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$170,000 – $250,000
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What this role is
Lead the rebuild of Nextdoor's search experience from the ground up, owning both organic results and ad integration to help neighbors find local information and businesses. This role suits someone with deep search expertise who has made consumer search measurably better and understands how to grow both engagement and revenue without compromising user experience.
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What they ask for
Required
- 7+ years of product management experience
- Deep ownership of consumer search at scale with demonstrated user-facing wins
- Working knowledge of information retrieval fundamentals including query understanding, retrieval, and ranking
- Experience defining search relevance and quality metrics from scratch
- Experience shipping ML or LLM-powered search features
- Direct work with search monetization, ads, or revenue teams
- Track record growing engagement and revenue together
- Strong A/B testing design and analysis skills
- Consumer product instincts from shipping at scale
- Cross-functional communication and bias toward action
Nice to have
- Experience in growth, marketplace, ads, or 0-to-1 products
- Ability to flex across multiple product domains
- Curiosity about how people search for local information