Technical Product Manager, Data

Company Overview

Credit Acceptance is proud to be an award‑winning company with local and national workplace recognition in multiple categories! Our world‑class culture is shaped by dedicated Team Members who share a drive to succeed as professionals and together as a company. A great product, amazing people and our stable financial history have made us one of the largest used car finance companies nationally.

Our Engineering and Analytics Team Members utilize the latest technology to develop, monitor, and maintain complex practices that help optimize our success. Our Team Members value being challenged, are encouraged to express their ideas, and have the flexibility to enjoy work life balance. We build intrinsic value by partnering with all functions of our business to support their success and make strategic business decisions.

We focus on professional development and continuous improvement while enjoying a casual work environment and Great Place to Work culture!

The Technical Product Manager (TPM) brings technical expertise, focusing on developing and delivering actionable, scalable, and reliable technology solutions that are in line with current industry standards. They will work closely with all areas of the company to ensure the Data Solution's roadmap is supporting business goals and plugging the team into the work at the right time. The ideal candidate brings over 8+ years of engineering experience with significant depth in reporting solutions, self service, and data insights.

This position serves as both a hands‑on technical leader and a strategic advisor, helping to establish robust, scalable foundations that enable innovation across the organization.

• This position will work from home; occasional planned travel to an assigned Southfield, Michigan office location may be required. However, this position is permitted to work at a Southfield, Michigan office location if requested by the team member
• Champion features and strategies that are scalable across domains and offer high business impact with minimal development
• Define and document happy path diagrams for specific personas and scenarios
• Collaborate with cross functional teams including business partners, Product Managers and designers to define product requirements, direction and clarity
• Drive technical innovation and improvements of the design and architecture of software systems towards leading edge technologies and practices
• Become an expert in all domains to better support the business and align technologies strategies with the business outcomes
• Work with the engineering leadership team to develop and execute on the company's technical and business strategy
• Incorporating and leading with AI strategies and cutting edge best practices
• Perform technical due diligence and architectural assessments of third‑party technologies and solutions
• Experiment and test ideas, validate assumptions against needs, reach conclusions and recommend solutions
• Document standards, best practices, and engineering artifacts so others can easily understand, build and maintain best in class software systems
• Lead continuous learning and process improvement activities to improve design and overall engineering practices
• Grow talent by participating in hiring and mentoring team members

• Customer Empathy:
  Understanding the perspectives, pain points, and experiences of customers to provide a better, more customer‑centric experience.
• Engineering Excellence:
  Bringing great craftsmanship and thought leadership to deliver an outstanding product that delights customers and solves for the business.
• One Team: A collaborative approach across the organization, working seamlessly and communicating openly.
• Owner's Mindset:
  Taking responsibility, accountability, strategic thinking, and proactively managing your domain.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or closely related field of study; or equivalent work experience
• Minimum 8 years of software engineering experience or comparable depth of experience
• Experience driving technically sound data solutions that support business goals
• Strong technical background…