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Affinitiv

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501 - 1000 employees

🤝 B2B

Automotive • Software • B2B

Affinitiv is a company focused on providing innovative automotive software solutions to tackle specific dealership challenges and establish strong customer connections. They specialize in customized tools for sales, service, and retention, helping automotive dealers enhance customer retention, sell vehicles faster, improve service scheduling, and optimize digital advertising strategies. Leveraging artificial intelligence and extensive industry expertise, Affinitiv offers a comprehensive suite of services including sales conversion, retention marketing, and management platform solutions, along with dedicated support for dealerships of all sizes.

📋 Description

• Coordinate engineering and operations efforts: • Manage feature requests and write business requirements • Prioritize engineering tasks with internal and OEM stakeholders • Coordinate system updates for new model years, including service plan, VMG and accessory trigger updates • Coordinate national product and major feature launches: • Plan pilots with Account Management Team and delivery departments, including setting objectives and success criteria • Coordinate training for OEM corporate, OEM field and dealers, Affinitiv internal and external field reps, and support reps • Plan rollout with Account Team and delivery departments and set up feedback loop • Responsible for providing internal and OEM reporting: • Account success metrics • Internal executive-level reports on program success metrics • Monthly and/or ad hoc reports to OEM as needed • Coordinate client quarterly business reviews (QBRs) in partnership with Account Management Team • Coordinate client executive business reviews (EBRs) in partnership with Account Management Team • Partner with delivery departments and Account Management Team to document and maintain, as needed, the following: • Release notes (as well as disseminate to various audiences including OEM Corporate, OEM field, dealers, and internal and external field representatives) • Online training materials for dealers, field representatives, and OEM personnel • OEM integrations (e.g. file feeds and APIs) • Program-specific feature/reporting logic and other program-specific considerations • Meeting and schedule management • Schedule internal meetings as well as draft, store, and disseminate notes • Schedule OEM stakeholder meetings as well as draft, store, and disseminate notes • Maintain monthly meeting calendar in partnership with other team members and the Account Management Team • Lead weekly internal cross-department status calls • Contribute to and uphold quality standards at Affinitiv • Complete program review for OEM-specific features to confirm functionality against business requirements where possible • Ensure customer communications either authored or reviewed by Program Manager are professional and positively represent the Company • Escalation support for OEM: • Handle support escalations from OEM and field reps

🎯 Requirements

• 4-year college degree or commensurate experience • 3+ years external client management skills required • Track record of building strong, trusted client relationships preferred • Experience assisting sales teams • Experience managing SaaS client relationships preferred • Understanding and experience with standard SDLC processes and methodologies • Exceptional critical reasoning skills • Moderate or better skills in Excel • Experience with Jira a plus • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Experience analyzing business requirements • Experience writing functional requirements • Ability to work both independently and in a team environment • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences • Must be comfortable presenting to clients and executive leadership teams • Experience in the automotive industry a plus • Experience providing software consulting services a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision and 401K effective day 1 • Generous PTO