Sr Manager, Software Engineering

Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Engineering / Product Development

Sr Manager, Software Engineering

Sr Manager - People LeaderHybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Yes, 5% of the time

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $148,500.00 - $247,500.00. 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.

Sr Manager, Software Engineering - Xtime

Leads multiple Engineering Development teams across application and data disciplines, with accountability for customer-facing products and the data and analytics that support them. Drives improvements in functionality, performance, reliability, and usability while standing up new teams to deliver customer outcomes in a SaaS environment. Champions and operationalizes an AI-first model, embedding AI-assisted development, agentic workflows, and intelligent product capabilities into how teams build, ship, and operate software.

Directs the product-development lifecycle — research, new development, modification, security, re-engineering, and ongoing maintenance — across an integration-heavy cloud stack and a modern data and analytics platform, operated to enterprise engineering standards. Provides both team and technical leadership and guides key technology decisions for core platforms and client-facing offerings. Partners with Product, Architecture, QE, DBA, and data counterparts on cross-domain delivery, and identifies and implements organizational and process improvements to drive efficiency and effectiveness. Demonstrates strong use of AI-assisted tools and workflows to accelerate delivery, improve quality, and generate insights, while keeping teams current with emerging technologies and industry trends.

Primary Duties / Key Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and direction to Engineering teams and leaders across application development and data engineering, including managers and senior individual contributors.
• Plans short-term efforts requiring contributions from multiple team members and participates in planning medium- to long-term initiatives, including quarterly and annual team plans and large-scale projects.
• Leads mentoring and performance development, fostering innovation, continuous improvement, and high-quality service delivery.
• Prioritizes client, technical, and business requirements into a roadmap that defines strategy, timelines, and feature delivery; makes informed trade-off decisions across features, resources, and timelines.
• Defines and tracks team success metrics, including delivery reliability, defect rates, customer adoption, and operational health.
• Contributes to staffing strategy and organizational design. Engages with internal and external clients to identify and resolve issues and serves as a technical advisor to cross-functional teams.
• Contributes to budget management, vendor expense approvals, and agreement negotiations; may also act as a product evangelist for internal and external stakeholders.
• Owns engineering delivery in emerging, high-traffic Xtime product areas supporting technician and service-advisor workflows, where pricing, parts, and integration accuracy directly impact customer experience. Evaluates system impact and downstream dependencies across Xtime products and partner ecosystems.
• Stands up and matures a data engineering function alongside application development teams, with accountability for delivering customer-facing reporting, BI, and partner data outcomes. Defines the operating model, hiring strategy, and support structure.
• Directs the design, build, deployment, and operation of data solutions, including real-time and batch pipelines, dimensional models, and secure data access layers supporting BI, partner integrations, and analytics.