Lead Product Manager

Lead Product Manager

The Lead Product Manager is a strategic and executional leader responsible for high-impact product lines. This role blends deep product expertise with agile leadership across cross-functional teams, driving measurable outcomes and future-ready innovation.

This specific role will work on evolving our dealership products to be modern and AI-first, with a strong emphasis on customer data management and core dealer workflows. We are focused on unifying vehicle acquisition, sales, and service workflows into a single view of the customer and enabling next best action logic.

The role will also champion AI-driven product strategy, customer data stewardship, unified workflow ownership, outcome-driven development, dealer empathy, and platform thinking.

Candidates should be fluent in AI / ML concepts, capable of crafting compelling product narratives, and comfortable engaging directly with dealers and OEM partners.

Core Responsibilities :

• Strategy & Discovery
• Planning & Alignment
• Development & Execution
• Evaluation & Optimization

What Sets This Role Apart :

Future-Ready Product Leadership

Who You Are

A lifelong learner, you excel at bringing together various ideas and perspectives and devising a solid plan of action. Here's more on what you have to offer :

Nice to have :

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.

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.

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.