Group Product Manager, Forecourt Experience

Group Product Manager Forecourt ExperienceLocation Any Circle K Business Unit LocationTeam Global Digital Retail ExperienceCircle K is on an exciting journey to evolve how customers experience the forecourt - from the moment they pull up to the pump to the moment they drive away. As part of our expanding Global Digital Retail Experience organization we are looking for a Group Product Manager to lead our Forecourt Experience product group.This is a high-impact leadership role at the heart of Circle Ks core business. You will shape the product vision for one of our most fundamental customer touchpoints - the moment a customer arrives on-site. Its an experience that touches an enormous volume of transactions every day across our network globally and one with real room to innovate. Youll lead a team of Product Managers and help set the direction for this experience for years to come.This role is also an opportunity to shape how we work. Youll champion strong product process and disciplined right-sized investment decisions across a broad set of partners. Youll bring a persistent patient focus to a large organization translate business stakeholders needs into a shared vision they help co-create and build the kind of trust and consistency that makes great cross-team work possible over time.What Youll DoLead the Forecourt Experience TeamLead and grow a team of Product Managers establishing how the group operates and prioritizes.Coach the team on product craft forecourt-specific constraints hardware connectivity payments dispenser integration and data-informed prioritization.Create a product culture that treats the forecourt as both a commercial and an operational surface - not just a screen.Set the Vision & Strategy for the Site ExperienceDefine the multi-year vision and roadmap for the customers arrival experience balancing commercial opportunity with a strict no-harm bar on core operational metrics.Own the product strategy for growing engagement on-site.Establish clear guardrails and instrumentation so commercial experiments never degrade the core customer experience.Champion Product Process & Ways of WorkingEvangelize consistent product process and prioritization discipline across a broad set of technology and business partners.Interpret and translate the needs of diverse business stakeholders into a coherent product vision co-created rather than dictated.Make right-sized investment decisions that balance scope impact and long-term value.Bring a persistent patient focus and the diplomacy to build trust and alignment over time knowing when to push and when to hold back.Lead Technology Modernization EffortsPartner with regional business and technology leadership to plan and deliver hardware and technology modernization initiatives.Coordinate across markets vendors and store operations to sequence rollouts of this scale with minimal disruption.Align roadmaps across regions where standardization creates leverage while respecting local regulatory and hardware differences.Partner Across Business Tech and Store OperationsServe as the primary product partner to Circle Ks fuel business leadership translating business priorities into a coherent product roadmap.Work closely with engineering hardware and forecourt controller vendors UX data & analytics and store operations to deliver reliable experiences in real-world station environments.Coordinate with adjacent product groups across the broader digital retail organization to ensure a consistent customer experience end-to-end.Define and report on the KPIs that matter most for the group and use them to guide trade-offs between growth and operational reliability.What You BringRequired Qualifications8 years of product management experience including experience leading or mentoring Product Managers.Track record leading and scaling product areas with significant ambiguity and high transaction volume.Experience with hardware-integrated or physical-environment digital products e.g. kiosks POS IoT forecourtpump systems or similar field-deployed technology.Proven ability to build alignment and drive change across a broad set of technology and business partners without direct authority.Ability to set direction and coach a team through both discovery and delivery.Strong stakeholder management and communication skills including with senior business leaders across multiple regions.Comfort holding two goals in tension - commercial growth and operational reliability - and making disciplined trade-offs between them.Preferred QualificationsExperience in fuel retail convenience forecourt technology or petroleumPOS systems.Familiarity with pump-side hardware forecourt controllers dispenser mediascreens or EMV payment integration.Experience with loyalty retail media or monetization products in a physical retail environment.Experience leading multi-market or multi-region product rollouts including EU market or regulatory exposure.Who You AreA leader who is energized by shaping high-volume high-visibility experiences at the core of the business.A natural coach who enjoys developing people and elevating product craft.Optimistic and resourceful - you bring energy to complex cross-functional environments rather than waiting for structure to appear.A skilled trust-based influencer who brings partners along rather than mandating direction and who knows the difference between pushing hard and pushing too far.Structured and pragmatic - comfortable in a space with real hardware physical rollout and operational constraints not just software.Commercially minded but operationally disciplined you protect the core transaction while you grow engagement around it.Collaborative across a global matrixed organization and able to bring clarity and alignment to diverse regional stakeholders. Circle K is an Equal Opportunity Employer.The Company complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act the ADA and all state and local disability laws. Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to a reasonable accommodation under the terms of the ADA and certain state or local laws as long as it does not impose an undue hardship on the Company. Please inform the Companys Human Resources Representative if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.Click below to review information about our companys use of the federal E-Verify program to check work eligibilityIn EnglishIn Spanish