Company
Cox Automotive - USA
Engineering / Product Development
Sr Product Manager
Individual Contributor
Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week
Yes, 15% of the time
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.
As a Senior Product Manager for the Recon Solutions and Services release train within Cox Automotive, you will own a significant area of the One Recon platform, a modern, unified technology hub consolidating fragmented legacy recon tools and manual processes into a single, seamless experience for Manheim auction sites and their reconditioning operations.
In this role, you will set the direction for your product area within the broader One Recon vision, translating organizational objectives and operational insight into a prioritized, outcomes-driven roadmap. You will lead discovery and definition for complex epics and features, align engineering, UX, and operations partners around shared goals, and represent your area in cross-functional forums. You will also serve as a go-to resource for PMs on the team, sharing practices and supporting their growth. Your responsibilities will span area-level product strategy, discovery, stakeholder engagement, go-to-market execution, and performance measurement for your domain.
This role requires a seasoned product manager with strong platform thinking, a working understanding of APIs and integrations, and the ability to balance strategic clarity with hands-on delivery accountability. You will help ensure the One Recon platform delivers measurable operational improvements and supports Cox Automotive's leadership in auction reconditioning services.
Primary Duties & Key Responsibilities
Product Strategy & Roadmap
- Own the product strategy and roadmap for an assigned area of the One Recon platform, aligned with the platform vision set by product leadership and Manheim's operational priorities.
- Translate platform direction into area-level objectives, sequencing epics and features to maximize business value and reduce dependencies across the release train.
- Participate in quarterly and annual planning, making a clear case for investment in your area and trade-offs against other priorities.
- Identify opportunities to replace legacy recon tooling and eliminate manual processes within your area, and champion those opportunities with leadership.
Discovery & Stakeholder Insight
- Lead product discovery for complex or high-impact problems, synthesizing operator interviews, usage data, and operational trends into clear problem statements and opportunity assessments.
- Build and maintain working relationships with auction operators, operations partners, and internal stakeholders who depend on your area, balancing individual site needs with enterprise-wide value.
- Serve as the subject matter expert on recon workflows and the systems and integrations within your area, and advise other teams on how they interact with it.
Execution & Delivery
- Define and prioritize epics and features for your area, with clear acceptance criteria, scope boundaries, and dependencies.
- Partner with engineering, UX, and architecture to shape solution designs, resolve trade-offs, and keep delivery on track against committed outcomes.
- Own backlog health for your area, ensuring requirements are clear and ready before they reach delivery teams.
- Escalate blockers and cross-team conflicts to product leadership with a recommended path forward.
Cross-Functional Leadership & Go-To-Market
- Represent your area in release train planning, reviews, and stakeholder forums, communicating progress, risks, and decisions clearly.
- Lead go-to-market readiness for your area's releases, including release communications, operator enablement, and documentation that drives adoption.
- Build alignment across teams and workstreams that touch your area, driving a shared understanding of priorities and progress.
Team Contribution & Mentorship
- Share product management practices, frameworks, and lessons learned with other PMs on the team, and provide informal coaching on discovery, prioritization, and stakeholder management.
- Act as a sounding board for PMs navigating complex stakeholder dynamics or ambiguous problem spaces.
- Contribute to team norms and ways of working that improve consistency and quality of output.
Performance & Optimization
- Define and monitor KPIs and adoption metrics for your area, using data to validate outcomes and guide iteration.
- Identify workflow automation, process optimization, and platform consolidation opportunities within your area.
- Lead resolution of complex product issues in your area and ensure feedback loops are in place to continuously improve the platform.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree 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
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.
EOE, including disability/vets
