Algolia helps businesses and developers understand their online users and show them exactly what they need. As a leader in AI search and discovery, we power over 1.8 trillion searches a year – four times more than Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex and DuckDuckGo combined - for more than 17,000 customers from 100+ countries.
The Mission
Lead and grow a portfolio of products that together form the foundation of Algolia’s next generation of data and ecosystem platforms:
* Data & Connector Platform : Empower every business to unlock the full potential of their product/catalog data by providing data loading, transformation, and enrichment services. Make enriched data a first-class asset for exceptional search and discovery experiences.
* Composition: Enable business users and external systems to tailor and orchestrate Algolia results using a flexible API and UI. Provide the tools to build composable, context-aware, curated experiences that blend algolia retrieval, external sources starting with retail media feeds.
* Ecosystem Experience : Ensure customers using external platforms (e.g., SFCC, Shopify, BigCommerce) can easily integrate and optimize Algolia to improve their performance, with tailored experiences that meet their specific needs.
* Algolia Assist : leverage our AI assistant to improve the user experience and make this tool accessible to every user
The Opportunity
This is a senior product leadership role at the heart of Algolia’s strategy to unify data ingest > transform/enrich > retrieval/orchestration > business-user control. You will manage three experienced PMs, set direction across their areas, and ensure their work connects into a coherent, high-value portfolio. This portfolio directly impacts customer adoption, time-to-value, and differentiation in eCommerce and beyond.
What you'll be doing:
* Lead & Manage PMs: Hire, coach, and grow PM. Set goals, run performance cycles, and help them deliver outsized impact.
* Define Portfolio Strategy: Own vision, KPIs, and roadmaps across Data, Connector, Composition. Ensure the three areas reinforce each other and connect into Algolia’s broader AI Search & Agentic platform.
* Deliver Outcomes, not Features: Drive measurable improvements in customer adoption, onboarding time, conversion performance, and search relevance.
* Ecosystem & Partnerships: Work closely with GTM, PS, and partner teams on ecosystem integrations (e.g., Criteo, Zitcha, SFCC, Shopify, BigCommerce).
* Stakeholder Alignment: Operate crisp product rituals (roadmaps, PR/FAQs, CPRs, WBRs) that keep leadership, engineering, GTM, and customers aligned.
Role Requirements:
* People Leadership: 2+ years directly managing PMs with a track record of developing talent and raising the bar.
* Portfolio Ownership: Proven success running multiple product lines in parallel with dependencies and external partnerships.
* Developer-First Experience: Skilled in developer-first APIs/platforms as well as business-user workflows (commerce, content, media). Proven experience building and shipping developer-first products, tools, or APIs.
* Data & Connectors Depth: Strong understanding of ETL/ELT pipelines, data quality, governance, and extensibility models.
* Domain Experience: Background in eCommerce, content-heavy, or media use cases. Experience with platforms, partner integrations, or merchant-facing products (or equivalent).
* Strategic Communicator: Comfortable simplifying complexity, framing trade-offs, and aligning executives and cross-functional stakeholders.
We’re looking for someone who can live our values:
* GRIT - Problem-solving and perseverance capability in an ever-changing and growing environment
* TRUST - Willingness to trust our co-workers and to take ownership
* CANDOR - Ability to receive and give constructive feedback.
* CARE - Genuine care about other team members, our clients, and the decisions we make in the company.
* HUMILITY - Aptitude for learning from others, putting ego aside.
Algolia is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their race, age, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, color, veteran status, disability, or socioeconomic background.
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