The Hired Guns are seeking a technical and forward-thinking Senior Product Manager focused on Search to transform the retail e-commerce experience from the ground up for a giant in both e-commerce and brick-and-mortar retailing.
The Nitty Gritty
The backstory on the organization and why they need to hire you!
The Senior Product Manager, Search is a key member of the Search and Algorithmic Discovery product team. You will be responsible for the user-centered ideation, discovery, definition and delivery of all search products. Using machine learning and artificial intelligence, you’ll take on the task of rethinking how to structure the internal product catalog based on previous browsing history. You’ll take a highly sophisticated approach to knowledge architecture to level up product discovery dramatically. You will be responsible for surveying and understanding the current backend systems and information structure and updating them to provide an end user experience that is personalized and delightful. Simultaneously, you’ll be planning the evolution to a new platform with cleaner and better-structured data that will allow easier and more sophisticated manipulation that benefits the customer’s product search experience. Plus, you’ll take the lead in working closely with stakeholders across merchandising, finance, marketing, enterprise technology, and other product teams to build and execute the long-term roadmap that makes the new search and browsing architecture a reality. In short, you’ll create front-end products using back-end algorithmic wizardry.
Why You?
How you’ll know if you’re a fit…
This job is no joke: it’s an intense and highly specialized role. You’re part product manager, part data scientist, with a history of owning algorithms and data for a large consumer-focused company. You’re able to use machine learning, and you know how to drive strategy, roadmap, metrics, and execution. You’ve got a solid 6+ years of product management experience during which you’ve wrestled with search, browser history, cataloging, tagging, schema creation — you get the idea. You’re an excellent communicator and presenter who excels at working with cross-functional collaborators as well as outside product and tech vendors.
The Inside Skinny
Why you should quit your job right now and join this organization!
If you’re looking for a VERY specific Senior Product Management role where you can own Search for an iconic brand, then this is it. You’ll have a lot of power to ideate and execute cutting-edge tech to create a delightful customer experience. High impact, high visibility. If this sounds like your dream job, we want to hear from you today.
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