Sr Product Manager

Cox Communications • Austin, TX

21h • Hybrid

About The Position

Cox Automotive's Enterprise Inventory Services (EIS) team builds and operates the Common Vehicle Inventory (CVI) platform, the capability that powers vehicle inventory across Cox Automotive's retail products. CVI connects inventory data between dealer solutions, consumer-facing sites and operational tools used by internal teams. This is enterprise platform product management: you own capabilities that other products depend on. We are hiring a Senior Product Manager to own a portfolio of inventory capabilities from problem discovery through adoption. 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. This role requires someone who operates independently, thinks in outcomes rather than features, and brings a structured approach to discovery and prioritization. You will be accountable for the health of your discovery pipeline, the quality of your specs, and the adoption of what you ship. Product defines the problem and requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 6 years' experience in a related field, or a Master's degree and 4 years' experience, or 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.
• 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.
• Must clear a pre-employment drug test (marijuana drug test not administered for this position, but drug-free workplace policies apply).

Nice To Haves

• Experience with enterprise platform or capability products where your customers are other products or technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Problem Discovery and Product Strategy: Lead discovery for your product area, identifying and validating problems through direct engagement with internal customers and external clients. Define personas, map workflows, build hypotheses, and test them. Use data, customer evidence, and competitive context to form a point of view on what to build next.
• Spec-Driven Development: Write product discovery specs that clearly define the who, why, and what, including measurable acceptance criteria, defined scope boundaries, and context for feasibility evaluation.
• Backlog Health and Pipeline Management: Maintain a forward-looking pipeline of meaningful work for engineering teams, ensuring they know what is coming next and why. Balance long-term planning with the need to adapt in an AI-driven development environment.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Build consensus across product, UX, engineering, architecture, business leadership, and solution delivery teams by leading with evidence and framing tradeoffs clearly.
• Adoption and Go-to-Market for Platform Capabilities: Define complete adoption criteria, build rollout plans with implementation partners and operations, and track progress against measurable criteria.
• Stakeholder Communication and Transparency: Surface status, risks, and wins proactively. Keep manager and cross-functional partners informed at the right cadence with the right level of detail. Bring problems with recommended paths forward.

Benefits

• 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.
• 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)).

What This Job Offers

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