Director, Product Management

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 counseling and access to virtual wellness resources such as CALM.
• Access to Care.com, with up to 10 days of subsidized care for children, seniors and pets.

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USD 159,400.00 - 265,600.00
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.
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.
Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.
About Cox Automotive
At Cox Automotive, people of every background are driven by their passion for mobility, innovation and community. We transform the way the world buys, sells, owns and uses cars, accelerating the industry with global powerhouse brands like Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, Manheim and more. What's more, we do it all with an emphasis on employee growth and happiness. Drive your future forward and join Cox Automotive today!
About Cox
Cox empowers employees to build a better future and has been doing so for over 120 years. With exciting investments and innovations across transportation, communications, cleantech and healthcare, our family of businesses - which includes Cox Automotive and Cox Communications - is forging a better future for us all. Ready to make your mark? Join us today!
Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page .
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