Senior Technical Product Manager I (Search Platform)

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3d•$119,000 - $149,000•Remote

About The Position

As a Senior Product Manager I, Search Platform, you are the lead architect of the infrastructure that powers search experiences across HCP. This is a high-impact platform role where your primary customers are internal domain teams, and your success is measured by the speed and quality with which they can build, ship, and evolve sophisticated search experiences. You operate with a dual perspective: strategizing for an elite developer experience while maintaining a relentless focus on Pro outcomes. You don't just manage a roadmap; you build the long-term vision for search infrastructure, ensuring it scales, evolves, and remains a competitive advantage for the entire organization. You are a key influencer across the Product and Engineering teams, guiding how we leverage retrieval technologies to solve complex business problems at scale. Our team is passionate, empathetic, hard working, and above all else focused on improving the lives of our service professionals (our Pros). Our success is their success.

Requirements

5+ years of product management experience, specifically within platform, infrastructure, or developer-facing products
Advanced experience in product management for search systems (i.e. OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, or similar...)
Proven track record of defining APIs, SDKs, or internal platform contracts consumed by multiple engineering teams
Strong analytical skills with the ability to define, monitor, and report on platform health and performance metrics
SaaS product experience, ideally supporting business-critical workflows where search is a primary user action
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

Nice To Haves

Proven experience driving team efficiency or output quality through the strategic use of AI tools and automation
Genuine motivation to champion the needs of Search Platform’s direct customers (i.e. internal product and engineering teams)
Experience with hybrid search architectures combining keyword/vector search with AI or LLM-based retrieval (i.e. RAG, semantic search, re-ranking)
Familiarity with applied ML or LLM integration patterns in production environments
Ability to operate strategically while unblocking complex tactical infrastructure hurdles
Clear, persuasive communication style capable of making complex infrastructure tradeoffs understandable for all stakeholders
Deep commitment to connecting platform investments directly to Pro workflows and outcomes

Responsibilities

Strategize and define the long-term vision for search infrastructure at HCP
Build and maintain the Search Platform roadmap, balancing foundational reliability with high-leverage new capabilities
Identify and execute opportunities to accelerate product velocity across all domain teams
Lead decisions regarding infrastructure and internal builds that drive the most significant impacts for our Pros and the business
Drive team efficiency and output quality through the strategic use of AI tools and automation to compress discovery and coordination
Analyze performance, latency, and search quality to proactively mitigate risks and surface platform-wide improvements
Define and evolve the technical contracts between the platform and domain teams (i.e. schemas, field standards, APIs...)
Streamline workflows for schema changes and re-indexing to minimize friction and operational risk
Partner deeply with Engineering on index design, data pipelines, search APIs, and observability
Architect abstraction layers that enable domain teams to build search experiences without requiring deep infrastructure expertise

Benefits

A generous benefits program that supports the whole you with medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and 401(k)
Paid holidays and flexible, take-it-as-you-need-it paid time off
Equity in a rapidly growing startup backed by top-tier VCs
Monthly tech reimbursements

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