Principal Product Manager, Search at Scribd, Inc.

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About the Role

Set strategy and drive execution for Scribd's Search team, transforming the search experience into a best-in-class discovery engine for 200 million monthly visitors across 300 million documents. Leverage advanced algorithms and behavioral signals to deliver relevant search results. Define vision, metrics, and experiment with features in partnership with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

Chart long-term search strategy and own multi-year roadmap for query understanding, retrieval, ranking, and results presentation.
Partner with ML Engineering & Applied Research to translate cutting-edge research into production systems for relevance.
Define and monitor key search success metrics: query success rate, zero-result rate, click-through, subscription conversion, and retention.
Balance short-term wins with long-term vision, shipping incremental improvements and building an extensible search platform aligned with Scribd's 3-year AI strategy.
Synthesize experiment results, query analytics, user interviews, and feedback to inform prioritization and feature design.
Communicate clearly and influence stakeholders by articulating requirements, timelines, deliverables, and expected impact.

Requirements

Ability to set and achieve goals, deliver results, contribute innovative ideas, and positively influence teams.
Deep technical fluency in ML/AI combined with seasoned product management experience.
8+ years of product management experience, including 5+ years leading search or recommendations products in high-traffic consumer environments.
Demonstrated success shipping ML-driven features that improved core business metrics for large-scale products.
Deep familiarity with retrieval and ranking algorithms, embeddings, and feature stores, with end-to-end customer journey reasoning.
Track record of thriving amid ambiguity, shaping multi-year visions, aligning cross-functional teams, and delivering incremental wins.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills for product briefs, team inputs, and data-backed presentations to leadership.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Skills

ML/AI technical fluency
Product management
Search product leadership
Recommendations product leadership
ML-driven feature development
Retrieval algorithms
Ranking algorithms
Embeddings
Feature stores
Vision shaping
Cross-functional team alignment
Written communication
Verbal communication
SQL
Python
R
LLM-enhanced user experience design
GenAI-enhanced user experience design
ML operations tooling
MLOps
LLMOps

Location

Atlanta, United States
Austin, United States
Boston, United States
Dallas, United States
Denver, United States
Chicago, United States
Houston, United States
Jacksonville, United States
Los Angeles, United States
Miami, United States
New York City, United States
Phoenix, United States
Portland, United States
Sacramento, United States
Salt Lake City, United States
San Diego, United States
San Francisco, United States
Seattle, United States
Washington D.C., United States
Ottawa, Canada
Toronto, Canada
Vancouver, Canada
Mexico City, Mexico

Work Type

Flexible work model (Scribd Flex)
Occasional in-person attendance required

Experience Level

Principal level
8+ years of product management experience

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical field
Equivalent practical experience

Salary/Compensations

California, United States: $194,500 - $280,000
United States (outside California): $160,000 - $265,000
Canada: $203,500 CAD - $250,000 CAD

Benefits

Flexible work model (Scribd Flex)
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
Mental health support
Disability coverage
Generous paid time off (vacation, sick time, holidays, winter break, volunteer time, sabbaticals)
Paid parental leave
Family support benefits
Retirement matching
Employee equity
Learning and development programs
Professional growth opportunities
Wellness stipends
Home office stipends
Complimentary access to Scribd, Inc. suite of products
Enterprise access to leading AI tools

About the Company

Mission to advance human understanding.
Products include Scribd®, Slideshare®, Everand™, and Fable, helping billions gain insight and expertise.
Culture supports employees to be real, bold, debate, commit, and take action, prioritizing the customer.
Values individual flexibility balanced with community connection through Scribd Flex.
Hires for "GRIT": Goals, Results, Innovative ideas, and Team strengthening.

Equal Opportunity

Committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Encourages people of all backgrounds to apply, valuing diversity of perspectives and experiences.