Director, Business Development Dave Plus

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The Vice President , Dealer Technology is responsible and accountable for delivering F&I technology that is dealer and customer centric, focussing on the user experience. This role will be responsible for managing our various dave® platforms, working with internal and external clients, converting ideas into a final product, managing a solution roadmap in a fast-paced environment with collaborative cross-functional teams and delivering results. This position is conveniently located at Sym-Tech’s Home Office (407 / Leslie - Thornhill, Ontario) and is a hybrid position (currently a minimum 2 days in the office). Sym-Tech has a number of leading edge F&I software platforms, providing powerful Menu, Rating, Contracting, Remittance, Claims, Analytics and Resource Centre applications for Dealers and OEM programs. The Director, Dealer Technology will be the business owner responsible for developing and managing these platforms as well as new and related technologies. A new strategic focus will be on Digital Retailing and how Sym-Tech plays in this space over the next few years.

Position Functions :

• Track U.S. and Canadian market trends and competitive platform offerings; engage with dealers, clients and industry leaders to develop product strategy and direction to ensure that Sym-Tech’s Portal capabilities meet / exceed market needs and dealer, client and customer goals.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to define detailed user experiences and requirements, creating a shared vision for dave® requirements, priorities and product roadmaps.
• Work with business units to business prioritize planned development for the various dave® platforms being used in Canada and the U.S.
• Build and execute the strategy and plan to consolidate our three generations of dave. Oversee the transition of existing dave1® platform to daveplus®. Plan and lead transition of the SSQ Dealer Services non-dave® platform to daveplus®. Work with OEM team re timing for transitioning dave2® platform to daveplus®.
• Work with Darwin Automotive (J.D. Power) on expanding our partnership and Canadianization and launching of additional Darwin functionality in daveplus® (e.g. Service Lane, Marketing Campaigns, D2C) as justified.
• Take a leading role in defining and delivering Sym-Tech, Dealer and OEM business road-maps for “Digital F&I”, including potentially direct OEM / Dealer to Consumer F&I Online; Mobile Applications, Recommendation Engines, AI etc.
• Communicate commitments and any changes to deliverables or timelines to internal and external stakeholders. Consistently manage stakeholder expectations.
• Coordinate go-to-market activities with all functional departments and clients.
• Manage assigned budget. Be accountable for all deliverables being completed on-time, on budget and with quality.
• Be the subject matter expert on dave® platforms and provide support to other areas of the organization as needed.
• Be a key technology spokesperson for Sym-Tech in various industry events, publications and Dealer, Dealer Group and OEM presentations.
• Develop good relationships with other Amynta Warranty Business Units in the U.S., with the objective to share and / or pool or leverage mutual capabilities.
• Additional responsibilities as assigned.

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