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Cox Enterprises · 4 days ago

Lead Product Manager

Atlanta GA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$112K/yr - $186K/yr

6+ years exp

Cox Automotive is a leading company in the automotive sector, and they are seeking a Lead Product Manager to develop, manage, and optimize products at Manheim. This role involves overseeing the product roadmap, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and leveraging AI to deliver products that meet the needs of both internal and external clients.

AdvertisingBroadcastingDigital MediaTelecommunications

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Develop, manage, and optimize products at Manheim

Contribute to and manage the product roadmap

Oversee implementation and collaborate with a cross-functional team

Leverage AI to accelerate discovery, experimentation, and development

Lead the discovery process to formulate an in-depth understanding of problems by customer segment and personas

Collaborate with business leaders to ensure product strategy and discovery efforts align to business objectives

Synthesize discovery into a transparent, outcome-oriented roadmap

Translate strategy into business outcomes, milestones, and epics

Maintain a backlog that continuously delivers measurable value

Collaborate with Product Management and UX colleagues to ensure alignment across the product portfolio

Adopt AI tooling and employ a mindset focused on how to think about and approach work throughout the PDLC

Build effective relationships with onshore and offshore teams, including contractors

Ensure teams understand the product vision and how to execute in a way that incrementally delivers value towards that vision

Apply commercialization mindset to inform innovation and product development activities

Engage with implementation, training and technical support partners

Support testing, experimentation, and iterative value delivery

Engage with clients and client-proxies throughout the discovery process

Assess product performance against KPIs and provide insights to improve product performance

Serve as liaison for the product(s); partner with development teams to establish acceptance criteria

Manage priorities and backlog for team(s) ensuring delivery aligns with business strategy and requirements

Qualification

Product ManagementAI IntegrationAgile DevelopmentProduct RoadmapProject Management ToolsRequirements AnalysisSystem IntegrationAnalytical ThinkingBuilding PartnershipsDriving InnovationFocus on ExecutionStriving for ExcellenceCommunication

Required

A bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 6 years of experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 4 years of experience; a Ph.D. and 1 year of experience; or 10 years of experience

Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship. No OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT or visa sponsorship now or in future

6+ years of experience product management/development with a record of shipping complex, enterprise products

Comfortable with current AI tools; have growth mindset in integrating AI in to existing workflows while also challenging the status quo and bringing a new perspective on leveraging AI to create business value

Ability to apply critical thinking skills to solve challenging problems for complex enterprise products

Can precisely articulate customer problems and solution value and effectively influence cross functional teams; not afraid to ask hard questions and engage in difficult conversations to achieve the best outcome

Strong communicator who can articulate customer problems, solution value, and trade-offs; comfortable with hard conversations

Fluency in agile methods and tooling; proven cross-functional leadership with UX, engineering, and architecture

Purpose-driven with the ability to motivate and excite others; strive for continuous improvement with bias towards action

Experience with Product planning/roadmap and project management tools

Excellent people skills and developing relationships with team members and customers