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NextGear Capital, A Cox Automotive company, is hiring a Senior Product Manager. This innately curious and forward-thinking individual will lead discovery and strategy for a mission-critical product line. Your goal will be to develop and drive a rich understanding for your client and their respective problem space. You will establish the product roadmap, in partnership with the release train product lead while also continuing to assess and measure product performance in the market today. Additionally, you must be capable of presenting to executive audiences and large groups, interviewing end users, and communicating technical information to non-technical people. The ideal candidate is an experienced leader with demonstrated experience identifying, quantifying, and prioritizing opportunities to drive value. This person is also a self-starter who is passionate about problem solving, comfortable operating with direct and indirect influence, acclimates well to change, and is objective and detail oriented.Primary Responsibilities: Discovery: Perform market assessments and create an in-depth understanding of user needs by persona to ensure appropriate direction of impacted products. Assess competitive landscape and determine the most efficient course of action to achieve goals. Conduct problem discovery activities, both qualitative and quantitative, to understand user pain points and determine opportunities for new solutions. Establish concise value statements, objectives, and key results for product initiatives that will guide the organization and delivery teams in measuring success. Innovation & Evaluation: Assess product performance against KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and adjust to improve performance; create and deliver thoughtful information to influence key market constituents. Manage innovative ideas and a pipeline to prototype on them. Encourage and facilitate communication and open flow of creative ideas between interested parties and the set-up of innovation efforts related to the product. Strategy / Planning: Create and maintain product vision and roadmap, including development of go-to-market strategy and value-proposition messaging. Manage the full product lifecycle to ensure that the needs of internal and external customers are met. Conduct in-market tests, experiments, pilots, and product launches to support in-flight data initiatives. Development: Build an effective partnership between Product & Engineering, collaborating within the Product team as well as User Experience, Engineering, and Architecture teams to execute work. Serve as the "voice of the customer" to the team and delivery stream by representing and reinforcing the customer's perspective throughout product realization cycles. Work with Product Owners to provide clear direction to delivery teams on defined product priorities Qualifications: Required Knowledge, Experience & Education: Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 4 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 2 years' experience; a Ph.D. and up to 1 year of experience; or 16 years' experience in a related field 4+ years experience in product development; or equivalent combination of education and work-related experience. Proficiency in Human Centered Design principles and Design Thinking techniques, including LUMA methods Proficiency in delivering solutions across web and mobile technologies, either as an individual or as part of a team Requires and applies comprehensive knowledge of business, product maturity and performance, and industry principles, practices, and procedures. Working knowledge for SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) Agile Methodology. Actively seeks out new knowledge for own personal development and the mentoring or coaching of others. Develops a wide breadth of knowledge across industry or business. Applies knowledge to help to define the standards which others will apply. Working experience in design, development, and implementation of product plans. Working experience in full product lifecycle methodologies. Working experience in creating, prioritizing, and recommending epics and features. Working experience in in conducting competitive research and analysis. Working experience in identifying KPI's and other analytics to measure product value. Working experience with executive presentations. Working experience in a collaborative, cross-functional, and complex team environment Certifications are a plus: (Scrum Alliance, Pragmatic Marketing, LUMA Institute) About Cox AutomotiveAt Cox Automotive, people of every background are driven by their passion for mobility, innovation and community. We transform the way the world buys, sells, owns and uses cars, accelerating the industry with global powerhouse brands like Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, Manheim and more. What's more, we do it all with an emphasis on employee growth and happiness. Drive your future forward and join Cox Automotive today!About CoxCox empowers employees to build a better future and has been doing so for over 120 years. With exciting investments and innovations across transportation, communications, cleantech and healthcare, our family of businesses - which includes Cox Automotive and Cox Communications - is forging a better future for us all. Ready to make your mark? Join us today!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 (link removed) 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.Statement to ALL Third-Party Agencies and Similar Organizations: Cox accepts resumes only from agencies with which we formally engage their services. Please do not forward resumes to our applicant tracking system, Cox employees, Cox hiring manager, or send to any Cox facility. 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