Senior Product Manager: Searchandizing (Remote)

Job Description

About us

Constructor is the next-generation platform for search and discovery in e-commerce, built to explicitly optimize for metrics like revenue, conversion rate, and profit. Our search engine is entirely invented in-house utilizing transformers and generative LLMs, and we use its core and personalization capabilities to power everything from search itself to recommendations to shopping agents. Engineering is by far our largest department, and we’ve built our proprietary engine to be the best on the market, having never lost an A/B test to a competitive technology. We’re passionate about maintaining this and work on the bleeding edge of AI to do so.

Out of necessity, our engine is built for extreme scale and powers over 1 billion queries every day across 150 languages and roughly 100 countries. It is used by some of the biggest e-commerce companies in the world like Sephora, Under Armour, and Petco.

We’re a passionate team who love solving problems and want to make our customers’ and coworkers’ lives better. We value empathy, openness, curiosity, continuous improvement, and are excited by metrics that matter. We believe that empowering everyone in a company to do what they do best can lead to great things.

Constructor is a U.S. based company that has been in the market since 2019. It was founded by Eli Finkelshteyn and Dan McCormick who still lead the company today.

About you

As the Product Manager for Searchandizing, you will lead a cross-functional team to transform powerful merchandising tools into a guided, intuitive workflow that empowers customers to curate shopping experiences according to business goals. You are a user experience advocate and empathetic problem solver who can step into the shoes of e-commerce merchandisers to translate complex business needs into ROI-focused solutions. By leveraging your competencies in systems thinking and outcome-based decision-making, you will bridge the gap between manual curation and algorithmic optimization to drive net revenue for global e-commerce brands.

Job Description

Constructor is the only platform that delivers reinforcement-learning-based product discovery that delivers the right product to the right person at the right time in the right context. However, our customers need to feel in control. They need to adjust shopping experience on top of Constructor algorithms to support their business goals, brand positioning, and marketing strategies.

As a Product Manageк, you will lead the Searchandizing team in providing customers with advanced tools to flexibly curate shopping experiences that optimize net revenue on top of Constructor's algorithms. You will transform the powerful set of merchandising tools into a guided, intuitive, and holistic workflow. You will be responsible for setting the team vision and executing its strategy. This includes customer and market research, setting up metrics and goals for your cross-functional team of engineers and designers, and collaborating with other product teams to drive strategic initiatives towards company objectives. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker capable of stepping into the shoes of customers from numerous industries to learn their process and help them improve on their goals by building an easy to use, yet powerful customer-facing dashboard tools.

What you will do

• Develop and execute a comprehensive product strategy for Searchandizing, ensuring it drives Constructor business by solving for customer needs.
• Own the Searchandizing workflow, from identifying the intent and setting up goals to launching campaigns, reviewing their performance, and iterating.
• Solve the real jobs of e-commerce merchandisers, including launching new products, managing stock levels, and providing smooth shopping experience when landing onsite from external sources.
• Prove ROI of Searchandizing by driving net revenue for our customers.
• Work closely and build trust with customers to understand who are the key users, what is their work process, and what makes them successful.
• Keep track of the competition and deliver clear differentiation of Constructor merchandising controls.
• Develop a holistic vision for all the tools Constructor provides to curate shopping experience (merch rules, facet controls, synonyms, redirects, etc.) and introduce a clear framework for team ownership, structure, and growth.
• Collaborate with multiple product teams to provide holistic dashboard experience and synergy between manual curation and algorithmic optimizations.
• Lead and scale a cross-functional team of engineers and designers, while owning the full product cycle from discovery to prototyping, implementation, launching, enabling fellow teams and customers, and iterating on results.
• Communicate effectively at all levels to ensure wonderful experience for customers, prospects, GTM teams, and internal stakeholders, by setting the right expectations and providing regular updates on product strategy, roadmaps, and progress against key metrics.

Requirements

• You are a user experience advocate with a track record of redesigning fragmented toolsets into single, guided workflows. You understand that a feature isn't "done" until it is intuitive and fits naturally into the user's everyday process.
• You are a problem solver, meaning you dig into root causes to understand that a customer request for "more rules" can actually mean a better way to launch new products or manage out-of-stock inventory.
• You are focused on ROI and understand that merchandisers’ success is measured not only by the amount of control they have but also by the net revenue they create working in tandem with Constructor algorithms, and you want your product to prove that value explicitly.
• You are empathetic to customers, acknowledging they often don’t know the right answers and need guidance towards data-driven decisions.
• You are inspired to motivate cross-functional teams by advocating customer needs, managing technical complexity, and delegating responsibility. 
• You feel confident about managing commitments and expectations from numerous internal and external stakeholders while ensuring strategic focus. 
• You seek a fast-moving entrepreneurial environment and thrive in ever-evolving processes. 
• You base decisions on data but are ready to take action when faced with uncertainty.
• You are excited to bring learnings from your experience to augment our product culture and processes. 
• You have experience of working remotely and in agile software development with empowered cross-functional teams.

Benefits

• 🏝️ Unlimited vacation time - we strongly encourage all employees to take at least 3 weeks per year
• 🌎 Fully remote team - choose where you live
• 🛋️ Work from home stipend - we want you to have the resources you need to set up your home office
• 💻 Apple laptops provided for new employees
• 🧑‍🎓 Training and development budget - refreshed each year for every employee
• 👪 Maternity & Paternity leave for qualified employees
• 🧠 Work with smart people who will help you grow and make a meaningful impact
• 💵 Base salary: $90K - $135K USD, depending on knowledge, skills, experience, and interview results
• 📈 Stock options - offered in addition to the base salary
• 🎉 Regular team offsites to connect and collaborate

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Constructor

At Constructor.io we are committed to cultivating a work environment that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome individuals of all backgrounds and provide equal opportunities to all applicants regardless of their education, diversity of opinion, race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or affiliation in any other protected group.

Studies have shown that women and people of color may be less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every one of the qualifications listed. Our primary interest is in finding the best candidate for the job. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of our listed qualifications.