Lead Product Manager

Join a dynamic and high-impact team dedicated to driving innovation in automotive dealer software solutions. As a part of Cox Automotive, you'll have the opportunity to leverage the power of our renowned brands, including Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, Manheim and vAuto. You will have the ability to expand upon our amazing set of solutions and capabilities by bringing innovative new solutions to market.
You will be working on highly visible projects where you can showcase your skills and make a real impact. You will have the ability to collaborate with thought leaders, expert colleagues from across the organization, and teams of exceptional engineers and data scientists.
The Lead Product Manager will be focused on new, innovative solutions that span our typical business unit and product boundaries. With a focus on emerging technologies (like AI and ML) and new business opportunities you will help to uncover new go-to-market solutions and strategies. Through rapid prototyping, iteration and direct dealer feedback you will help to align and optimize product/market fit.
What You'll Do
In a nutshell, you'll guide the development and evolution of products to meet customer needs and achieve business objectives. Here's what that'll look like:

• Developing and maintaining product vision, business plans, go-to-market strategy and value proposition.
• Partnering with UX, marketing research, client solutions and business stakeholders to gather consumer and client feedback.
• Collaborating with client solutions, product readiness and marketing teams to generate awareness and leads.
• Documenting requirements and managing feature development.
• Making recommendations to agile release train teams and collaborating with various groups.
• Analyzing product performance and driving improvements.

Who You Are
A lifelong learner, you excel at bringing together various ideas and perspectives and devising a solid plan of action. Here's more on what you have to offer:

• A bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 6 years of experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 4 years of experience; a Ph.D. and 1 year of experience; or 10 years of experience.
• A deep understanding of business, product performance and industry principles, practices and procedures.
• Familiarity with SAFe Agile methodology.
• Hands-on experience with product planning, lifecycle methodologies, research, analysis, epics, features, KPIs and analytics.

Preferred:

• Experience with Inventory Management Solutions strongly preferred.
• Automotive industry experience with a focus on dealer software .
• A master's degree in a related field.

USD 111,500.00 - 185,900.00 per year
Compensation:
Compensation includes a base salary 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.
Benefits:
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.