<p><u><b>Director, Product Management (Hollander)/Virtual, US</b></u></p><div><h3>About the Company</h3></div><p><a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/solera">Solera</a> is a global leader in data and software services transforming every touchpoint of the vehicle lifecycle into a connected digital experience. <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/solera">Solera</a> processes over 300 million digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries, supported by 6,500 team members worldwide.</p><p>Hollander, a <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/solera">Solera</a> company, is the leading technology provider for the automotive salvage industry, offering inventory management, parts pricing, and e-commerce solutions to salvage yards and recyclers across North America and international markets.</p><div><h3>Role Purpose &amp; Strategic Context</h3></div><p>This is a dual-mandate leadership role at the intersection of platform modernization and day-to-day product stewardship. The Director, Product Management will lead product strategy and delivery for Hollander’s salvage-industry solutions with two simultaneous imperatives:</p><ul><li>Sustain and continuously improve the legacy products that run customer businesses today, protecting revenue and service continuity.</li><li>Define and execute a single modern global platform to replace multiple aging, at-risk systems across North America and International markets.</li></ul><div><h3>Business &amp; Product Context</h3></div><p>The salvage industry centers on end-of-life and accident vehicles: businesses acquire vehicles, extract usable parts (engine, body panels, mirrors, etc.), and resell through local dealer networks and e-commerce channels.</p><div><h3>Key Responsibilities</h3></div><h3>PLATFORM VISION &amp; TRANSFORMATION</h3><ul><li>Define product vision, target architecture outcomes, and a phased delivery roadmap for a single global platform replacement.</li><li>Champion a “single global product, locally adapted” approach: ensure the platform supports localization (taxes, currencies, time zones, language, region-specific rules) without losing core coherence.</li><li>Partner with Engineering and Data leaders on architecture trade-offs; maintain conceptual fluency in APIs, integrations, and data flows to drive productive technical conversations without acting as solution architect.</li></ul><h3>RUN &amp; TRANSFORM (“TWO-SPEED” PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT)</h3><ul><li>Own the full product portfolio simultaneously: protect and enhance current legacy products while building the next-generation global platform in parallel.</li><li>Define clear prioritization frameworks that balance sustaining existing revenue-generating products with investing in the strategic transformation program.</li><li>Manage scope, sequencing, and customer migration planning — from legacy systems to the new platform — with minimal disruption to active customer operations.</li></ul><h