Head of Product - Decision Engine

Location: Manchester or Leeds - Hybrid

Scope of Role:

As Head of Product for Data Solutions youll own the end-to-end strategy for Cox Automotives data products Salesforce integrations and the Decision Engine. Youll bridge technical innovation with business impact ensuring our platform becomes the central nervous system for automotive commerce ingesting analysing and acting on data to deliver right vehicle right price right channel right buyer. This role demands equal parts technical depth commercial acumen and leadership excellence to scale solutions across Europe.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Vision & Strategy

• Define and evangelise the product vision for Data Solutions including:
• Decision Engine: AI/ML-driven automation for pricing stock and channel optimisation. - Salesforce Ecosystem: Unified CRM billing and compliance workflows.
• Data Products: Monetisable APIs analytics suites and third-party data partnerships.
• Align roadmaps with Cox Automotives pan-European growth goals and client needs.

2. Product Portfolio Leadership

• Data Platform: Oversee the architecture of our data lakehouse (Snowflake Databricks) and real-time pipelines (Kafka AWS Kinesis).
• Salesforce Integrations: Ensure seamless workflows across Financial Services Cloud Marketing Cloud and CPQ.
• Decision Engine: Prioritise AI/ML use cases (e.g. dynamic pricing desirability scoring) and ensure ethical bias-free automation.

3. Cross-Functional Leadership

• Lead a team of Product Managers (Data Salesforce Decision Engine) and collaborate with:
• Data Science & Engineering: Scale MLOps model governance and data quality.
• Commercial Teams: Develop pricing models for data-as-a-service (DaaS) offerings.
• Legal & Compliance: Embed GDPR PSD2 and AI ethics into product design.

4. Commercialisation & Innovation

• Drive revenue through data monetisation (e.g. API access for OEMs residual value forecasts for dealers).
• Identify partnerships with third-party data providers (e.g. economic indicators weather APIs).
• Champion R&D into emerging tech (GenAI graph analytics federated learning).

5. Stakeholder Alignment

• Partner with C-suite to secure buy-in for data-driven initiatives.
• Engage clients (OEMs dealers) in co-creation workshops to validate priorities.
• Represent Cox Automotive at industry events as a thought leader in automotive data innovation.

Skills Knowledge and Experience:

Essential

• 10 years in Product Leadership with 5 years focused on data products Salesforce ecosystems or AI/ML platforms (B2B automotive fintech or marketplaces).
• Proven track record scaling data solutions from MVP to enterprise-grade adoption.
• Deep technical expertise:
• Data Platforms: Cloud-native architectures (AWS/Asure) data mesh/fabric.
• Salesforce: Financial Services Cloud CRM integrations CPQ.
• AI/ML: Production-grade model deployment MLOps ethical AI frameworks.
• Strong commercial mindset: Experience monetising data or SaaS products.

Desired

• MBA or advanced degree in Data Science Computer Science or related field.
• Experience in automotive supply chain wholesale auctions or residual value management.
• Fluency in German French or Spanish.

STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASE

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#INDOR

Cox Automotive is the worlds largest automotive service organisation. We
provide dependable solutions that improve performance and profitability
throughout the vehicle lifecycle to manufacturers fleets and retailers.
Our businesses are organised around our customers core needs across vehicle
solutions mobility remarketing funding and retail.