Description:
The ideal candidate should have prior experience growing online commerce products and will be responsible for leading the definition, design and delivery of science heavy (e.g. NLP, embeddings etc) products and features that help deconstruct complex pieces of information provided by the sellers to craft optimized experiences for buyers using search on eBay. The candidate should be comfortable dealing with ambiguity and should have experience with defining requirements, driving cross team collaboration and exec level communication, as well as working with product managers, engineers, applied researchers, and analytics teams to define the solutions. The candidate should be adept at data driven decision making and with analyzing huge amounts of data.
Responsibilities
- Own product strategy and roadmap for Content Science - improving understanding the various facets of a listing (title, attributes, images, description etc.)
- Data driven product prioritization with a balance of near-term deliverables and longer-term investment in technology platforms
- Optimally communicate strategies & trade-offs up to senior leaders and down to development teams
- Putting the customer first, understand market specific nuances and identify science algorithm improvements to address unique search specific needs
- Driving collaboration across multiple teams to ensure teams are aligned and are working towards solving customer problems using the product built
- Drive A/B testing to identify launch candidates that improve metrics
Qualifications
- 5+ years of strong track record of product management experience. Ideally have previous experience building customer centric platform products delivering values to both sides of a market place (buyers and sellers)
- Machine Learning experience
- A proven track record of building new, innovative, and engaging customer experiences informed by customer data from various sources (market research, A/B testing, user research)
- A customer and Search Engine obsession with a passion for everything related to technology, and AI driven innovation to build great experiences for the customers
- Strong quantitative skills with a data first mindset; ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and drive actions
- Technically savvy (prefer a technical role in past, or Computer Science Degree)
- Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree preferred