Staff Product Manager, Machine Learning and Recommendations

In this role, you will:

• Develop detailed specifications for large-scale ML/AI features critical to the business, setting benchmarks for quality.
• Decompose complex ML/AI visions into clear, strategic steps, guiding teams through the development process while considering the broader strategic implications of each feature.
• Oversee quality across multiple ML/AI initiatives, ensuring user focus and strong analytical grounding. Establish and enforce high standards of quality, monitor performance, and guide teams to enhance overall product quality.
• Lead the development of industry-standard solutions in terms of scalability and durability.
• Exhibit deep ownership of large-scale ML/AI features and their performance. 
• Communicate effectively with the broader product team, cross-functional partners, and senior leadership. Clearly articulate project requirements, deadlines, deliverables, and impact for critical initiatives, and achieve stakeholder buy-in.
• Surface and resolve issues, provide sincere and constructive feedback, encourage respectful opinion sharing, and use disagreements as opportunities for productive discussions.
• Mentor junior Product Managers and represent the company’s culture and values. 
• Utilize data insights to strategically drive product direction.
• Represent the voice of the customer in product decisions and advocate for their perspective in complex business issues.

You’ll need:

• Proven ability to create detailed specifications for large-scale ML/AI features, setting high benchmarks for quality and precision.
•  Skilled in deconstructing complex ML/AI visions into clear, actionable strategic steps, and crafting product roadmaps that align with company objectives.
• Demonstrated capability to provide insights into the broader strategic implications of features, influencing company-wide direction and decisions.
• Experience in overseeing quality across multiple ML/AI initiatives, ensuring user-centric outcomes and maintaining high standards of business impact.
• Ability to guide decisions on whether to optimize existing features or develop new solutions, with strong skills in risk identification and management across a broad product portfolio.
• Proficient in communicating project requirements, deadlines, and impacts to cross-functional teams and senior leadership, while securing stakeholder buy-in.
• Fosters a culture of teamwork and constructive feedback, encourages open discussion, and resolves multi-team issues collaboratively.
• Experience mentoring junior product managers, promoting a culture of excellence, continuous learning, and inclusivity, while embodying the company’s values.
• Utilizes data insights to drive strategic product direction, with a track record of managing impactful projects and applying industry best practices to develop effective solutions.

As a full-time employee, you’ll enjoy:

• Unlimited PTO (with no waiting period), 10 annual Wellness Days
• Time off to volunteer and charitable donations matched up to $15,000 annually
• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage
• 100% 401(k) employer match up to 10%, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• 100% paid parental leave (including for non-birthing parents), family forming benefits, and Milk Stork, which provides access to breast milk shipping for business travel, surrogacy, and employee relocation
• Investment in your development: mentorship through our MentorMatch program, access to 6,000+ online courses through Udemy, and an annual $3,000 stipend for your professional development
• Investment in your wellness: access to mental health support via Modern Health, BetterHelp, and Insight Timer; paid concierge medical membership, pet insurance, fitness membership subsidy, and commuter subsidy
• $500 work-from-home stipend to set you up for remote work
• Free subscription to Tinder Gold