Sr. Product Manager - Search

Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. For advertisers, Yahoo Advertising offers omnichannel solutions and powerful data to engage with our brands and deliver results.

Company 

Yahoo is a global media and tech company that connects people to their passions. Reaching nearly 900M people worldwide, Yahoo brings people closer to what they love—from finance and sports, to shopping, gaming and news — with the trusted products, content and tech. For partners, Yahoo provides a full-stack platform for businesses to amplify growth and drive more meaningful connections across advertising, search and media. 

As the third-largest property on the internet, Yahoo's composition of iconic consumer news brands and products, as well as media platform businesses, positions the company for robust potential for growth – benefiting consumers, advertisers, publishing partners, and employees. Today, Yahoo’s brands include Mail, Sports, Finance, News, Search, along with AOL, TechCrunch, and more. 

Opportunity for Impact

At Yahoo Search, we combine the best information, data, and services to guide our searchers to what they’re looking for and ultimately help them accomplish their goals. We are an integral part of Yahoo’s portfolio of products, bringing our users closer to what they love. This is an extremely exciting time to join our ‘Search’ organization, as the space has never been more ripe for disruption than it is right now. 

Role and Responsibilities

As a Senior Product Manager for Search, you will help develop our search strategy and roadmap and lead its execution, specifically by leveraging the broad Yahoo portfolio, international growth options, and continuing to evolve our Android Launcher. The ideal candidate will leverage strong user empathy and deep subject matter expertise to closely collaborate with design, science, engineering, and other key cross-functional teams. You will determine what we prioritize for our customers in our search experiences and bring the vision to life. You will also lead the effort to discover and amplify content from across the vast Yahoo ecosystem to create new and innovative search experiences across surfaces.  The role is also responsible for taking complex problems and breaking them down into steps that drive product development while connecting the technical and business worlds.

We are looking for folks who are excited to rise to the challenge in a dynamic space to discover and develop experiences that drive deeper engagement and delight for users. 

Specifically, you will:

• Own the vision and strategy for Yahoo’s mobile launcher, driving feature development and optimization to enhance user engagement.

• Collaborate closely with Yahoo’s ​b​rands to seamlessly integrate search experiences within their respective products, increasing search adoption and discoverability.

• Set and execute the product vision for the search experience surrounding distribution and international growth

• Champion a user experience that is engaging, inspiring, and helpful to all those using the product through prior experience-based intuition as well as iterative data insights 

• Maximize efficiency in a constantly evolving environment where the process is fluid and creative solutions are the norm

• Incorporate data, research, and market analysis to inform product strategies, roadmaps, and end-user products to increase user satisfaction and to meet organization goals

• Lead the ideation, technical development, and launch of innovative tools, platforms, and/or products

• Drive product development with cross-functional teams to drive product vision, define product requirements, coordinate resources from other groups, and guide the team through key milestones

• Define and analyze metrics that inform the success of products. Identify and track key performance metrics

• Constantly display leadership, communication, organizational, and execution skills

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in product management, consulting, co-founder, or related technical role working collaboratively with engineering, design, and user research teams to drive product vision

• Experience with Android-based ​products, particularly in mobile launcher development

• Strong track record of relationship building across different business units, effectively partnering with teams to drive product adoption and strategic alignment

• Critical thinking/analytical leadership experience

• Ability to translate customer insights into product improvements and innovations that enhance the overall user experience

• Strong background in building highly engaging consumer products 

• Experience in analyzing complex, large-scale data sets and making decisions based on data

• Experience in gathering requirements across diverse areas and users and converting and developing them into a product solution

• Experience presenting to senior executive audiences

• Proven communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and resilient in a constantly evolving environment where the process is fluid and creative solutions are the norm

• Experience in a consumer technology company

• Experience building 0-1 products, platform/ecosystem products, or marketplaces

• BA/BS in Computer Science or related field

The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies; exercising sound judgment; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.

At Yahoo, we offer flexible hybrid work options that our employees love! While most roles don’t require regular office attendance, you may occasionally be asked to attend in-person events or team sessions. You’ll always get notice to make arrangements. Your recruiter will let you know if a specific job requires regular attendance at a Yahoo office or facility. If you have any questions about how this applies to the role, just ask the recruiter!

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The compensation for this position ranges from $120,750.00 - $251,250.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, in addition to equity incentives. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.

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