Lead Product Manager, Retail Market Data

Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Engineering / Product Development

Lead Product Manager

Manager - Non People LeaderCan work remotely but need to live in the specified city, state, or region

Yes, 5% of the time

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $111,500.00 - $185,900.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

This role owns a retail market data product at Cox Automotive end to end — from data acquisition and cleansing through publication and consumer adoption. This data product provides comprehensive retail vehicle listing coverage across the US and Canada, enabling dealers to benchmark market pricing for their inventory and powering analytics and data science capabilities across the enterprise. This is a data ownership role. You will be the authority on this data product — responsible for its quality, coverage, and evolution as the retail vehicle market changes, and for guiding internal consumers on how to interpret and use the data for their needs.

What You’ll Do

Data Ownership & Stewardship

• Own the data product end to end — cleansing, quality standards, coverage, and publication

• Contribute to data sourcing and acquisition strategy, including evaluating new data sources and expanding coverage into new markets

• Serve as the go-to authority on this data product, guiding internal teams on how to interpret and use the data effectively

• Engage with stakeholders to evaluate new use cases, uncover pain points, and determine where changes to the data product are needed to deliver business value

• Define and track data quality, coverage, freshness, and adoption metrics

• Evolve the data product as the retail vehicle selling market changes — understanding what dealers care about when pricing inventory and how that translates to data requirements

Execution & Delivery

• Ensure product requirements are accounted for in the modernization and growth roadmap for this data product, partnering with engineering and architecture to inform pipeline and infrastructure decisions

• Lead product execution across 2 engineering delivery teams using Agile methodologies

• Maintain a well-prioritized backlog with clearly defined requirements and acceptance criteria
   

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

• Engage stakeholders at all levels to align priorities and communicate trade-offs

• Participate in external data vendor partner discussions, including data quality expectations and expansion opportunities

• Partner with front-end product teams who consume this data product to ensure it evolves to support their roadmaps

• Collaborate with data science and analytics teams who use this data for enterprise reporting, forecasting, and insights

• Translate technical data product decisions into business impact for non-technical audiences

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline and 6+ years of experience in a related field, or a master’s degree and 4+ years of experience, or 10+ years of experience in a related field

• 6+ years of experience in Product Management, Analytics, or related roles, preferably with back-end data products, data platforms, or data pipeline products

• Proficient in writing SQL and querying data to understand product quality, coverage, and stakeholder use cases

• Strong understanding of data products, APIs, data pipelines, and cloud data platforms

• Comfortable participating in technical data flow and architecture discussions

• Excellent communication skills with demonstrated ability to present to leadership and translate technical concepts for business audiences
   

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of the retail automotive market and dealer pricing dynamics

• Experience with data stewardship, data governance, or data quality management

• Experience managing external vendor relationships

• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and backlog management tools (Rally preferred)

To be employed in this role, you’ll need to 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.

The Company offers eligible employees the 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; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for 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.Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars. 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. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. 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