions - partnerships, data infrastructure, integration strategy that affects how all of Podium builds
• Design platform patterns that scale beyond Auto - data models, system architecture, integration frameworks other teams will use
• Spend significant time on-site with dealers - shadow GSMs and service advisors, watch how they actually work, understand their pain points
• Build the platform layer our AI agents run on - CRM workflows, data consolidation, dealer system integrations that make our agents smarter
• Ship with speed - get features in front of dealers fast, learn from real usage, iterate quickly
• Partner across the company - engineering, AI product teams, partnerships, sales, CX, legal, finance

You might thrive in this role if you:

• High agency - spot problems, fix them, don't wait for permission
• 8-12+ years building technical products that changed company direction
• Deep understanding of AI agents, human-in-the-loop systems, enterprise integrations
• Know when to build platform capabilities vs. vertical-specific features
• Ship fast - learn from dealers, not internal committees
• Obsess over user experience - you believe enterprise software should feel as good as consumer products
• Build products people want to use

What sets you apart:

• Built 0→1 products that scaled
• Data consolidation, platforms, or marketplace experience
• Complex enterprise integrations (CRM, ERP, DMS)
• Code in Python or React
• ML/LLM background
• Startup or founder experience
• Vertical SaaS experience
• Partnership negotiation experience
• Present to execs

Benefits

• Open and transparent culture 
• Life insurance, long and short-term disability coverage
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Fertility Benefits
• Generous vacation time, plus three 4-day summer holiday weekends
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401k Plan with competitive company matching
• Bi-annual swag drops with cool Podium gear and apparel 
• A stellar HQ (Utah) gym with local professional coaches and classes offered
• Onsite HQ (Utah) child care center, subsidized for employees
• Additional benefits for fully remote employees

Podium is an equal opportunity employer. Podium provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, marital status or veteran status