AddressAbout Cox Automotive
Cox Automotive Australia is a subsidiary of Cox Automotive US, the world’s largest automotive services and technology provider. Our local team of almost 600 team members work with automotive manufacturers, as well as an array of automotive dealers and with the corporate and government fleet sector. Our brands in Australia & New Zealand include Manheim Auctions (passenger, industrial and salvage), Kelley Blue Book, Sell My Car, and digital retailing solutions including LeadDriver and Xtime.
Our parent company has ~30,000 team members on five continents and a family of trusted brands that operate across the globe. Cox Automotive is a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises Inc, a privately-owned, Atlanta-based company with $22 billion in annual revenue working in automotive, media and clean tech.
The role
As Product Manager you will provide leadership and ownership of digital automotive products and be accountable for leading a cross functional team to deliver maximum value to our customers. With your strong expertise, you will be driving product initiatives through the whole product lifecycle from vision, concept, development, launch, measurement, ongoing enhancement and management.
Apart from working with a highly skilled team, this role will manage key internal and external relationships, collectively ensuring resolution to complex problem and issues whilst also focusing on developing innovative concepts, championing through the Lead Product Manager.
Responsibilities:
- Develop a deep understanding of the automotive industry including competitors, regulatory landscape, challenges and future direction
- Be the brains behind strategic development and launch of CAA’s product offerings
- Work with Head of Product to define new products and future developments to meet emerging market needs.
- Develop product strategies and roadmaps that algin with the business strategy
- Understand the commercial aspects of products to develop pricing and market positioning strategies
- Be data driven, sharing qualitative and quantitative insights on performance across products
- Identify relevant KPIS and provide regular product reporting to track success
- Lead cross functional teams and manage resources allocated to product lanes within Agile methodology
- Be a genuine leader for the direct reports and invest in their development
- Ensure strong customer engagement, analyse feedback from users and key stakeholders to shape requirements, features and product strategy
Skills & Experience:
- Proven experience in product development or technology/development preferably in a medium to large organisation
- Proven digital product management experience, including the ability to identify new opportunities
- Experience working within an agile delivery environment is essential
- Solid understanding of data analytics and how to use data to make informed decisions that will drive customer engagement and revenue growth
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to translate complex technical terminology into language that can be readily understood by non-technical audiences
- Experience in Automotive and/or CRM will be an advantage
- Tertiary qualification in a relevant field of study is essential
Our benefits?
- Our team members have spoken, and we are officially certified as a Great Place to Work
- We offer on the job training to ensure you are successful in the role and other training and development opportunities such as LinkedIn Learning, Pluralsight, Employee Resource Groups and many more
- Our Benefits offerings include Birthday Leave, Volunteering Leave, Service Awards, access to Reward and Recognition platform just to name a few
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – EAP is a professional service that is voluntary, confidential and free of charge to all team members and their immediate family members and dependents 24/7
- Find more benefits at careers.coxautoinc.com.au/pages/benefits
We offer a collaborative team environment where you can thrive, grow and make a meaningful impact. If you are looking for a fun, challenging and rewarding opportunity to build your career, apply now and make your mark!
