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Roku

Streaming hardware and ad-supported content

Director of Product Management - Search

Product ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSanta Monica, CA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of product management experience in consumer Search, Assistants, AI/ML, or large-scale data-driven products, including at least 3 years in a Director or equivalent people-leadership role driving sizable business outcomes.
  • Track record of hiring strong talent, developing product management craft, and building high-performing, accountable product organizations.
  • Proven track record defining and delivering multi-year product strategies that drive measurable user and revenue outcomes.
  • Expertise in search technologies, conversational AI, content metadata, machine learning and artificial intelligence, and large-scale A/B experimentation.
  • Ability to synthesize complex information, build compelling narratives, and present confidently to senior leadership audiences.
  • Ability to build cross-functional trust and lead through influence in matrixed, fast-moving organizations with multiple senior stakeholders.
  • Experience owning monetization and business outcomes for a product area, including defining and delivering against revenue-linked key performance indicators.
  • Comfort with quality and trust considerations in AI-powered products, including content policy, AI safety, privacy, and compliance in consumer-facing experiences.
  • Bachelor’s degree; an advanced degree such as an MBA or technical degree is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Define the long-term product vision for the Roku Entertainment Assistant as Search and Voice converge into a single, ubiquitously accessible platform assistant, establishing Roku’s competitive advantage in entertainment AI.
  • Develop and maintain a multi-year product roadmap across Search and Voice, balancing long-term initiatives with near-term outcomes and connecting team execution to company objectives and key results.
  • Make strategic prioritization and trade-off decisions across product initiatives using user research, market intelligence, data, and Roku’s business strategy.
  • Present product strategy, roadmaps, and outcomes to vice president, senior vice president, and C-suite stakeholders to build confidence, secure resources, and align on direction.
  • Build trusted partnerships with experience product managers, Engineering, Design, Analytics, Ads, Content, and Business Development leaders to align goals and manage dependencies.
  • Represent Search and Voice externally with content partners, advertisers, and platform partners where relevant to Roku’s growth and ecosystem strategy.
  • Partner with Ads and Content Monetization teams to define and deliver monetization strategy, integrating advertising, subscription growth, and content distribution into Search and Voice while maintaining user trust.
  • Make decisions balancing engagement optimization and monetization to achieve both sustainably and measurably.
  • Develop Search and Voice as a business by cultivating partnerships and cross-functional relationships, identifying revenue opportunities, and launching new features.
  • Establish product quality standards and review cadences across Search and Voice, covering relevance, latency, AI safety, content policy, and end-to-end user experience consistency.
  • Partner with Legal, Privacy, and Security teams to ensure AI-powered and voice experiences meet applicable standards and maintain user trust.
  • Set the team’s analytical direction, establish key performance indicator frameworks, review experiment outcomes, and guide evidence-based decisions across hundreds of A/B tests per year.
  • Lead the application of large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, conversational AI, and voice understanding to develop next-generation assistive entertainment experiences.
  • Translate product vision and insights into detailed product requirements documents and align cross-functional teams through planning and execution cycles.
  • Track consumer and business key performance indicators across Search and Voice dashboards and refine success criteria with Analytics.
  • Develop and maintain expertise in content metadata, search relevance, voice and natural language understanding, machine learning, and their translation into user value at scale.
  • Grow and mentor a high-performing team of product managers.

About the Company

Roku

Streaming hardware and ad-supported content

Roku provides a streaming entertainment ecosystem built around hardware devices (Roku TVs, streaming players, smart home gear, and audio gear) and a purpose-built operating system. Its devices run the Roku OS to deliver apps and streaming content to televisions. The Roku Channel offers free, ad-supported content and Roku Originals are exclusive programs produced in-house, bundled with advertising revenue and content distribution. The business model blends hardware sales, advertising, and distribution of content through its platform. Roku differentiates itself by offering a wide range of affordable devices, a centralized ad-supported free channel, and in-house originals, creating an integrated yet open platform for apps and content. The company’s goal is to grow a large, easy-to-use streaming ecosystem that combines hardware, software, and content to reach many households and monetize through device sales, ads, and distribution deals.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
San Jose, CA
Founded
2002

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