Company

Cox Automotive - USAData Intelligence & ScienceManager, Business IntelligenceManager - People LeaderCan work remotely anywhere in the specified countryYes, 5% of the timeDay

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $111,500.00 - $185,900.00. 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 Summary:

The Business Intelligence Sr. Manager role is pivotal in assisting the execution of analytic strategies and tactical plans as it relates to the vehicle merchandising, marketing and buying experience. This individual must show proven success using data and insights to collaborate across business functions such as Marketing, Sales, Operations, Products and Engineering. The ideal candidate will have experience working in an enterprise-class workplace and using data analysis to produce actionable insights. This individual must demonstrate a continuous passion for supporting a culture of collaboration, discovery and learning.

Candidates should have deep technical expertise in navigating diverse database architectures and data ecosystems—including relational databases, data lakes, and cloud-based warehouses—with the ability to critically evaluate data lineage, quality, and integrity. They must possess strong statistical acumen to validate analytical outputs, identify anomalies, and ensure data accuracy across disparate sources. Knowledge of business concepts and associated data as it relates to market analysis, digital marketing, website performance, inventory merchandising, and/or CRM/retailing solutions is essential. Exposure to emerging technologies, including generative AI capabilities in analytics and reporting, is highly desirable to help drive innovation and efficiency.

Successful candidates will have advanced analytical skills, the ability to create reporting and analyses that tell a story with data while provide actionable recommendations. This individual will develop innovative analytics and reporting solutions that inform and influence decisioning across vehicle retailing functions. Using Business Intelligence tools such as MicroStrategy and Tableau, you’ll create scalable reporting while leveraging PowerPoint and SQL to create ad hoc presentations that bring together product performance data with customer and industry trends to tell a clear and concise story around the vehicle retailing process.

This role is expected to perform these duties with minimal daily oversight.

Please note, this role is an individual contributor position without direct reports.

PRIMARY DUTIES/KEY RESPONSIBILITES

• Work with cross-functional teams such as Sales, Marketing, Product, Engineering, and Operations to provide actionable insights on consumer behavior, advertising channel mix, and digital transactions/sales through data analytics, pre/post analysis, and statistical methods.

• Partner with business leaders to identify and define key reporting and analysis metrics to inform the business' KPI framework.

• Create standard and evolving reporting, analysis, and forecasting capabilities to support client optimization strategies and inform business decisioning.

• Mine data from a variety of data sources and platforms (relational, NoSQL, data lakes, cloud warehouses) to surface strategies that improve ROI and program performance.

• Develop and implement data validation frameworks to ensure accuracy, consistency, and reliability of analytical outputs—including cross-referencing source systems, identifying data drift, and reconciling discrepancies.

• Apply statistical techniques (hypothesis testing, regression analysis, confidence intervals, anomaly detection) to validate findings, quantify uncertainty, and distinguish meaningful patterns from noise.

• Leverage BI tools with AI capabilities to assist in generation of reports, dashboards, and stakeholder presentations.

• Present directly to stakeholders, developing and articulating analytical concepts and summarized findings through cohesive narratives and compelling visual storytelling.

• Collaborate with different departments and define requirements to improve our analytics suite.

• Champion a healthy team culture and mentor team members.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

• 8+ years of web, marketing, and/or commerce analytics experience

• Experience working and leading groups within an agile environment

• Proficiency with web analytics tools such as Google Marketing Platform, Facebook Insights, Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, and first-party consumer data sets

• Expert-level proficiency in SQL with demonstrated ability to write complex queries across multiple database platforms (Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, SQL Server, PostgreSQL)

• Experience with diverse data architectures including relational databases, columnar stores, data lakes (S3, Azure Data Lake), and semi-structured data formats (JSON, Parquet, Avro)

• Familiarity with statistical programming languages (R, Python/pandas/scipy) for data validation and exploratory analysis

• Ability to assess data integrity—including identifying missing data, duplicate records, schema inconsistencies, and upstream data quality issues

• Experience with statistical validation techniques to verify data accuracy and analytical conclusions

• Understanding of sampling methodologies, confidence intervals, and margin of error calculations

• Proficiency with Tableau, MicroStrategy, or Power BI to create visualizations from disparate data sources

• Strong Microsoft Office skills, including Excel proficiency with large data sets, pivot tables, and automated data pulls

• Ability to articulate business performance metrics through visualizations, presentations, and dashboards

• Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex information, think conceptually, and drive results

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to manage ambiguity, adapt to changing priorities, and handle multiple projects with a strong sense of urgency and accountabilityManage ambiguity and adapt readily and easily to changes in priorities and business conditions

• Ability to multitask, meet deadlines, manage multiple projects, a strong sense of urgency, and follow-thru in addressing issues.

• Highly accountable and performance driven

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.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, and parental leave.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.

Application Deadline: 02/26/2026