Principal Product Manager - Personalization

Spotify
London, Stockholm
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Product ManagementExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Strategic thinking","Stakeholder management","Prioritization","Communication","Mentorship"]

Lead Search Personalization strategy for Spotify’s Conversation Product Area, shaping how hundreds of millions discover content through ranking, relevance, retrieval, and AI-native features. Own the end-to-end search results roadmap, set quality and trust/compliance frameworks, and drive prioritization across executives and company partners. Partner with engineering on architecture decisions and lead two Search squads covering results ranking and query suggestions.

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Principal Product Manager - Personalization

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Job Summary

Lead Search Personalization strategy for Spotify’s Conversation Product Area, shaping how hundreds of millions discover content through ranking, relevance, retrieval, and AI-native features. Own the end-to-end search results roadmap, set quality and trust/compliance frameworks, and drive prioritization across executives and company partners. Partner with engineering on architecture decisions and lead two Search squads covering results ranking and query suggestions.
Location: London, Stockholm
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time · Permanent
Job Function: Product Management
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Set product strategy and multi-cycle roadmap for Search Personalization across ranking, relevance, retrieval, AI-native features, quality, and trust.
  • •Drive Search evolution toward AI-native experiences including AI Overviews, semantic search, and LLM reranking while balancing innovation velocity with quality and cost.
  • •Define and measure a holistic Search quality framework connecting relevance, trust, compliance, and user experience into an outcome-driven bar.
  • •Build prioritization frameworks and represent Search at executive forums, influencing trade-offs across multiple internal strategies.
  • •Partner with engineering leadership on architectural decisions and lead two Search squads (results ranking and query suggestions), coaching junior PMs.

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years of product management experience, including 3+ years leading search, discovery, or information retrieval products at scale (100M+ users).
  • •Deep technical understanding of search systems, including ranking, retrieval strategies, evaluation methodology, and trade-offs across relevance, latency, cost, and freshness.
  • •Experience leading AI/ML-powered search features (e.g., semantic search, LLM-based reranking, or recommendations) and transitioning from traditional to AI-native search.
  • •Ability to manage complex stakeholder landscapes, build frameworks for prioritization, and operate strategically at the portfolio level across multiple initiatives.
  • •Experience mentoring and developing early-career PMs, with strong communication that translates technical complexity into executive narratives.
Experience:8+ yearsSearchInformation retrievalAI/MLMusicMedia
Skills:Strategic thinkingStakeholder managementPrioritizationCommunicationMentorship
Tech Stack:Semantic searchLLM rerankingAI Overviews

Company Brief

Spotify
Provides a music, podcast and audio streaming service offering on-demand access to millions of tracks and podcasts, personalized recommendations, and advertising and subscription-based tiers for listeners and creators worldwide.
Industry: Streaming Platforms
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Stockholm, Sweden
Founded: 2006
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