Lead Product Manager, DMS Accounting

Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Engineering / Product Development

Lead Product Manager

Manager - Non People LeaderCan work remotely anywhere in the specified country

Yes, 5% of the time

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $111,500.00 - $185,900.00. 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.

Intro

The DealerOps team at Cox Automotive is leading the modernization of the dealer management system experience — reimagining how dealerships run their financial operations on a cloud-native platform built for the way dealers work today. This is foundational platform work, and the accounting domain sits at the center of it.

As a Lead Product Manager for DMS Accounting, you will own the product vision and execution for core accounting workflows — including Cash Receipts & Payment Application, Deal Posting Integrity, and Accounts Payable automation — that serve dealership controllers, office managers, and CFOs across some of the largest dealer groups in the country. You'll operate at the intersection of deep accounting domain expertise and modern software delivery, partnering daily with engineering, architecture, and UX to build a DMS accounting experience that sets a new standard for the industry.

What You'll Do

• Own the end-to-end product strategy for DMS Accounting workflows, driving prioritization and delivery across GL, AP, AR, and period close domains as part of a broader platform modernization effort.

• Translate complex dealership accounting workflows — from deal posting integrity to intercompany transfers — into implementation-ready features and epics that engineering teams can execute with confidence.

• Partner directly with dealership controllers and accounting staff through discovery, pilot programs, and go-lives to validate assumptions, surface friction, and continuously improve the product experience.

• Lead cross-functional alignment across Engineering, Architecture, UX, and Operations to navigate the technical complexity of migrating dealers from legacy systems to a modern, cloud-native platform.

• Identify and size strategic opportunities in adjacent accounting workflows — including AP automation, partner integrations, and multi-store accounting — and build compelling investment cases for leadership.

• Define and track success metrics that connect product decisions to measurable dealer outcomes, including period close cycle time, deal posting error rates, and user adoption across pilot cohorts.

• Serve as the internal subject matter expert on dealership accounting operations, the competitive DMS landscape, and evolving dealer expectations — informing roadmap decisions at both the team and executive level.

Who You Are

Cox Automotive uses a framework to define how our product practitioners operate. Candidates for this role are expected to demonstrate proficiency across its six practice areas.

• For Market & Client Research, you independently plan and execute market research, conduct dealer site visits and interviews on a recurring cadence, synthesize discovery work into epics, and can identify problems and opportunities across established and emerging product areas.

• For Product Strategy, you create product vision and roadmaps for existing products with input from data and customer research, lead cross-functional discovery teams through ideation and solution selection, and can assess go/no-go decisions and prioritization recommendations.

• For Product Development, you independently create and maintain well-structured backlogs across Epic, Feature, and Story altitudes, facilitate effective refinement sessions, manage stakeholder