Senior Product Manager - Connected Experience Platform

Cox Automotive; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work option

Job summary

Cox Automotive is seeking a Senior Product Manager for the Connected Experience Platform (CXP) team. This role focuses on shared services that support Cox Automotive brands like AutoTrader, Dealer.com, and Kelley Blue Book, driving an enterprise-wide impact across multiple units.

You will define product vision, monitor market trends, and collaborate with architects and software engineers to deliver secure, scalable solutions across multiple applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; 4 years of product manager/product owner experience in software development.
• Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and Agile tools like Jira/Rally.
• Strong communication skills and ability to use data to inform product decisions.
• Ability to handle time pressure and prioritize effectively.

Responsibilities

• Define product vision and success metrics with Director of Product Management.
• Track market trends and analyze competitive offerings to shape roadmap.
• Engage with customers and stakeholders to align capabilities with market needs.
• Collaborate with multiple Agile teams to develop and launch platform applications.
• Lead go-to-market coordination with Sales, Marketing, Legal, and Ops.
• Prioritize backlog and manage dependencies across teams and releases.
• Ensure security, performance, and high availability of products and services.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Data-driven decisions

Communication skills

Pressure management

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Jira

Rally

Job description

Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Job Family Group

Engineering / Product Development

Job Profile

Sr Product Manager

Management Level

Individual Contributor

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Travel %

No

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $111,600.00 - $186,000.00. 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

Our vision

Cox Automotive is in search of a Senior Product Manager for the Connected Experience Platform (CXP) product team that provides shared services products that enable an integrated and consistent foundation for all Cox Automotive retail solutions, including AutoTrader, Dealer.com, Dealertrack, HomeNet, Kelley Blue Book, vAuto, VinSolutions, and Xtime.

Our Initiatives/products that drive our vision are as follows:

• Common User : a central facility for creating and managing a user that will be shared across all Cox Auto applications
• Common Org : a central repository representing the organizational structure of our customers that will be shared across all Cox Auto applications
• Common Experience : a consistent way to navigate and have key experiences (ex. Notifications, Cox AI Assistant, etc...)

What is interesting about this role and the team?

Connected Experience Platform is a team that serves as a framework for all of Cox's Retail business units and brands, giving an enterprise-wide exposure to its team members.

In this role you will have the unique opportunity to interface with leaders from various business units across Cox Automotive, as opposed to being siloed into one application or brand.

As a Senior Product Manager, you will...

• Along with Director of Product Management, define product vision and objective measures of success and work closely with Architects and Software Engineering to oversee and approve product designs, enhancements, and quality.
• Track market trends and competitive offerings.
• Interact directly with customers and others to drive product direction and ensure capabilities meet market needs and customer goals.
• Collaborate with multiple Agile product development / software engineering teams responsible for developing and launching platform application and components.
• Use AI to create Epics and discovery specs for the full product lifecycle from research and design through development and launch.
• Work closely with internal and external customers, stakeholders, and other Product Managers to build a collectively understood and prioritized product roadmap and backlog at the epic and feature level.
• Collaborate with other Product Managers to align backlogs and roadmaps across teams, departments, business units, and release trains.
• Triage and prioritize customer-reported bugs and customer-requested features and enhancements.
• Act as subject matter expert on assigned products, services, and capabilities, as well as in general areas of authentication security and permissions controls.
• Collaborate with Architects and Software Engineering to ensure products and services are secure, performant, and highly available.
• Collaborate with Operations to ensure appropriate monitoring, alerting, incident management, and problem resolution for products and services.
• Participate in product team iteration planning, release planning, and coordination of dependencies.
• Coordinate go-to-market activities with Sales, Marketing, Legal, Operations, Support, and other departments as needed.
• Lead and participate in various Agile ceremonies, including sprint reviews, stakeholder meetings, backlog grooming, and retrospectives.

Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related discipline and 4 years' product manager/product owner experience in a software development organization, or a related field.
• The right candidate may have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 2 years' experience; a Ph.D. and 1 years' experience in a related field; or 12 years' experience in a related field with no degree.
• Experience with Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban) required, including working competency with Agile tracking tools like Rally or Jira.
• Strong oral, written and presentation communication skills required.
• Demonstrated usage of data to inform product management decisions and prioritization.
• Ability to work under pressure with time constraints.

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