Senior Product Manager

Cox Enterprises

Senior Product Manager for Cox Automotive managing a portfolio of inventory capabilities. Driving product strategy and leading cross-functional teams to ensure adoption.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeAustin • Pennsylvania, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $111,600 - $186,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You will define what to build and why, drive alignment across product, engineering, architecture, and UX, and ensure that what ships actually gets adopted by the teams and systems that depend on it
You will work across client segments, OEM programs, and internal operations to understand how inventory data flows and where it breaks
You lead discovery for your product area
That means identifying and validating problems through direct engagement with internal customers (operations, support, business stakeholders) and external clients (dealers, OEMs, integration partners)
You define personas, map workflows, build hypotheses, and test them
You use data, customer evidence, and competitive context to form a point of view on what to build next, and you defend that point of view with specifics
You write product discovery specs that clearly define the who, why, and what
Your specs include measurable acceptance criteria, defined scope boundaries, and enough context for a human or machine to evaluate feasibility and propose solutions
You own the quality of what enters the development pipeline
You maintain a forward-looking pipeline of meaningful work for your engineering teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree and 6 years' experience in a related field
The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 4 years' experience; a Ph.D. and up to 2 years of experience; or 10 years' experience in a related field
5+ years of experience in software product management
Demonstrated experience owning product discovery end-to-end: from problem identification through validated solution direction
Critical thinking skills to solve challenging problems for complex enterprise products; not afraid to ask hard questions to achieve the best outcome
Strong written and verbal communication skills; can precisely articulate customer problems and solution value and effectively influence cross-functional teams
Understanding of modern product development practices and how to drive complex initiatives forward in a multi-team environment
Proficiency with AI tools integrated into product workflows
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop relationships with team members and customers
Experience with enterprise platform or capability products where your customers are other products or technical teams preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

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
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
health care insurance (medical, dental, vision)
retirement planning (401(k))
paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO)

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Hard Skills & Tools

product managementproduct discoveryproblem identificationsolution validationacceptance criteriascope definitiondata analysisworkflow mappinghypothesis testingenterprise product development

Soft Skills

critical thinkingwritten communicationverbal communicationinfluencinginterpersonal skillsrelationship buildingcollaborationproblem-solvingcustomer engagementteam alignment

Certifications

Bachelor's degreeMaster's degreePh.D.