Senior Product Manager (Search & Discovery) (Hybrid)

Weedmaps•New York City, NY

1d•$153,750 - $187,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Senior Product Manager (Search & Discovery) (Hybrid) Overview: Product Management at Weedmaps is responsible for defining the vision, strategy, and roadmap in order to realize our mission of being the hub for all things cannabis. As a Product Manager focused on Search and Discovery, your number one goal is to ensure we have the absolute best search experience for customers. You will have a combination of best in class geo tech, AI, and ML at your disposal to maximize our ability to help customers find the products they are looking for. As our content types evolve, this Product Manager will be critical for ensuring we can surface this content in the right ways at the right times in the customer's journey. Additionally, you should have a proven ability to build relationships and influence across the organization at all levels, as well as superior communication and presentation skills. The impact you'll make: Define a roadmap that achieves a world-class Search and Discovery experience Be able to own the Core Search Algorithms that power our search results across the B2C experience Translate Business Goals and Customer needs into a logically sequenced and optimized product roadmap Maintain and prioritize a backlog and ensure that new features and enhancements are validated and clearly specified Lead a cross-functional team to implement the product vision efficiently Monitor adoption, usage and revenue impact of new products and features and report on release impact as necessary Collaborate with product, program and engineering leaders across the organization to guide the platform roadmap pinpointing new requirements, features, and policies Oversee enterprise-level product planning including identifying new opportunities as well as incorporating a rolling roadmap of business projects and technology initiatives Write complete and detail-oriented product requirements documents and ensuring clear communication of those requirements to the business, design, usability and development teams Engage with customers through a variety of channels and serve as the voice of the customer internally Strive to deliver high-quality technology products/services in a very high growth environment where priorities and structures shift rapidly.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
4+ years product management experience in a technological industry
Deep data background using self service analytics tooling (mixpanel, amplitude, heap, etc)
Experience working with ML based search models or platforms
2+ years experience in consumer-facing online commerce, point-of-sale, or marketplace
4+ years experience owning a Search Tech Stack and Platform

Nice To Haves

Strong strategic aptitude; proven ability to define a winning business strategy and product roadmap
Excellent customer experience intuition; demonstrated success in creating innovative and user-friendly websites and customer-facing features
Excellent communication and persuasion skills; demonstrated success building buy-in for an innovative and bold vision
Strong analytical and quantitative skills; strong bias towards data-based decision making and comfort with pro-forma financial and operational analysis
Implementation orientation; demonstrated ability to translate strategic differentiators into innovative and detailed product requirements
Technical fluency; comfort understanding and discussing architectural concepts, schedule tradeoffs and new opportunities with technical team members
Proven ability to make smart feature (customer experience) versus time-to-market trade-offs; experience using data and metrics to back up assumptions and assertions of business value
Nimbleness and comfort with ambiguity; comfort responding quickly to rapidly evolving threats and opportunities
Strong bias for action; ability to juggle multiple priorities and create a sense of urgency in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams through influence versus direct management; excellent interpersonal skills
Experience managing agile software development with scrum preferred

Responsibilities

Define a roadmap that achieves a world-class Search and Discovery experience
Be able to own the Core Search Algorithms that power our search results across the B2C experience
Translate Business Goals and Customer needs into a logically sequenced and optimized product roadmap
Maintain and prioritize a backlog and ensure that new features and enhancements are validated and clearly specified
Lead a cross-functional team to implement the product vision efficiently
Monitor adoption, usage and revenue impact of new products and features and report on release impact as necessary
Collaborate with product, program and engineering leaders across the organization to guide the platform roadmap pinpointing new requirements, features, and policies
Oversee enterprise-level product planning including identifying new opportunities as well as incorporating a rolling roadmap of business projects and technology initiatives
Write complete and detail-oriented product requirements documents and ensuring clear communication of those requirements to the business, design, usability and development teams
Engage with customers through a variety of channels and serve as the voice of the customer internally
Strive to deliver high-quality technology products/services in a very high growth environment where priorities and structures shift rapidly.

Benefits

Physical Health (Medical, Dental & Vision)
100% employer-paid premium for employees
Up to 80% coverage for dependents
Up to $2,000 company HSA contribution with the High Deductible Health Plan
401(k) Retirement Plan (employer will match contribution up to 3.5% of employee contribution)
Basic Life & AD&D - employer paid 1x salary up to $250,000
Supplemental, voluntary benefits
Student Loan Repayment/529 Education Savings with a monthly company contribution
FSA (Medical, Dependent, Transit and Parking)
Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
Critical Illness Insurance
Accident Insurance
Short- and Long-term Disability Insurance
Pet Insurance
Identity theft protection
Legal access to a network of attorneys
PTO, paid sick leave, and company holidays (including a 2026 holiday shutdown)
Paid parental leave