Product Manager II

Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Engineering / Product Development

Product Manager II

Individual Contributor

Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Yes, 5% of the time

Day

Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $98,300.00 - $. 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.

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.

We are hiring a Product Manager II to own discovery and delivery of inventory capabilities within a defined product area. You will work alongside senior product leaders while building your skills in problem discovery, spec writing, stakeholder engagement, and delivery. This is a growth role: you will be expected to develop toward independent ownership of broader product areas over time.

The right candidate is execution-oriented, curious, and coachable. You ask thoughtful questions, build domain knowledge quickly, and take initiative to move work forward. You are learning the product management craft and are intentional about that learning.

Own Product Discovery for Your Area. You own discovery for a defined product space. That means conducting customer interviews, analyzing usage data, mapping workflows, and synthesizing findings into a clear problem statement and recommended direction. You engage directly with internal customers and stakeholders to validate problems before proposing solutions. As you build confidence and domain knowledge, the scope of what you own expands.

Write Specs and Define Requirements. You write product specs in the team’s Spec-Driven Development (SDD) format, defining the who, why, and what for features assigned to you. Your specs should be clear enough for a human or machine to evaluate feasibility and execute against. You ensure acceptance criteria are complete and testable. You iterate on specs based on feedback from your PM lead, architecture, and engineering partners.

Manage Your Backlog. You maintain your assigned work in Rally. Status is current. Stale items are dispositioned. You track progress against milestones and surface blockers early. You are learning to judge how far ahead to plan: enough runway to maintain momentum without over committing to solutions that may shift in an AI-driven development environment.

Engage with Customers and Stakeholders. You build relationships with operations teams, support staff, and leaders who use or depend on CVI capabilities. You also engage directly with dealers and integration partners to understand how inventory works in the field, and you are building the habit of seeking out that external and diverse perspective. You schedule and conduct regular touchpoints, log insights, and connect what you hear to product decisions.

You do not wait for introductions; you reach out proactively.

Collaborate Across Functions. You work daily with engineering, architecture, UX, business leadership, and solution delivery partners. You participate in team checkpoints, contribute to planning discussions, and ensure your teams understand the context behind the work. You ask questions when you do not understand and bring your perspective when you do.

Go-to-Market. You drive the rollout for capabilities you deliver, partnering with Product Readiness to build the plan with implementation partners and operations. You create training materials and stakeholder communications, and you track adoption metrics against the success criteria for your area. You treat internal customers with the same rigor as external ones.

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