Staff Product Manager – ML, Ranking & Personalization [Ads]

8+ years of product management experience building ML-powered ranking, personalization, recommendation, ads, or search systems. Deep understanding of ML ranking, feature engineering, real-time scoring, user behavior modeling, and entity understanding. Experience in ads relevance, auction or bidding mechanics, targeting, or marketplace optimization is a plus. Proven ability to set strategy, prioritize roadmaps, and drive measurable outcomes. Demonstrated strength in balancing competing objectives across a two-sided marketplace. Strong technical fluency and ability to partner closely with Engineering, ML, Data Science, Analytics, Sales, and Marketing.

Own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for ML-driven ads ranking and personalization systems. Define optimization framework balancing company, advertiser, and consumer goals. Design architecture between ad server and ML systems. Partner with PMs to translate advertiser outcomes into ranking strategies. Lead development of ranking models, signals, and infrastructure. Establish experimentation and evaluation frameworks for measurable improvement. Collaborate with Engineering, ML, Analytics, Sales, and GTM.