spotify - Principal Product Manager - Personalization
Requirements
• You have 8+ years of product management experience, with 3+ years leading search, discovery, or information retrieval products at scale (100M+ users). • You have a deep technical understanding of search systems — ranking architectures, retrieval strategies, evaluation methodology, and the trade-offs between relevance, latency, cost, and freshness. • You have experience with AI/ML-powered search features — semantic search, LLM-based reranking, recommendations, or similar — and can lead a team through the transition from traditional to AI-native search. • You have a track record of managing complex stakeholder landscapes with competing priorities and limited resources, and can build frameworks for principled prioritization. • You think strategically at the portfolio level — you can synthesize across many concurrent initiatives, set a coherent vision, and communicate it clearly to executives. • You communicate with clarity and conviction, with the ability to translate technical complexity into compelling narratives for leadership, bet owners, and cross-functional partners. • You have experience mentoring and developing early-career PMs, and can influence without authority or direct reporting lines. • You bring familiarity with music, audio, or media technology and understand the unique dynamics of content-rich platforms. • You have experience operating Search as a platform that serves multiple internal teams or content verticals. • You have worked in content integrity, trust & safety, or regulatory compliance in the context of search or discovery systems. • ## Where You'll Be • This role is based in London or Stockholm. • We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home. • At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.
Responsibilities
• Set the product strategy and multi-cycle roadmap for Search Personalization at Spotify — spanning ranking, relevance, retrieval, AI-native features, quality, and trust. • Drive the evolution of Search toward AI-native experiences — AI Overviews, semantic search, LLM reranking — balancing innovation velocity with quality and cost discipline. • Own the Search quality bar: define how relevance, trust, compliance, and user experience connect into a holistic quality framework with measurable outcomes. • Manage Search’s role as a shared surface across many company strategies — build prioritization frameworks, communicate trade-offs, and represent Search at executive forums. • Influence and coach junior PMs working in Search. • Partner with engineering leadership to make architectural decisions that balance short-term delivery with long-term Search infrastructure health. • Drive cross-functional alignment where Search intersects.
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