Sr Product Manager - 10248

CAI Cox Automotive Corp Svcs., LLC; Overland Park (KS); Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation with pay

Paid holidays

Wellness days

Health care insurance

Job summary

Cox Automotive is seeking a Sr Product Manager to own a modernization effort for VinSolutions, the dealership CRM. You will drive end-to-end product work, collaborating with UX, research, marketing, and client solutions to leverage AI in the core workflow.

You will collaborate across five areas in the Product Creator model, and you will spend time with dealers, crafting artifacts and leading AI-assisted product lifecycle decisions. This role is hybrid onsite several days a week.

Qualifications

• Experience owning a software product through discovery, delivery and post-launch measurement.
• 5 years of product management experience, including 2 years owning a B2B SaaS product.
• Experience managing a backlog in agile tools such as Rally or Jira.
• Experience using AI tools to conduct research or author specifications.

Responsibilities

• Own a product area outright from discovery to measurement.
• Develop vision and value proposition for the area.
• Interact with dealers, sales staff and BDC teams to gather feedback.
• Build prototypes before engineering codes; validate early with AI tools.
• Write clear specs for teams and AI agents to execute without ambiguity.
• Manage dependencies and run experiments with cross-functional partners.

Skills

Product management

Backlog management

AI-driven research

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Rally

Jira

Claude

Figma Make

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 % Yes, 5% of the time Work Shift Day Compensation Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $101,500.00 - $169,100.00. 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 VinSolutions is Cox Automotive's industry-leading dealership CRM, used by franchise dealers to manage leads, customer communication, and follow-up across their sales and BDC teams. The team is investing in a modernized interface, agentic AI inside the core workflow, native video, and enterprise capability for multi-rooftop dealer groups. As a Sr Product Manager, you will own a piece of that modernization end to end. This role sits in Cox Automotive's consolidated Product Creator model, which unifies Product Manager and Product Owner into a single AI-native product practice spanning five areas: Market & Client Research, Product Strategy, Product Development, In-Market Product Performance, and Professional Essentials. In practice, that means you carry your product area from discovery through delivery and measurement. You will spend real time with dealers, build tangible artifacts yourself instead of waiting for a handoff, and direct AI across the product lifecycle to accelerate the work. If you want to see your decisions reach dealers in weeks and measure what they did, this is that role.

What You’ll Do

• Own a product area outright. Discovery, specs, backlog, launch, and the measurement afterward - one owner, no handoff between PM and PO.
• You develop the vision and value proposition for your area and decide where we should be better than everyone else.
• Get in front of dealers. Interact with dealerships, sit with sales staff and BDC teams, and partner with UX research, marketing research, and client solutions to gather dealer and consumer feedback - pairing firsthand observation with AI-driven synthesis at scale.
• Build prototypes before engineering writes a line of code.
• Use AI-native tools like Claude, Claude Code, and Figma Make to put something real in front of a dealer and validate it early.
• Bring agentic AI into the dealer’s day. AI that does real work inside the selling and follow-up workflow, on a product where adoption is measured daily.
• Author specs that leave nothing to interpretation. Clear enough for both teams and AI agents to execute without ambiguity, then own backlog refinement and incremental value versioning in Rally against them.
• Practice context engineering. Build and maintain the reusable context - product vision, dealer personas, competitive intel, prior decisions, research - that grounds both human and AI-assisted work in accurate, current information.
• Move with a bias toward action. Run experimentation and trade-off analysis, manage dependencies across engineering, UX, analytics, marketing, sales, and client solutions, and make recommendations to the release train.

Who You Are

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 4 years' experience in a related field.
• The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 2 years' experience; a Ph.D. and up to 1 year of experience; or 16 years' experience in a related field.
• Experience owning a software product or feature area through a full cycle: discovery, delivery, and post-launch measurement.
• 5 years of product management experience, including 2 years owning a B2B SaaS product or platform.
• Experience managing a backlog in an agile delivery tool such as Rally or Jira.
• Experience using AI tools to conduct research, build prototypes, or author specifications.
• Availability for rotational on-call duties outside of standard business hours may be required.
• Able to work onsite 3 times/week.
• Preferred Automotive industry experience with a focus on dealer or consumer software.
• Experience with dealership software - CRM, DMS, or retail and service workflow tools.
• Experience shipping features built on large language models or agentic AI.
• Experience with enterprise, multi-tenant products serving customers with many locations.
• Experience in Spec Driven Development.

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, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.

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.
• 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).

About Us

Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells - or simply uses - cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. 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. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer - All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, 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 an undue hardship. EOE, including disability/vets Cox brings together the world's greatest minds to help breathe life into new possibilities - and drive innovation for a better future. That's why we look for individuals who share our pioneering spirit, have imaginative ideas and are fearless when it comes to tackling the world’s biggest challenges. Our people love technology - and they love making a difference. They have a passion for finding new solutions and working with brilliant colleagues. Every day they dedicate themselves to a huge range of exciting projects, contributing to the Cox vision around the globe. From engineering new sustainability solutions that conserve water and energy to creating the infrastructure for the smart cities of tomorrow, there's no challenge too great for our pioneers. And there's no shortage of opportunities for you to make a difference. Come and experience the dynamic, collaborative and creative environments where your ideas are welcome and new discoveries are waiting. To help you grow to your full potential, we strive to support our employees in their career aspirations and promote the freedom to explore new horizons.