Senior Product Manager, Search Services and Searchandising (100% Remote)

Founded in 1938, our Customer is a retail and outdoor recreation services corporation. They bring you top-quality gear and apparel, expert advice, and rental equipment - while inspiring stories of life outside and outdoor experiences. They work closely with partners all over the globe, allowing them to make a larger impact across the outdoor industry. From seeking better ways of making goods, to advancing fair trade manufacturing practices, to putting profits to good use, they make it easier for customers to shop their values.

We are seeking a Senior Product Manager on a contract basis to help support our Customer's business needs. This role is 100% remote.,

Responsibilities:

• Lead the 12–18 month vision and strategy for Search Service integrations across the digital ecosystem, including Searchandising tools; provide insights toward a 3-year strategic direction
• Influence architecture and integration of Search-as-a-Service platforms and human-in-the-loop workflows supporting both employees and customers
• Advocate for the customer perspective during product ideation and decision-making
• Collaborate with design and engineering to implement experiments, resolve dependencies, remove barriers, and ensure smooth product delivery
• Translate Searchandising performance data, user insights, and experimentation results into optimization decisions that improve engagement and conversion
• Work cross-functionally with Digital Merchandising, Site Marketing, Stores Technology, Engineering, Design, Analytics, and Content Operations to define and deliver scalable capabilities
• Navigate ambiguity, establish clarity on value creation, and prioritize opportunities effectively
• Define clear product roadmaps, success metrics, and iteration plans aligned with business goals and platform evolution
• Serve as a key partner connecting platform capabilities with stakeholder needs and search system design considerations
• Drive continual improvement of Search experiences across customer-facing and employee-facing touchpoints

Skills and Qualifications:

• BA/BS in computer science, engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience preferred
• 7+ years of experience working on digital consumer products, including 5+ years in product management
• Experience in Search services, Search Merchandising (Searchandising), content tooling, and hierarchy, or human-in-the-loop systems
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams across merchandising, marketing, engineering, design, data science, architecture, and operations
• Strong cross-functional communication skills, with the ability to translate between technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Technical fluency, including the ability to engage in technology concepts, trade-offs, and opportunities
• Familiarity with API design principles and ability to articulate platform benefits
• Experience with ML/AI/GenAI-powered systems and human input workflows
• Background in content management systems, internal tooling, or employee enablement solutions
• Experience driving system-thinking product discovery and optimization for internal tools and user experiences
• Experience operationalizing product solutions across multiple lines of business
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with proficiency in data-driven decision-making
• Experience with analytics tools (e.g., Adobe Analytics), A/B testing, experimentation, and insights generation

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Contractor benefits are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements)

Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.