TL;DR

Principal Product Manager (Search Platform): Leading the Search Platform for Lodging Search, architecting the future of semantic search and ranking infrastructure. Focus on driving platform capabilities that power personalized, high-performance search experiences across global brands, productionizing models for relevance, ranking, and semantic understanding.

Location: Must be based in Seattle, WA, USA

Salary: $224,000.00 to $313,500.00

Company

%hirify_global% brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere by designing cutting-edge tech and creating groundbreaking solutions for partners.

What you will do

Own the Lodging Search Platform roadmap, with focus on semantic search and search ranking.
Define and deliver platform capabilities that support high-quality, personalized search experiences across brands.
Collaborate with ML teams to productionize models for relevance, ranking, and semantic understanding.
Drive platform scalability, performance, and configurability across global markets.
Advocate for technical excellence, including model lifecycle management, tech debt reduction, and responsible AI practices.
Influence product strategy and investment decisions based on business impact and platform leverage.

Requirements

10+ years of product management experience, with deep expertise in ecommerce search infrastructure, ML-powered systems, and semantic search or equivalent experience.
Proven success in building platforms that support large-scale, high-traffic consumer experiences.
Strong technical fluency in search architecture, ML model lifecycle, and API design.
Experience working with ecommerce search, ranking systems, or recommendation engines.

Nice to have

Ability to influence across engineering, data science, and design teams.
Strategic thinker with a bias for action and a passion for solving complex problems.
Experience in travel, marketplaces, or personalization platforms.
Experience with multimodal search, vector search, or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).

Culture & Benefits

Full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, and a flexible work model.
Wellness & travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and an International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership.
Named as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and recognized for award-winning culture.