Lead Product Manager - Texas, United States - Cox Automotive

Description

The Lead Product Manager role is responsible for developing, managing, and optimizing one or more products.

The role includes but is not limited to contributing to and managing the product roadmap, overseeing the implementation, and working in an agile environment with a cross-functional team to develop products that meet the needs of our consumers and clients.

Requires in-depth and/or breadth of expertise in Product Management along with other job disciplines within the organization in order to successfully manage the product.

Manages one or more producers of strategic importance to the organization due to high growth value, involving large cross-functional teams.

Partners with UX, marketing research, client solutions, and business stakeholders to observe and solicit feedback from clients.
Responsible for developing, managing, and optimizing one or more products.


Planning:
manages feature creation and identifies business rules/impact.
participates in planning and pre/post-planning events (Demos and Inspect/Adapt).


Development:
Builds an effective relationship between Product & Development teams.
Collaborates with Product Owners, UX Designers and others to prototype, test and validate solutions.
Makes buy/build/partner recommendations to Agile Release Train(s).

Supports testing and partners with revenue and business stakeholders to develop pricing strategies and assess impact on Return on Investment (ROI).

Works with Product Readiness, Product Management and Marketing teams to communicate new products, and develop go-to-market strategy, plans, and training materials.

Assesses product performance against KPIs and makes corrections to improve performance; Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of data and draws conclusions.

Managing Multiple Priorities - Manages multiple concurrent objectives, projects, or activities, making informed prioritization and time allocation decisions. Understands work and activity can be impacted by shifts in demands and priorities. Responds to day-to-day operational priorities while still making progress on project work. Addresses potential conflicts that impact delivery commitments, working with team members, management, and other stakeholders to re-prioritize as necessary.
Requirements Analysis - Working knowledge of and ability to elicit, analyze and document required business requirements. Utilizes appropriate methods, tools, and techniques for requirements analysis. Challenges, and manages conflicts and expectations associated with requirements analysis.

System and Technology Integration - Working knowledge of technology system features and facilities and the ability to integrate and communicate among applications, databases, and platforms.

enhance productivity, efficiency, collaboration, quality, or customer satisfaction). Pursues opportunities to develop knowledge and experiments with emerging technology solutions that can help accomplish work goals.

Serves as a resource to help others understand and anticipate the impact of technology on current processes, products, and services.

Adheres to ethical and professional standards, regulations, and organizational policies.

Builds Partnerships - Proactively builds, nurtures, and maintains business-focused, long-term working relationships with partners inside and outside of the organization.

Demonstrates flexibility when forming and adjusting partnerships to achieve broader goals. Takes risks in the interest of finding a better way.

Strives for Excellence - Skilled in establishing criteria and/or work procedures to achieve a high level of quality, productivity, and service.

Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 6 years' experience in a related field. or 10 years' experience in a related field
Experience in API management, B2B integrations, and/or Data Management is required.
Applies comprehensive knowledge of business, product maturity and performance, and industry principles, practices, and procedures.
Working knowledge of SAFe Agile Methodology.
Experience in design, development and implementation of product plans.
Experience in creating, prioritizing and recommending epics and features.
Experience in in conducting competitive research and analysis.
Experience with executive presentations.
Inventory and/or Enterprise domain experience preferred.

seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; 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, parental leave, and COVID-19 vaccination leave.

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.

Drive your future forward and join Cox Automotive today

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.

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).

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.

Please do not forward resumes to our applicant tracking system, Cox employees, Cox hiring manager, or send to any Cox facility.