Thursday, December 04, 2014
Senior Director - Product Management, Search Technologies - Ask.com - Oakland
Job description
Join the #1 brand and top Web property focused on answering people's questions. At Ask.com, we're building a next-generation Q&A service - spanning both the Web and mobile devices that combines the power of search with insight from real users. Our proprietary algorithms crawl the web for question and answer pairs (400 million and growing), fueling one of the biggest Q&A databases on the Web. This unique technology, combined with answers from real users in our community, makes Ask.com the most comprehensive Q&A service around. At Ask, we empower each individual to succeed, communicate their ideas, and take action. When you work here, you know your contributions will have a direct and immediate impact on the company. We are serious about creating and maintaining a company culture that is both innovative and fun, and we're looking for great people to come join our team.
Role:
We are looking for fearless leaders with direct experience in successfully delivering exceptional web search technologies, from ideation through development to launch. If you are looking for a career-shaping role that blends innovation, profitability and scale, join our team.
Key Responsibilities:
Own the vision and product roadmaps for world-class search technologies focusing on answering questions
Work with user experience product managers to launch new search experiences and technologies
Deliver the most relevant questions and best answers to users
Constantly improve and innovate core search technologies
Lead and cross-functional team or product managers and engineers and to launch products in an agile environment
Collaborate with revenue teams to optimize search relevance and ranking
Communicate plans, status, and results to teams and management
Understand how to support multiple languages with all search technologies
Qualifications:
5+ years of search technology product management experience
BA/BS in Computer Science or a related technical field
Excellent leadership skills and ability to work cross-functionally to deliver results
Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, Scrum/Agile experience a plus
Outstanding organizational and leadership skills
Strong communication, written, and presentation skills
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