Director, Product Management – Search & Match

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Arizona, +23 more states.

📋 Description

• Define and manage the long-term strategy and roadmap for Search & Match.

• Connect algorithmic advancements with business outcomes, enhancing enterprise customer value and job seeker engagement.

• Lead search, ranking, and recommendation strategies within B2C and B2B marketplace operations.

• Oversee team capacity, compute/infrastructure investments, and prioritize features.

• Analyze trends in search, vector embeddings, and machine learning.

• Convert search performance, algorithmic models, and marketplace dynamics into presentations suitable for executives and the board.

• Foster consensus among Engineering, Data Science, UX, Enterprise GTM, and Consumer Operations teams.

• Navigate teams through strategic shifts, organizational priorities, and technological transformations.

• Direct cross-functional product teams focusing on match scoring, candidate indexing, search relevance, and recommendation feeds.

• Set metrics for precision, recall, match relevance, search latency, and marketplace liquidity.

• Manage A/B testing and experimentation processes.

• Mentor and develop Product Managers.

• Create operational frameworks, governance practices, and decision-making standards.

⛳️ Requirements

• 8–10+ years of experience in product management, particularly in leading two-sided marketplaces, search engines, recommendation systems, or match platforms.

• Outstanding presentation and storytelling skills; capable of influencing executive leadership, translating complex technical subjects into business impacts, and achieving organizational alignment.

• Strong commercial insight linking algorithmic performance to platform health and client retention.

• Proven ability to balance B2C consumer discovery with B2B enterprise/recruiter search workflows.

• Experience in defining functional product strategies, managing engineering trade-offs, and maximizing investment ROI without direct P&L oversight.

• Cross-functional leadership experience encompassing Data Science, Machine Learning, UX, and Commercial teams.

• Demonstrated success in coaching, mentoring, and leading product managers.

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical, quantitative, or business field (or equivalent practical experience).

• Full-time residency in one of BOLD’s eligible U.S. states or territories.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bi-annual bonus.

• 401(k) plan with match.

• Equity in the company.

• Flexible spending accounts (health, dependent care).

• Internet and home office reimbursement.

• Medical, dental, and vision options (including plans for your family).

• Life & long-term disability insurance (optional).

• Mental health support and resources.

• Wellness reimbursement (for gym memberships, health apps, etc.).

• Pet insurance (optional).

• Flexible PTO.

• Sick time policy.

• Observed holidays.

• Potential eligibility for bonuses, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, 401(k), paid time off, sick leave, and paid holidays, subject to applicable plan terms.