Product Manager

🚀 Product Manager

📍 Manchester / Hybrid ¦ 💼 Cox Automotive ¦ 🧭 Shape the Future of Vehicle Commerce

Ready to build products that change how the world buys and sells cars?

At Cox Automotive, we’re transforming the global automotive ecosystem—and we need a Product Manager who thrives at the intersection of strategy, delivery, and customer insight.

Join our team and take the lead in turning bold product strategy into real-world outcomes that create measurable value for our customers and our business.

🌟 Why this role is exciting

• Own and shape products that impact real dealership workflows and customer experiences
• Work at scale in a fast-moving SaaS and digital marketplace environment
• Lead and grow a team while influencing across Engineering, Design, Sales, and beyond
• Be the voice of the customer—your decisions will be grounded in real user insight

🎯 What you’ll be doing

🧭 Drive Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Translate strategy into a clear, outcome-driven roadmap (6-month horizon)
• Define priorities, OKRs, and delivery milestones that align with business goals
• Use market insight and competitive analysis to shape smart decisions

🔍 Lead Discovery & Build the Right Things

• Run continuous discovery: customer interviews, research, validation
• Test ideas early with experimentation and prototyping
• Define clear requirements and success metrics

🚀 Deliver with Impact

• Partner with Engineering & Design to bring ideas to life
• Remove blockers, make trade-offs, and keep delivery on track
• Lead successful launches—from documentation to customer rollout
• Measure success and feed insights back into the roadmap

👥 Lead & Grow Your Team

• Line manage and coach a team of Product Owners
• Elevate backlog quality, delivery standards, and ways of working
• Build capability and confidence across the team

🤝 Engage & Influence

• Build trusted relationships with customers and stakeholders
• Present roadmaps and product updates to senior leaders
• Use data and feedback to drive decisions and prioritisation

✅ What you’ll bring

🧠 Product Expertise

• 3+ years in Product Management (with SaaS experience)
• Strong track record delivering outcomes—not just features
• Deep experience in agile, discovery, and outcome-based roadmapping

👥 People Leadership

• Experience managing or mentoring Product Owners
• Ability to inspire, coach, and drive performance

💬 Communication & Influence

• Confident communicator across technical and non-technical audiences
• Skilled in customer engagement and stakeholder management
• Able to influence without authority

📊 Data & Decision Making

• Comfortable with tools like Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps
• Data-driven mindset with strong analytical thinking
• Strong judgement in balancing trade-offs and ambiguity

💡 Bonus points if you have

• Automotive, retail, or wholesale experience 🚗
• Exposure to both B2B and B2C products
• Interest in AI/ML or digital retail innovation

🌱 Who you are

• Customer-obsessed—you solve the right problems
• Outcome-focused—you measure success in impact
• Resilient—you thrive in ambiguity and fast-paced change
• A team builder—you invest in developing others

🚗 Why Cox Automotive?

We’re not just building products—we’re shaping the future of automotive commerce. You’ll join a business where innovation, collaboration, and customer impact sit at the heart of everything we do.

👉 If you’re ready to lead, influence, and deliver products that matter—apply now.

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