Sr Product Manager

Cox Communications • Atlanta, GA

16h • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Product Manager for the Recon Solutions and Services release train at Cox Automotive, you will own a significant area of the One Recon platform. One Recon is a unified technology hub intended to consolidate legacy recon tools and manual processes into a seamless experience for Manheim auction sites and their reconditioning operations. You will set direction for your product area within the broader platform vision and translate 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, architecture, and operations partners around shared goals, and represent your area in cross-functional forums. The role spans product strategy, discovery, stakeholder engagement, go-to-market execution, and performance measurement. You will also share product practices with other PMs and provide informal coaching. The position calls for strong platform thinking, a working understanding of APIs and integrations, and the ability to balance strategic clarity with hands-on delivery accountability.

The role is hybrid, with the ability to work remotely part of the week, and requires travel 15% of the time. The work shift is day shift. Compensation includes a base salary of $101,500 to $169,100, which may vary based on location and the candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. The position may also be eligible for an incentive program.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of experience in a related field; alternatively, a master’s degree and 2 years of experience, a Ph.D. and up to 1 year of experience, or 16 years of experience in a related field.
• Strong platform thinking.
• Working understanding of APIs and integrations.
• Ability to balance strategic clarity with hands-on delivery accountability.
• Must clear a pre-employment drug test. The posting notes that Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment marijuana drug test for this position.

Responsibilities

• Own the product strategy and roadmap for an assigned area of the One Recon platform, aligned with the platform vision and Manheim’s operational priorities.
• Translate platform direction into area-level objectives and sequence epics and features to maximize business value and reduce dependencies across the release train.
• Participate in quarterly and annual planning, making the case for investment and evaluating trade-offs against other priorities.
• Identify and champion opportunities to replace legacy recon tooling and eliminate manual processes.
• Lead discovery for complex or high-impact problems, synthesizing operator interviews, usage data, and operational trends into problem statements and opportunity assessments.
• Build and maintain working relationships with auction operators, operations partners, and internal stakeholders, balancing site needs with enterprise-wide value.
• Serve as the subject matter expert on recon workflows and the systems and integrations in the product area, and advise other teams on how they interact with it.
• Define and prioritize epics and features 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 and ensure requirements are clear and ready before they reach delivery teams.
• Escalate blockers and cross-team conflicts to product leadership with a recommended path forward.
• Represent the product area in release train planning, reviews, and stakeholder forums, communicating progress, risks, and decisions.
• Lead go-to-market readiness for releases, including release communications, operator enablement, and documentation that drives adoption.
• Build alignment across teams and workstreams that touch the product area.
• Share product management practices, frameworks, and lessons learned with other PMs, and provide informal coaching on discovery, prioritization, and stakeholder management.
• Act as a sounding board for PMs working through complex stakeholder dynamics or ambiguous problem spaces.
• Contribute to team norms and ways of working that improve consistency and quality of output.
• Define and monitor KPIs and adoption metrics, using data to validate outcomes and guide iteration.
• Identify workflow automation, process optimization, and platform consolidation opportunities.
• Lead resolution of complex product issues and ensure feedback loops support continuous platform improvement.

Benefits

• Flexible paid vacation, subject to duties and company needs.
• Seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Up to 160 hours of paid wellness time annually for the employee’s or family members’ wellness.
• Additional paid time off may include bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
• Potential health care insurance, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Potential 401(k) retirement planning.
• Paid days off, which may include sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior