Product Manager, Search Platform

Snap•Santa Monica, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Snap Inc. is hiring a Product Manager, Search Platform to shape Search across Snapchat. The role owns Search strategy and roadmap, helping Snapchatters find friends, creators, content, and timely information. It is responsible for improving content search quality end to end, surfacing trends, expanding commercial content discovery, and managing platform surfaces that connect people to content across the app. The role also extends Snapchat beyond the app through operating-system integrations such as widgets and Live Activities. The Product Manager develops goals, strategy, roadmaps, and success metrics; leads products and features from conception through launch and beyond; and works with Product, Engineering, Design, Data Science, Legal, and Policy partners to align on a shared vision and execution. The role monitors feature outcomes and develops recommendations with key stakeholders. Snap follows a “default together” approach, expecting team members to work in an office four or more days per week.

Requirements

BS/BA degree or equivalent years of experience.
At least 4 years of product management experience building and shipping products at a technology company.
Ability to develop product strategy for search, discovery, or recommendation systems and translate it into a prioritized, data-driven roadmap.
Technical acumen to discuss query understanding, retrieval, ranking, and relevance-evaluation trade-offs with Engineering and Data Science teams.
Ability to define and analyze success and input metrics for a large organization, including search success, engagement, and content quality measures.
Strong product judgment for navigation and platform user experience, including balancing competing needs for shared entry points and screen real estate.
Strong analytical, prioritization, and problem-solving skills, with creative and system-level thinking.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to build trust and align cross-functional teams.
Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced, collaborative, and kind environment.

Nice To Haves

At least 4 years of experience working on search, discovery, recommendations, or platform and navigation experiences.
Experience building commerce- or shopping-oriented content discovery, or partnering with monetization teams on product surfaces.
Experience shipping iOS or Android system-level integrations such as widgets, Live Activities, or App Intents.
Passion for Snapchat and creative problem solving.

Responsibilities

Own product strategy and roadmap for Search across Snapchat, including friend finding, creator discovery, content exploration, and timely information.
Improve content search quality from query understanding through result ranking and presentation.
Surface timely content, suggestions, and trending topics as Snapchatters use Search.
Expand Search's ability to surface commercial content, partnering with Ads and Commerce teams on surfacing and measurement.
Own platform surfaces that connect Snapchatters to content, including search entry points, header and footer navigation, and cross-surface integration.
Extend Snapchat beyond the app through operating-system integrations such as home and lock screen widgets, Live Activities, and other system integrations.
Develop product goals, strategy, roadmaps, and success metrics; own products and features from conception through launch and beyond.
Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Design, Data Science, Legal, and Policy to align teams on a shared vision and guide execution.
Present recommendations to key stakeholders and monitor and measure feature results.