Director, Product Management

Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Job Family Group

Engineering / Product Development

Job Profile

Director, Product Management

Management Level

Director

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Travel %

Yes, 15% of the time

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $159,400.00 - $265,600.00. 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.

Job Description

The Cox Automotive Product and Technology Group Inventory Management Team is continuously improving our products to meet the needs of more than 14,000 automotive dealerships that use them each day. Dealers need better acquisition and merchandising capabilities powered by unique insights to improve performance, and we are focused on building and improving software that address underserved needs in the market.   

The Director, Product Management drives the product strategy, roadmap, and delivery of vAuto’s acquisition and merchandising suite of products and serves as the subject matter expert on how our solutions solve customer problems. This leader works closely with business stakeholders, engineering teams, user experience teams and other product leaders to deliver industry leading capabilities across a robust portfolio of inventory management solutions. 

What You Will Do:

• Owns the product strategy, vision, and enhancement roadmap for vehicle acquisition and merchandising capabilities and ensures successful execution of development with technology partners

• Responsible for achieving business case value associated with feature delivery and ensures effective prioritization to maximize value creation

• Influences and executes on enhancements that enable future strategy in partnership with business teams

• Partners closely and effectively with architecture, user experience, engineering and solution delivery teams to ensure understanding of business objectives and commitments to drive business value are achieved

• Lead cross-functional teams to define intake and effective prioritization processes for platform enhancement and long-term horizons

• Effectively and transparently communicate program status to include roadmap program, successes, opportunities, and ensure clear alignment to vision to build support and alignment across the organization

• Proactively build and maintain relationships across the organization and leverage those relationships to effectively manage and deliver upon customer experience outcomes

• Stays current on industry trends and next generation solutions to continue driving innovation for employees and customers

• Defines and drives continuous process improvements and ensures strategy is strongly grounded in data and metrics systems

Required:

• A bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 10 years’ experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master’s degree and 8 years of experience; a Ph.D. and 5 years of experience; or 14 years of experience in a related field

• 5+ years’ experience in a management or leadership role

• Demonstrated ability to lead product ideation, discovery and delivery in an Agile environment with a strong focus on collaboration between customers, business stakeholders and delivery teams

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects or activities that can be impacted by shifting priorities

• Experience in successfully leading platform business delivery teams and programs

• Experience delivering on large scale implementation projects

• Ability to travel up to 20%

Preferred:

• Experience in the automotive industry, experience with Inventory Management and / or vehicle merchandising solutions are a strong plus

What's In It For You? 

Here’s a sneak peek of the benefits at your disposal as a Cox employee:​  

• A competitive salary and top-notch bonus/incentive plans. ​  

• Exceptional work-life balance, flexible time-off policies and accommodating work schedules. ​  

• Comprehensive healthcare, with multiple options for individuals and families. ​  

• Generous 401(k) retirement plans with up to 8% company match. ​  

• Mental health support, including coun