Director, Product Management

Title: Director, Product Management

Location: Austin, TX - 10415 Morado Cir

Hybrid

Full-time

Job Description:

Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Job Family Group

Engineering / Product Development

Job Profile

Director, Product Management

Management Level

Director

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 of $163,400.00 - $272,300.00. 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

The Director, Product Management leads strategic cross-retail product initiatives spanning Cox Automotive's retail ecosystem, with primary focus on a high-impact OEM incentives modernization program. This role drives alignment across multiple release trains and delivery streams, managing capabilities that deliver mutual stakeholder value and seamless experiences across Cox Automotive's retail brands and products. Serving as the subject matter expert, this leader collaborates with Business and Operations leaders, Engineering, Architecture, and Solution Delivery to ensure delivery of industry-leading capabilities that result in excellent customer experiences across the retail ecosystem. Own the product strategy and roadmap for Incentives modernization, addressing business continuity risks and known challenges that will result in protecting core business, reducing churn and providing competitive differentiation.

• Define approaches for an enterprise OEM Incentives capability development that will result in significant impact on organizational success across the retail ecosystem.
• Partner and collaborate with business, operations and product leaders across Cox Automotive retail brands to ensure successful development, delivery, and adoption of enterprise capabilities that deliver on the expectations of a connected retail platform.
• Contribute to defining best practices for AI-native product development, cross-functional collaboration models, and modern product operating models.
• Monitor industry trends and competitive landscape for product, technical, and process changes, translating insights into strategic recommendations and investment priorities for Cox Automotive's retail ecosystem.
• Create metrics-based approaches to measure adoption, business impact, and ROI for identified enterprise initiatives.
• Actively develop talent within the product organization and create bench strength across enterprise product teams including succession planning for critical roles.
• Foster effective business relationships with all internal and external partners, vendors, and stakeholders across Cox Automotive's retail ecosystem and broader enterprise.
• Contribute to creation of overarching guidance for sales, marketing, and go-to-market strategy development across enterprise initiatives, ensuring alignment with business unit strategies.

Required Experience, Specialized Knowledge and Skills

• 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' experience; a Ph.D. and 5 years' experience in a related field; or 14 years' experience in a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in a leadership role managing cross-functional product initiatives.
• Proven experience driving enterprise-wide strategic initiatives that span multiple business units, products, or technology platforms with demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority.
• Forward-thinking; anticipates technology and market trends in the automotive industry with ability to translate trends into actionable product strategies.
• Working knowledge of SAFe Agile Methodology and modern product operating models; experience with AI-native SDLC practices preferred.
• Automotive retail experience is preferred, with and an understanding of dealer operations, workflows, and pain points related to OEM incentives.
• Serves as a recognized expert and thought leader in primary discipline or technical area with enterprise-wide impact.
• Working experience in full product lifecycle methodologies including discovery, delivery, adoption, and optimization across distributed teams.
• Working experience in creating, prioritizing and recommending epics and features across multiple release trains with ability to manage complex interdependencies.
• Working experience in conducting competitive research and analysis at the enterprise level, synthesizing insights into strategic recommendations.
• Working experience identifying and tracking KPIs and other analytics to measure product value, adoption, and business impact across multiple initiatives.
• Proven success working in highly collaborative, cross-functional team environments spanning multiple business units, geographies, and organizational boundaries.

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.

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.

Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship. No OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT or visa sponsorship now or in future.