Principal Technical Product Manager, Splice

• Experience: 7-10 years of experience leading AI/ML-driven personalization or search product development at scale, including direct experience with recommendation engines, search relevance, and ranking algorithms
• Technical Depth: Expertise in search technologies (e.g., Elasticsearch, Solr), personalization algorithms, and machine learning techniques. Comfortable discussing architecture, trade-offs, and implementation challenges with engineering teams
• Strategic Influence: Proven track record of driving business impact through AI-powered product initiatives, with experience influencing executives and aligning teams around a shared vision
• Data-Informed Mindset: Strong analytical skills with experience designing and interpreting A/B tests, analyzing large data sets, and using data to drive decision-making
• Collaboration & Leadership: Exceptional ability to partner with engineering, data science, design, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions
• User-Centric Approach: Deep understanding of user behavior, design principles, and usability best practices in digital discovery experiences

Desirable

• As a Principal Technical Product Manager leading Personalization at Splice, you will drive the strategic vision and execution of how creators discover and engage with sounds and tools
• This role requires a seasoned technical leader who can operate at both strategic and execution levels, influencing cross-functional teams while deeply understanding the technical foundations of personalization, search, and machine learning
• You will shape and lead the evolution of Splice’s discovery experiences, developing scalable solutions that improve engagement and fuel creativity for millions of users
• Your ability to translate complex technical requirements into clear product strategies will be instrumental in advancing Splice’s innovation in personalization and search in service of new user retention goals
• Envision and define personalized sound discovery experiences, tailored to each customer's intent, that operates seamlessly across Splice’s products
• Demonstrate maturity, sound business and technical judgement, negotiation skills, ability to influence, and leadership. All are essential to success in this role
• Drive roadmap to implement recommendation experiences, invent ways to multiply the rate of innovation across the company on behalf of our customers
• Establish a robust experimentation framework, designing and implementing A/B tests to measure and optimize key performance metrics such as relevance, engagement, customer activation and retention
• Work with a team of engineers, data scientists, engineering managers, and designers to define and execute a product roadmap to understand customers' intent and help complete their sound discovery missions
• Assimilate a large number of inputs from stakeholders, develop cohesive designs and functional specs, prioritize and deliver them in a successful and timely manner is expected
• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance customer and business needs versus technical constraints
• Clearly communicate goals, requirements, roadmaps, and timelines to internal cross-functional in a fully remote environment
• Serve as a thought leader and technical expert, working closely with engineering and data science to develop cutting-edge recommendation experiences
• Monitor industry trends and advancements in AI, search, and recommendation systems, bringing innovative ideas to Splice to maintain a competitive edge
• Mentor and guide cross-functional team members, fostering a culture of excellence and high-impact execution