Staff Product Manager, Search
Core
Rebuild Nextdoor's search engine end-to-end, balancing organic results with sponsored content to improve user experience and drive revenue.
Role type
Staff Product Manager (Search)
Builds
Nextdoor search platform (organic and monetized)
Domain
Consumer social network / Local community / Search & Monetization
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Consumer search ownership, Information retrieval fundamentals, Search monetization strategy, A/B testing, Cross-functional leadership, 0-to-1 product building
Preferred skills
Generalist product range (growth, marketplace, ads), AI tool proficiency
Technologies
LLMs, ML-powered search, A/B testing frameworks
Responsibilities
Define search success metrics, Own query understanding and ranking strategy, Design organic/sponsored content blending, Partner with data science and ML engineering, Grow revenue on commercial queries
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic ownership
