Head of AI-Powered Search & Personalization

Spotify; Stockholms kommun; Hybrid; SEK 1,845,000 - 2,372,000; Full time

Job summary

Spotify is seeking a Principal Product Manager to lead Search Personalization, setting the product strategy for how hundreds of millions of users find content. You will direct end-to-end strategy for search results, including ranking, relevance, and AI-powered features, while leading two key squads and collaborating with engineering leadership.

This leadership role requires deep expertise in search systems, AI-driven ranking, and a track record of guiding complex initiatives with

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product management experience, with 3+ years leading search, discovery, or information retrieval products at scale (100M+ users).
• Deep technical understanding of search systems — ranking architectures, retrieval strategies, evaluation methodology, and trade-offs between relevance, latency, cost, and freshness.
• Experience with AI/ML-powered search features — semantic search, LLM-based reranking, recommendations, or similar — and leading a team through the transition to AI-native search.
• Track record of managing complex stakeholder landscapes with competing priorities and limited resources, and ability to build frameworks for principled prioritization.

Responsibilities

• Set the product strategy and multi-cycle roadmap for Search Personalization at Spotify — spanning ranking, relevance, retrieval, AI-native features, quality, and trust.
• Drive the evolution of Search toward AI-native experiences — AI Overviews, semantic search, LLM reranking — balancing innovation velocity with quality and cost discipline.
• Own the Search quality bar: define how relevance, trust, compliance, and user experience connect into a holistic quality framework with measurable outcomes.
• Manage Search’s role as a shared surface across many company strategies — build prioritization frameworks, communicate trade-offs, and represent Search at executive forums.
• Influence and coach junior PMs working in Search.
• Partner with engineering leadership to make architectural decisions that balance short-term delivery with long‑term Search infrastructure health.
• Drive cross‑functional alignment where Search intersects.

Skills

Product management

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Mentoring

AI/ML search

Job description

Spotify is seeking a Principal Product Manager to lead Search Personalization, setting the product strategy for how hundreds of millions of users find content. You will direct end-to-end strategy for search results, including ranking, relevance, and AI-powered features, while leading two key squads and collaborating with engineering leadership.

This leadership role requires deep expertise in search systems, AI-driven ranking, and a track record of guiding complex initiatives with