Sr. Lead Project/Program Manager

Austin, TX, United States

Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Job Family Group

Business Operations

Job Profile

Sr Lead Project / Program Manager

Management Level

Sr Manager - Non People Leader

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Travel %

Yes, 5% of the time

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $129,000.00 - $215,100.00. 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.

Job Description

The Sr. Lead Program Manager leads or coordinates project / program teams from inception to delivery. Plans, organizes, and facilitates engagement of project team members and ensures all project phases are designed, executed and delivered in a manner that achieves business goals and meets customer expectations. Leverages knowledge, expertise and leadership skills to resolve issues to ensure project goals and requirements are met and benefits are realized. Facilitates cross-functional teams, ensuring execution of defined deliverables, dependencies and driving key decisions.

The person who fills this role can envision the "big picture" and interfaces with executive business stakeholders and Cox Automotive Product leadership to materialize the overall focus of the program in line with the business strategy. Having extensive experience effectively collaborating with cross-functional matrix teams to drive results is a component of this role. The ideal candidate leverages their expertise to drive decision making on all aspects of the program/project activities and mitigates erroneous decisions.

Responsibilities:

Manage end-to-end programs and ensure on-time delivery

Manage cross-functional programs in a matrix organization

Articulate technology needs, requirements, goals, and milestones

Develop and manage full-lifecycle project plans to ensure on-time delivery, provide day-to-day coordination, risk management, and quality assurance for tasks

Identify dependencies and develop mitigation strategies

Working in collaboration with Solution Delivery, Product Management, Architecture, and Engineering to establish a shared vision for discovery, delivery, and launch

Ongoing communication of planning, project status, issues, and risks in a timely fashion to stakeholders

Drive product decisions to align with higher company initiative

Bring a strong sense of execution and ownership to the team

Qualifications: 10+ years of program management experience

Experience delivering programs or products from inception to delivery

Knowledge of user needs, gathering requirements, and defining scope

Experience operating autonomously across multiple teams, demonstrated critical thinking, and thought leadership

Experience communicating with stakeholders from engineering, architecture, executive leadership, and operations

Experience coordinating work across large organizations

Analytical and problem-solving experience with large-scale systems

Experience establishing work relationships across multi-disciplinary teams and multiple partners in different time zones

Drug Testing

To be employed in this role, you'll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.

Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, parental leave, and COVID-19 vaccination leave.

About Us

Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells - or simply uses - cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. 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. Cox 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.