Senior Product Manager, Private Search
System1 is looking for a Senior Product Manager to join the Startpage team and focus on growing the Startpage product and brand. This role will be responsible for leading the development of the Startpage tech platform, day-to-day project management of the Startpage engineering team, and close collaboration with several auxiliary teams. This role will also co-own the product strategy with the head of business.
Startpage was founded in 2006 in The Netherlands, and has grown to become the world’s most private search engine. Our mission is to make searching the Internet as secure and private as possible. We provide a more private alternative to search engines that track your searches and personal data or only show filtered, personalized results. The ideal Startpage team member is highly motivated, accustomed to a fast-paced environment, passionate about data privacy, and able to think from the perspective of a product’s users.
The Role You Will Have
- Lead the product vision, strategy, and evolution of Startpage to become a first-rate search experience with strong global brand recognition
- Advocate for the product roadmap and strategic priorities to Startpage leadership and executives
- Manage the day-to-day technical and design direction, leading with a constant privacy-first and user-focused mindset
- Work closely with engineering teams to design, build, launch, test, and optimize the Startpage search engine and product suite in order to maximize new user adoption and business KPIs
- Manage agile processes for multiple simultaneous initiatives, own project management through JIRA, lead standups and sprint plannings
- Take point in collaborating with marketing, customer support, and traffic quality teams
What You Will Bring
- 3+ years of product management or equivalent technical experience
- Ability to influence multiple stakeholders without direct authority
- Experience in SQL, Tableau (or other data visualization tool), Excel, Google Analytics, etc.
- Strong organizational and project management skills in a fast-paced work environment
- Experience in consumer research and insights, both qualitative and quantitative preferred
- Experience building consumer software preferred
- Experience in a startup or entrepreneurial environment preferred
- Computer Science degree or Engineering background preferred
- Previous involvement in privacy and/or consumer brands a plus
What We Have To Offer
- Competitive PTO
- 11 Company Holidays
- Untracked sick time
- Medical, Dental, Vision coverage
- 401k w/match
- Professional development reimbursement
- Leadership & growth opportunities
- Commuter benefits
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