Company
Cox Automotive - USA
Engineering / Product Development
Lead Product Manager
Manager - Non People Leader
Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week
Yes, 5% of the time
Day
Compensation
Compensation includes a base salary of $119,700.00 - $199,500.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Cox Automotive is seeking a Lead Product Manager to join the Inventory Management Enablement Services (IMES) release train, which is transforming the vAuto platform into a simplified, modular foundation.
This role combines strategic product leadership with technical expertise. You will drive platform-level decisions, collaborate with engineering and architecture teams, and ensure that technical capabilities translate into measurable business outcomes.
Primary Responsibilities
Product Strategy and Discovery
- Define and maintain a strategic roadmap that prioritizes initiatives based on business impact and technical feasibility.
- Lead discovery efforts to identify opportunities and validate solutions, ensuring alignment with platform transformation goals
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear business value for stakeholders.
- Serve as a thought leader within the organization, contributing to vision development and strategic initiatives.
Product Roadmap
- Convert discovery insights into a transparent, outcome-oriented roadmap that sequences near-term wins and long-term strategies.
- Communicate roadmap updates and technical trade-offs to stakeholders and leadership.
Planning and Execution
- Translate strategy into business outcomes, milestones, and epics; maintain a healthy backlog that continuously delivers measurable value.
- Collaborate with Product Owners, Engineering, Architecture, and Solution Delivery partners to define features, prioritize backlog, and ensure technical alignment.
- Establish and track success metrics for both business impact and technical performance
Agile Development
- Apply agile methodologies effectively in a complex enterprise environment
- Build strong relationships with onshore and offshore teams, including contractors, across product, UX, engineering, and architecture
- Ensure teams understand the product vision and direction, delivering incremental value toward that vision
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 6 years’ experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master’s degree and 4 years’ experience; a Ph.D. and 1 year of experience; or 18 years’ experience in a related field
- 6+ years of experience product management/development with a record of shipping complex, enterprise products.
- Technical knowledge in Platform-oriented capabilities: API strategy, modular architecture, and integration frameworks.
- Ability to bridge business and technology, influencing decisions with technical insight.
- Familiarity with SAFe Agile Methodology
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills for complex enterprise challenges.
- Experience with product planning, road mapping, and project management tools.
- Purpose-driven with the ability to motivate and excite others; strive for continuous improvement with bias towards action.
- Excellent people's skills and developing relationships with team members and customers.
- Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.
To be employed in this role, you’ll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.