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About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to join our Vehicle Acquisition team within the AcES Release Train at vAuto. In this role, you will help shape how dealers source, evaluate, and acquire used vehicle inventory by leveraging market data, vehicle condition insights, and predictive signals to drive confident purchasing decisions. You will partner closely with cross-functional teams, including AI-Integrated Teams, to lead initiatives from problem discovery through delivery and adoption. By synthesizing customer feedback, business priorities, and stakeholder insights, you will identify gaps in acquisition workflows and deliver solutions that improve dealer outcomes. This role is ideal for a product leader who thrives in an outcome-driven, spec-based environment, operates independently, and brings strong execution discipline along with practical experience applying AI to product development.

Responsibilities

Identify and validate problems through dealer partners, performance managers, Sales, Support, and internal stakeholders.
Use data, customer evidence, and competitive context to build a defensible point of view on what to build.
Define and maintain a forward-looking product roadmap in partnership with product leadership.
Own Epics and Features end-to-end, including PI Planning input and backlog prioritization.
Keep AIT teams supplied with well-understood, sequenced work.
Author Discovery Specs and co-author Delivery Specs with Engineering and Design.
Maintain a product context repository as the durable record of your value stream.
Use AI tools daily for discovery synthesis, spec drafting, prototype generation, and context management.
Write prompts as a core skill and build or adapt custom skills for product workflows.
Bring curiosity about designing AI-powered dealer capabilities.
Anchor recommendations in data from sources like Amplitude, Tableau, and Snowflake.
Monitor product performance post-launch, identify optimization opportunities, and drive continuous improvement against defined KPIs.
Define what complete adoption looks like, build rollout plans with performance managers and support teams, and coordinate with Sales, Marketing, and training on launch readiness.
Track outcomes against measurable criteria.
Serve as a senior liaison across product, engineering, operations, and business leadership.
Represent customer and dealer priorities to influence product and technology decisions.
Surface status, risks, and wins without being asked.

Requirements

Experienced in moving problems from ambiguity to a solid product recommendation.
Ability to articulate what you built, what you didn't, and why — connected to outcomes and customer pain points.
Experience owning a roadmap, leading PI Planning, and making tradeoffs stick under competing stakeholder pressure.
Tangible AI fluency with tools like Claude Desktop, Microsoft Copilot, or equivalent.
Prompt writing is practiced and continuously improving.
Experience customizing your own workflows.
Point of view on designing AI-supported features for dealers and understanding optimizing for token cost.
Comfortable pulling and interpreting data from Amplitude, Tableau, and Snowflake to form and support product decisions.
Build alignment by leading with evidence and framing tradeoffs clearly.
Experience influencing senior leadership and navigating competing priorities across matrixed teams.
Bring curiosity, drive for your product area, and options for where to go next.
Bias for action — don't wait to be told what matters.
A bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 4 years of experience in a related field, or a master’s degree and 2 years of experience; a Ph.D. and 1 year of experience; or 12 years of experience in related field with no degree.
5+ years in software product management.
Demonstrated end-to-end discovery ownership: problem identification through validated solution direction.
Working proficiency with AI tools (Claude Desktop, GitHub Copilot, or equivalent); prompt writing is a practiced skill.
Familiarity with GitHub Enterprise as a product artifact workspace.
Comfort with Amplitude, Snowflake, or equivalent for evidence-based prioritization.
Strong written and verbal communication; able to influence cross-functional teams.
Experience in a CAFe, AIT, or scaled agile delivery environment preferred.
Experience in automotive retail, dealer software, or adjacent B2B SaaS preferred but not required.
Candidates local to Austin, TX or willing to relocate to Austin, TX will be considered.
Unable to consider candidates who require visa sponsorship now or in the future.
Must 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.

Skills

AI tools (Claude Desktop, Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot, or equivalent)
Prompt writing
GitHub Enterprise
Amplitude
Snowflake
Tableau
Product management
Agile delivery
B2B SaaS

Location

Austin, TX

Work Type

Hybrid
Remote

Experience Level

Senior
4 years of experience in a related field
2 years of experience
1 year of experience
12 years of experience
5+ years in software product management

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline
Master’s degree
Ph.D.

Salary/Compensations

$111,600.00 - $186,000.00
Potential for additional compensation via incentive program

Benefits

Flexible vacation with pay
Seven paid holidays
Up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually
Bereavement leave
Time off to vote
Jury duty leave
Volunteer time off
Military leave
Parental leave
Health care insurance (medical, dental, vision)
Retirement planning (401(k))
Paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO)

About the Company

Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike.
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.
Cox brings together the world’s greatest minds to help breathe life into new possibilities – and drive innovation for a better future.
We look for individuals who share our pioneering spirit, have imaginative ideas and are fearless when it comes to tackling the world’s biggest challenges.
Our people love technology – and they love making a difference.
They have a passion for finding new solutions and working with brilliant colleagues.
Every day they dedicate themselves to a huge range of exciting projects, contributing to the Cox vision around the globe.
From engineering new sustainability solutions that conserve water and energy to creating the infrastructure for the smart cities of tomorrow, there’s no challenge too great for our pioneers.
There’s no shortage of opportunities for you to make a difference.
Come and experience the dynamic, collaborative and creative environments where your ideas are welcome and new discoveries are waiting.
To help you grow to your full potential, we strive to support our employees in their career aspirations and promote the freedom to explore new horizons.

Equal Opportunity

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