About the position
The Enterprise Product Operations Senior Manager will be responsible for leading the creation and adoption of strategies to enable Cox Automotive Product team members to deliver best-in-class products. This role includes the management of shared product management discipline standards across the Cox Automotive and managing initiatives which enable product management excellence. This role works cross-functionally with key partners in the product development lifecycle to define and operationalize best practices, develop learning and development programs to educate team members on topics which aim to mature the Product organization and drive adoption of enterprise standards. This role supports driving on-going improvement in product development and management practices to ensure our Product team member’s efforts achieve maximum impact. The person in this role is part of the core team that identifies, develops, and administers a range of enterprise-wide initiatives designed to improve Product Operations across portfolios, and works to effect broad change. This is both a strategic and hands-on position requiring a proactive spirit, broad thinking, and strong problem-solving capabilities. The person in this role works to implement, manage, improve, and scale various subject matter and competencies. There is specific focus on accelerating discovery, enabling client feedback throughout the lifecycle, driving efficiency, and improving alignment, communications, and processes around the products the Cox Automotive Product and Technology Group (CAPTG) team develops and manages. The ideal candidate has a strong background in working with matrixed teams to build relationships, understand needs, consult on the best ways to address them, all while driving change and improvement. They also must have excellent communication skills and attention to detail, as well as the ability to think through broad needs across the enterprise.
Responsibilities
- Drive processes that improve various levels of product management maturity and skills and elevate our ability to function as one Cox Automotive.
- Accountable for improvements in product discipline maturity within Enterprise Technology.
- Partner with Product Operations, Product Readiness teams, as well as other teams internal to the Product COE and CAPTG to coordinate efforts and promote awareness for Product Operations initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 8 years’ experience in a related field.
- 5-7 years of experience in a Product organization directly in Product Management or Product Operations.
- Strong leadership, facilitation, negotiation skills.
- Direct involvement in driving continuous improvement and large operational change management initiatives.
- Strong ability to build key business relationships and contribute to the enterprise vision at Cox Automotive.
- Strong ability to assess capabilities, gaps, and build plans for addressing training needs.
- Certified in Human Centered Design.
Nice-to-haves
- Consulting experience.
- Knowledge of product composability principles.
- Knowledge of Lean (Six Sigma) concepts, certification not required.
Benefits
- Flexible vacation policy allowing employees to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties.
- Seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
- Up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members.
- 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.
- Health care insurance (medical, dental, vision).
- Retirement planning (401(k)).
- Paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO).
