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Search Product Manager

💰 $160,000 - $185 📅 08/07/2024

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Job Description

PartsTech creates automotive e-commerce technology, helping repair shops, auto
part distributors, and manufacturers run their businesses more effectively and
profitably through e-commerce and data innovation. We increase efficiency for
the automotive aftermarket by connecting repair shops, parts distributors, and
manufacturers in one seamless, e-commerce platform. PartsTech makes finding
and ordering the right parts simple, fast, and accurate.

### **Search Product Manager**

### **Remote**

### Job Description

PartsTech is seeking an experienced and innovative Search Product Manager to
lead the development and enhancement of our core search and results
experience. This role is crucial in defining the product vision and strategy,
driving key performance metrics, and upleveling user satisfaction through
cutting-edge search solutions. The ideal candidate will have a strong
background in search machine learning, A/B experimentation, and collaboration
with cross-functional teams, including product design, engineering, and user
research. With a focus on delivering exceptional search functionality, the
Search Product Manager will play a pivotal role in aligning with business
objectives, executing go-to-market strategies, and maintaining industry-
leading standards in our search platform.

### Key Responsibilities

* Own the product roadmap for our core search & results experience on PartsTech.
* Establish the product vision and strategy for the search team. Define and own the OKRs and success metrics for the search team.
* Develop and manage A/B experiments to improve key search metrics.
* Collaborate with the product design, engineering, and user research teams to create and implement the search team vision.
* Work closely with product marketing to develop and execute go-to-market strategies for new product initiatives.
* Present product updates, strategies, and performance metrics to technology and business stakeholders, ensuring alignment and transparency across the organization.
* Foster a collaborative environment where cross-functional teams can effectively work together to achieve common goals.
* Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including customers, partners, and internal teams.
* Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices to ensure that our search & results product innovations are always cutting-edge.

### Required Skills and Qualifications

**Technical Skills**

* Experience with Product Information Management (PIM) system, search personalization, and query recognition.
* Direct experience with search machine learning, or AI.
* Significant experience working with product designers, engineers, and user researchers in a pod-like structure.
* Experience designing and running A/B experimentation to optimize search metrics.
* Strong understanding of search conversion metrics.
* Significant experience with using both qualitative user research and quantitative data to identify areas of opportunity to impact product metrics.
* Significant experience working with product marketing to help keep alignment and bring go-to-market campaigns to life.

**Soft Skills**

* Confident in collaborating with and presenting to business stakeholders.
* Excellent storytelling and presentation skills, with a proven ability to rally and influence others.
* Customer focused and data informed.
* Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
* Ability to work in a fast-paced and agile environment.
* Experience in the automotive industry or related domains (e.g., e-commerce, supply chain management) is a plus.
* Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.

**Education and Experience**

* 8+ years of professional product management experience, preferably in e-commerce or marketplaces.
* 3+ years in a dedicated search & results product manager role, or similar.
* Bachelor’s or Master’s degree preferred.

**Compensation: Annual Salary Range** :

* $160,000 - $185,000 USD

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location, with job titles
potentially encompassing multiple career levels. The actual base pay for the
successful candidate will depend on various factors, including location,
transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training,
business needs, and market demands. Please note that the base salary range may
be subject to change.

### **Why You Should Join Us:**

Our vision is to make it fast and easy for auto repair shops to find the right
parts across all of their suppliers with one search. Together, PartsTech’s
team helped countless businesses save valuable time so they can focus on their
customers — and we’re just getting started.

The PartsTech team is a global, distributed group of passionate self-starters
based in Cambridge, Eastern Europe, and beyond. We are remote-first, privately
held and venture-backed.

PartsTech is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer and values diversity at
every level of our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race,
religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital
status, veteran status, or disability status. We believe you should bring your
whole self to work, so come as you are.

**_This position is fully remote within the United States. Please note that we
are unable to hire candidates located in New York state at this time._**

_The job description provided is a general outline of responsibilities and
qualifications for this role at PartsTech. Actual responsibilities and
qualifications may vary depending on the specific needs of the company and
department._