Senior Manager, Product Management

The Senior Manager, Product Management is responsible for leading a team to oversee deployments and provide ongoing support for the Central Dispatch Marketplace.
The Senior Manager, Product Management, is also responsible for partnering with product leaders, business leaders, UX, and engineering to lead and champion the development of new products, and the evolution of existing products that delight clients. They are also responsible for developing a roadmap that executes our business strategy while solving the most important problems for our customers, and to continue to position Central Dispatch as the leading marketplace in the industry. They will be responsible for leading product discovery efforts, involving functional partners, and ensuring development teams have a healthy backlog of work to execute our roadmap.
Are you a strategic thinker who has passion for product discovery, seeing the world through the eyes of your customer, and solving their biggest pain points? If so, Cox Automotive Logistics is seeking a Senior Manager, Product Management to drive our growth and reinforce our position as a market leader.
Who We Are & What We Do
Cox Automotive Logistics is made up of two brands; Ready Logistics and Central Dispatch. Our businesses connect shippers (automotive dealers, auctions and commercial clients) needing to move vehicles with a carrier base to execute that move. Our mission is to simplify the automotive logistics supply chain. This position will be responsible for managing capabilities within Central Dispatch , the nation's largest automotive digital marketplace that connects shippers who need to move vehicles and the carriers that can transport them.
Our Teams
Central Dispatch's teams are based primarily out of Atlanta, GA. We have cultivated a group of passionate, naturally curious problem solvers who can adapt to the rapid changes in the automotive and technology industries.
The Job
The Senior Manager, Product Management is responsible for leading a team to oversee deployments and provide ongoing support for the Central Dispatch Marketplace.
The Senior Manager, Product Management, is also responsible for partnering with product leaders, business leaders, UX, and engineering to lead and champion the development of new products, and the evolution of existing products that delight clients. They are also responsible for developing a roadmap that executes our business strategy while solving the most important problems for our customers, and to continue to position Central Dispatch as the leading marketplace in the industry. They will be responsible for leading product discovery efforts, involving functional partners, and ensuring development teams have a healthy backlog of work to execute our roadmap.
The ideal candidate will bring a balanced mix of strategic thinking skills, diverse communication skills, and program execution skills. They will have a strong technology background and be able to facilitate communications and product vision accordingly.
This person will also develop and maintain relationships with some of our clients to better understand their needs and pain points in the logistics industry. That includes existing feedback loops, site visits to wholesale vehicle auctions, and participation in our advisory councils.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (including but not limited to):

• Formulates an in-depth understanding of problems by customer segment, persona and competitive landscape.
• Partners with UX, marketing research, client solutions, and business stakeholders to observe and solicit feedback from clients.
• Perform competitive research and industry analysis to inform ongoing enhancements and roadmap.
• Provide feedback and coach employees, as necessary, plan, monitor, evaluate job performance and conduct performance evaluations.
• Provides guidance to product team members as well as internal and external customers as needed in the development and implementation of customer solutions.
• Responsible for developing, managing, and optimizing one or more products.
• Identifies, quantifies, and effectively communicates customer market opportunities.
• Creates and maintains product vision and roadmap; creates business plans to secure funding; develops go-to-market strategy and value proposition.
• Ensures feature alignment across products; manages feature creation and identifies business rules/impact.
• Collaborates with other Product Managers to ensure alignment across products; participates in planning and pre/post-planning events (Demos and Inspect/Adapt).
• Builds an effective relationship between Product & Development teams.
• Collaborates with Product Owners, UX Designers and others to prototype, test and validate solutions.
• Makes buy/build/partner recommendations to Agile Release Train(s).
• Works with Product Readiness, Product Management and Marketing teams to communicate new products, and develop go-to-market strategy, plans, and training materials.
• Assesses product performance against KPIs and makes corrections to improve performance; creates and delivers thoughtful information to influence key market constituents.

Qualifications:
Required Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in related field; Masters degree preferred.
• Minimum of 6 years of related work experience.
• Experience managing small and moderate sized teams of people.
• Demonstrated ability to lead product ideation, discovery, and delivery in an Agile environment with a strong focus on collaboration between customers, stakeholders, and delivery teams
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced cross-functional team environment with geographically distributed team members
• Experience working with offshore development teams
• Conducting competitive research and analysis
• Setting and continuously monitoring KPI's to measure product value.
• Excellent communication skills with experience creating and leading executive presentations.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, proven track record of building teams and fostering a community of trust across multiple functions

Preferred:

• Automotive industry experience
• Experience with LUMA methodologies and/or Human Centered Design
• Experience working in a digital marketplace
• Experience with Rally

About Cox Automotive
At Cox Automotive, people of every background are driven by their passion for mobility, innovation and community. We transform the way the world buys, sells, owns and uses cars, accelerating the industry with global powerhouse brands like Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, Manheim and more. What's more, we do it all with an emphasis on employee growth and happiness. Drive your future forward and join Cox Automotive today!
About Cox
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