Product Manager II – Search

Gap Inc. • San Francisco, CA

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About The Position

The Product Manager II — Search is a core member of the Discover Value Stream responsible for executing the enterprise search and external discovery roadmap in partnership with the Director, Engineering, and UX leadership. This role owns defined capability surfaces including internal search ranking logic, query interpretation improvements, search results architecture, zero results mitigation, structured data enablement, technical SEO foundations, and experimentation initiatives tied to relevance and conversion performance. The Product Manager II is accountable for translating strategic intent into well formed Features, Epics, and Stories, ensuring stage gate rigor, sequencing work appropriately within capacity constraints, and driving measurable improvements in assigned KPIs. This role requires strong execution discipline, cross functional alignment across SEO marketing and engineering teams, and the ability to anticipate delivery risks before they impact quarterly commitments.

Requirements

• 3+ years of product management experience within ecommerce, marketplace, search, or digital platform environments.
• Demonstrated experience managing cross functional delivery across Engineering, UX, and SEO stakeholders within structured stage gate processes.
• Strong analytical capability with ability to interpret search performance metrics and translate insights into prioritized product actions.
• Working knowledge of SEO fundamentals including crawl behavior, structured data, indexation strategy, and content architecture.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills with a bias toward structured documentation and disciplined execution.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Director to translate search capability strategy into detailed quarterly roadmaps aligned to Discover OKRs and enterprise priorities.
• Own end to end Feature development including writing business context, defining customer intent problems, articulating success metrics, and decomposing work into executable Stories.
• Ensure all assigned initiatives meet G1 readiness standards, including requirements clarity, UX alignment, engineering estimates, and dependency mapping across value streams.
• Drive sprint execution in partnership with Engineering and QA, maintaining backlog hygiene and ensuring delivery timelines are realistic and transparent.
• Partner with SEO performance insights leads and Media Services teams to align product execution with organic visibility goals including crawl health, indexation strategy, structured data integrity, and landing page optimization.
• Monitor performance of assigned search surfaces, analyze impact on search conversion, engagement depth, revenue per visit, and traffic quality metrics, and recommend optimization opportunities based on data insights.
• Provide structured status updates to leadership that clearly articulate progress, risks, tradeoffs, and mitigation plans.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed