Sales Alliance Sr. Specialist – Salesforce Product Manager

General information

Ref # 18641

Remote? No

Ally and Your Career

Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do – and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people – with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too?

The Opportunity

The Sales Alliance Sr. Specialist – Salesforce Product Manager role will lead the team’s new charter to serve as the business product owner of Ally Auto Finance’s instance of the Salesforce platform. This included developing an overall product roadmap, strategy, and all related business cases for the platform. In addition, this role will be responsible for collaborating with key stakeholders to address key gaps/opportunities.

The Work Itself

Partner with regional sales teams to identify gaps and enhancement opportunities in order to drive incremental sales and operating efficiencies
Manage the intake process and prioritization of all new functionality related to the Auto Finance sales team
Aid in outlining all relevant requirements and leading testing efforts
Understand all unused Salesforce tools/capabilities to determine enhancement opportunities
Serve as the first line of defense for all platform-related escalations and troubleshooting
Document requirements, define scope and objectives and formulate solutions to deliver business strategies to key dates
Work closely with business leaders to provides insight for the development of new strategies, sales processes and automation using Salesforce
Leads and executes independently on enterprise projects using agile project management methodologies
Communicates with matrix partners and stakeholders to communicate findings and raise high risk issues to management

The Skills You Bring

Bachelors degree required; PMP certification is ideal
3 years in auto lending or financial services industry is preferred with a focus on project management
Familiarity with Salesforce is required
Salesforce administration and developer certifications is preferred
Extremely organized with strong time-management skills
Proven experience with leading and managing projects using agile project management methodologies
Advanced knowledge of MS PowerPoint, Excel, and PowerBI.
Ability to filter through large quantities of data and pull out themes and significant trends.
Ability to influence cross-functional business partners
Flexible and adaptive to changing situations.
Strong relationship building skills and experience operating within a matrix organization.
Initiative to discover innovative ways for continuous improvement.
Creative problem solver.

How Well Have Your Back

Allys compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. But Ally’s total compensation – or total rewards – extends beyond your paycheck and is designed to support and enrich your personal and professional life, including:
Time Away: competitive holiday and flexible paid-time-off, including time off for volunteering and voting.
Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan and 529 educational assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, and other financial well-being programs.
Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including dental and vision, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.
Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy, and fertility support as well as parental and caregiver leave, back-up child and adult/elder day care program and childcare discounts.
Work-Life Integration: other benefits including LifeMatters® Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.

Who We Are:

Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on “Doing it Right” and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.

Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.

Where permitted by applicable law, must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by date of hire to be considered, if not currently employed by Ally.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at work@ally.com. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Base Pay Range:

Emerging: 70000

Experienced: 95000

Expert: 120000

Incentive Compensation: This position is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan