Principal Product Manager - Personalization at Spotify | GB | Rezi

Principal Product Manager - Personalization at Spotify

Principal Product Manager - Personalization

Spotify · GB

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Principal Product Manager - Personalization

Spotify · GB

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About the Role

The Personalization team enhances the music and podcast listening experience through features like Blend and Discover Weekly. This role focuses on Search Personalization, shaping how hundreds of millions of users find and discover content on Spotify by leading product strategy at the intersection of search systems, AI, and user experience.

Responsibilities

  • Set the product strategy and multi-cycle roadmap for Search Personalization, covering ranking, relevance, retrieval, AI-native features, quality, and trust.
  • Drive the evolution of Search toward AI-native experiences, balancing innovation with quality and cost.
  • Own the Search quality bar, defining a holistic quality framework with measurable outcomes.
  • Manage Search’s role as a shared surface across company strategies, building prioritization frameworks and representing Search at executive forums.
  • Influence and coach junior PMs working in Search.
  • Partner with engineering leadership on architectural decisions for Search infrastructure.
  • Drive cross-functional alignment where Search intersects.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of product management experience.
  • 3+ years leading search, discovery, or information retrieval products at scale (100M+ users).
  • Deep technical understanding of search systems, including ranking architectures, retrieval strategies, and evaluation methodology.
  • Experience with AI/ML-powered search features (semantic search, LLM-based reranking, recommendations).
  • Proven ability to manage complex stakeholder landscapes with competing priorities.
  • Strategic thinking at the portfolio level, with the ability to set and communicate a coherent vision.
  • Clear and convincing communication skills, translating technical complexity into compelling narratives.
  • Experience mentoring and developing early-career PMs.
  • Familiarity with music, audio, or media technology.
  • Experience operating Search as a platform serving multiple internal teams or content verticals.
  • Experience in content integrity, trust & safety, or regulatory compliance within search or discovery systems.

Skills

  • Product Strategy
  • Roadmap Planning
  • Search Systems
  • AI/ML
  • Semantic Search
  • LLM Reranking
  • Recommendations
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Prioritization Frameworks
  • Executive Communication
  • Mentoring
  • Technical Understanding
  • Content Integrity
  • Trust & Safety

Location

  • London
  • Stockholm

Work Type

  • Hybrid

Experience Level

  • Principal
  • 8+ years of product management experience
  • 3+ years leading search, discovery, or information retrieval products at scale

About the Company

  • Spotify is a global platform for audio, connecting creators and listeners.
  • Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of people the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it.

Equal Opportunity

  • Spotify is an equal opportunity employer.
  • We welcome diversity and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.
  • Our platform and workplace are for everyone.
  • We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and offer reasonable accommodations.