Company Cox Automotive – USA
Senior Product Manager
Individual Contributor, Management Level.
Work Options
Hybrid – Ability to work remotely part of the week. Travel: 5% of the time. Work Shift: Day.
Compensation
Base salary range: $111,600 - $186,000. Eligible for an incentive program.
About the Role
Cox Automotive's Enterprise Inventory Services (EIS) team builds and operates the platforms and tools that power vehicle inventory across our retail ecosystem. The EIS product enables the inventory data infrastructure, dealer‑facing inventory management solutions, and operational tooling that connects them. This role is an enterprise product management position where you own capabilities that dealers, internal teams, and other Cox Automotive products depend on. You will own a portfolio of inventory capabilities from problem discovery through adoption, define what to build and why, drive alignment across product, engineering, architecture, and UX, and ensure that what ships gets adopted by the people and systems that depend on it.
Responsibilities and Ownership
Problem Discovery and Product Strategy – Lead discovery for your product area, identifying and validating problems through direct engagement with internal customers (operations, support, business stakeholders) and external clients (dealers, integration partners). Define personas, map workflows, build hypotheses, and test them using data, customer evidence, and competitive context to form a view on what to build next and defend that view with specifics.
Spec‑Driven Development – Write product discovery specs that clearly define the who, why, and what. Specs include measurable acceptance criteria, defined scope boundaries, and enough context for humans or machines to evaluate feasibility and propose solutions.
Backlog Health and Pipeline Management – Maintain a forward‑looking pipeline of meaningful work for engineering teams. Create sufficient runway to maintain momentum without overcommitting to solutions that may shift.
Cross‑Functional Alignment – Navigate a matrixed environment where leaders have competing priorities. Build consensus by leading with evidence and framing tradeoffs clearly. Communicate headlines first, provide context second, and make it easy for leaders to make decisions.
Adoption and Go‑to‑Market for Platform Capabilities – Shipping is not success; adoption is. Define what complete adoption looks like, build rollout plans with implementation partners and operations, and track progress against measurable criteria.
Stakeholder Communication and Transparency – Surface status, risks, and wins proactively. Keep managers and cross‑functional partners informed at the right cadence with the right level of detail, and bring problems with recommended paths forward, not just observations.
What We Look For
- Structured Discovery Skills – Repeatable playbook for moving from ambiguity to conviction, with clear methods and stopping points.
- Strategic Prioritization with Tradeoffs – Articulate selections, priorities, and outcomes, balancing long‑term enterprise needs with short‑term incremental value.
- Data‑Driven Decision Making – Anchor recommendations in evidence, name assumptions, and identify what is needed to confirm.
- AI Fluency – Use AI tools in discovery, analysis, spec writing, or prototyping; have a point of view on AI’s impact on product management.
- Ownership and Accountability – Own outcomes, meet deadlines, and follow through without being chased.
- Communication Discipline – Lead with the headline, be concise, and tailor messages to technical depth, business impact, or user outcomes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 6 years’ experience in a related field, or a master’s degree and 4 years’ experience, or a Ph.D. and up to 2 years, or 10 years’ experience in a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in software product management.
- Demonstrated experience owning product discovery end‑to‑end, from problem identification through validated solution direction.
- Critical thinking skills to solve challenging problems for complex enterprise products and the ability to ask hard questions.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to articulate customer problems and solution value and influence cross‑functional teams.
- Understanding of modern product development practices and how to drive complex initiatives forward in a multi‑team environment.
- Proficiency with AI tools integrated into product workflows.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop relationships with team members and customers.
- Experience with enterprise platform or capability products where customers are other products or technical teams (preferred).
Drug Testing
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; possession, use or being under the influence of illegal drugs during work hours, on company property or in company vehicles is prohibited.
Benefits
The company offers flexible vacation, seven paid holidays, and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually. Additional paid time off includes bereavement leave, voting leave, jury duty leave, volunteer time, military leave, and parental leave. Benefits also include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off such as sick leave and flexible vacation/wellness days.
EEO Statement
Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, 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 undue hardship. EOE, including disability/vets.
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