Product Manager - Search & Recommendations

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The Product Manager – Data, Analytics and UX will work with business stakeholders to understand user behaviors, attitudes and experiences applying technical and analytical knowledge to transform these insights into actionable items that drive the business forward.

You are the ideal candidate if you are passionate improving user experience through a data-driven approach. 

The role involves engaging with UX researchers, data scientists, product managers, sales teams and technology partners to leverage enterprise data and present clear, actionable recommendations/analyses.

Our team is fast-paced and focused, but we maintain a healthy work/life balance and have fun. We value integrity, flexibility, accountability, drive, and collaboration. 

As the Data, Analytics and UX PM you will:

• Work with product, UX and analytics teams to understand and identify user behaviors and the key metrics that will guide our product roadmaps.
• Take ownership of internal testing and business intelligence tools and provide the vision for the roadmap for these tools
• Build business cases to help drive portfolio decisions
• Manage a team of analysts, researchers and data scientists
• Seek to understand customer needs and market trends through experiments, customer interaction and other market research
• Define, manage and monitor product and business KPIs, such as: revenue growth, cost savings, traffic growth, etc.
• Work closely with team of analysts on delivering standard and advanced dashboards and reports

Your background likely includes:

• Proven track record of improving website performance and revenue based on data-driven strategy
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in product management or UX research
• Highly motivated, self-starter, extremely curious about data and how it can help solve business problems
• Experience working in JIRA
• Strong experience with data extraction, manipulation and blending across different data sources (Google Analytics, MixPanel and proprietary tools).
• Detail oriented with excellent organizational skills while managing multiple projects
• Knowledge of the Internet landscape, including a comprehension of display advertising, consumer-facing websites, web traffic sources.
• Experience working on large consumer-facing, ad-supported websites focused on audience engagement and growth.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and have experience working on and communicating with fast-paced, dynamic teams.
• Excellent Excel skills
• Collaborates closely with all areas of the business (Product, Marketing, Sales and Editorial) to provide analysis, reporting and tool-building capabilities that inform our key stakeholders
• Partners with product team to develop business cases to support new and existing product development, understands objectives and helps determine key performance indicators
• Ensures data integrity across all performance-based metrics, tracking and reporting.
• Previous involvement in the development of internal testing and analytics tools is an asset

What we offer:

• Leadership development program, on-demand online learning, Educational Assistance Program, Lunch&Learns.
• Daily breakfast
• Flex time and summer hour schedule
• A 500$ fitness allowance
• Social Events throughout the year including summer BBQ, Halloween costume party, Holiday party and 5 a 7 cocktails and bites.
• Opportunity to give back to the community through our Ronald Macdonald House visits and supporting the MindGeek Scholarship Fund for Dans la Rue