Senior Product Manager, Search

Box•Redwood City, CA

3h•$181,000 - $226,500•Hybrid

About The Position

Box is hiring a Senior Product Manager to shape the vision and evolution of its Search capabilities. The role focuses on helping users find content quickly, accurately, and intuitively, while delivering the performance, resiliency, and security expected by enterprise customers. The product leader will understand admin and end-user needs, define customer experiences including APIs, and work closely with the Poland-based Search engineering team. The position defines strategy and roadmap for search, drives requirements for core features such as semantic search and intelligent ranking, and uses customer feedback and data to improve discoverability, relevance, and user experience. The Product Manager will coordinate planning and prioritization with engineering and cross-functional partners, align Search capabilities with the broader Box content platform, and communicate strategy and progress to teams and leadership. Box is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia. Boxers are expected to work from their assigned office at least three days per week. The role is eligible for equity and benefits. The Redwood City pay range is $181,000–$226,500 USD; actual base salary depends on factors including knowledge, skills, experience, and work location.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Product Management, or equivalent experience in a related field.
5–7 years of experience as a Product Manager, Agile Product Owner, or in a similar role at a software company, with a strong focus on search, information retrieval, or discovery products.
In-depth understanding of search technologies, indexing, ranking algorithms, and query processing.
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain complex strategies and day-to-day details clearly to diverse audiences.
Ability to engage with customers, listen to their needs, and translate them into actionable product insights.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with stakeholders across product, engineering, sales, and customer success.
Solid technical background to understand platform capabilities and technical constraints and work effectively with engineering teams.
Experience working in a highly cross-functional environment.
Curiosity and ability to investigate product and technical architecture.
Ability to use data to inform decisions, set requirements, and evaluate success.
Ability to inspire teams, manage complexity, drive operational excellence, and deliver results.

Nice To Haves

Experience with large-scale search platforms such as Elasticsearch, Solr, or similar technologies.
Familiarity with machine learning applications in search, including learning-to-rank, natural language processing, or semantic search.
Experience with cloud-native technologies and distributed systems.
Understanding of content management systems and enterprise software.
Knowledge of search analytics and relevance-tuning methodologies.

Responsibilities

Define the product strategy and roadmap for Box Search, identifying opportunities to improve content discoverability, search relevance, and user experience.
Drive requirements for core Search features, including semantic search, intelligent ranking, and personalized results.
Understand and advocate for admin and end-user personas, translating their use cases into product requirements.
Discover, collect, analyze, and communicate problems and opportunities related to the Box search experience, using data to inform decisions.
Prioritize requirements and work with engineering teams on fiscal-year, quarterly, and Agile planning.
Champion continuous improvements to the Box Search platform.
Partner with Product Managers, Engineering leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders to align roadmaps, scope, and prioritize capabilities for the Box content platform.
Engage directly with customers to understand needs, gather feedback, and validate product concepts.
Communicate product strategy, vision, and progress to audiences ranging from engineering teams to executive leadership.