Remote New

Senior Manager, Strategy and Distribution

Cox
$119,600.00 - $199,400.00 / yr
parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays
United States, Georgia, Atlanta
6205 Peachtree Road (Show on map)
Jul 20, 2025
Cox Automotive is currently looking for a Senior Manager, Strategy and Distribution, to join our team. This is a remote, work-from-home position. The Role: We're redefining automotive journalism - and we need a strategic leader to help drive that change. As Senior Manager, Strategy and Distribution, you'll lead how we plan, distribute, and amplify content using AI, multimedia, data, and technology to grow our audience. This role connects what we create to who it's for. The Senior Manager ensures our stories reach the right people, in the right places, at the right time - across platforms, search, and syndication. They lead with insight. Every decision - from planning to publishing - is grounded in audience needs and brand values. AI search is a must-win space. The Senior Manager will drive our generative engine optimization ("GEO") prominence, making sure we're visible in tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and more - and build strategies to support it. They'll also shape how we show up visually. From our domains to YouTube, the Senior Manager will help us tell stories that go beyond text - interactive, visual, and platform-native. This role is a hub. The Senior Manager will collaborate across editorial, GEO/SEO, PR, product, and analytics to make sure our content is not just created - but discovered and remembered. Who We Need: A strategic thinker with a pulse on platforms, a love for audiences, and a bias for action. How We Work: Editor-First AI: AI supports, never replaces, human creativity. Smart Brevity: We write to be read - fast, clear, and useful. Extreme Ownership: Everyone leads. Everyone grows. Multimedia-First: Every story is visual, interactive, and dynamic. Responsibilities: Lead by Example Model resilience, curiosity, and adaptability. Model extreme ownership. Model personal growth and development. Own Your Space Align strategy with audience growth - partnering across marketing, PR, product, and analytics. Lead content distribution across onsite, earned, social, and emerging platforms. Embed AI into planning, performance, and workflows. Drive multimedia-first storytelling - video, visuals, interactivity. Measure What Matters Track and drive adoption of AI, automation, and analytics tools that enhance speed, accuracy, and insight. Track and improve performance across social platforms, aggregators, and third-party channels. Use data to guide decisions and improve performance. Grow the Brand Build your professional social presence. Cultivate sources and access that elevate our reporting. Build partnerships that expand reach and brand authority. Grow our press events and press fleet programs to ensure our expertise remains best-in-class. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in related discipline and 8 years' experience in a related field with at least 3 years' experience in management or leadership role. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 6 years' experience; a Ph.D. and 3 years' experience in a related field; or 12 years' experience in a related field. Track record of leading cross-functional growth initiatives. Deep knowledge of SEO, content lifecycle, and platform-native formats. Passion for digital innovation. Strong Proficiency with AI tools, digital platforms, and publishing technology. Clear communicator with a bias for action. Curiosity, adaptability, and a growth mindset. Skilled in analytical thinking, business acumen, customer focus, effective presentations, and project administration and management. Advanced at building positive relationships, driving innovation, focusing on execution, guiding team success, and leading with vision. Preferred Qualifications: Experience in automotive space. Strongly prefer experience related to content strategy and/or digital distribution. USD 119,600.00 - 199,400.00 per year Compensation: Compensation includes a base salary of $119,600.00 - $199,400.00. 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. 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, and parental leave. Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship. In California, we will consider non-driving candidates who use alternate means of transportation in accordance with applicable law. Application Deadline: 07/25/2025