Director of Product, Personalization – Growth
Headspace
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York, Texas, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $180,000 - $287,500 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Develop and implement the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for personalization foundations, search and discovery relevance, and languages and localization across the Headspace app.
- Strengthen member trust through responsible and transparent personalization practices that respect privacy and build loyalty, ensuring clear communication on how user data drives their personalized experience.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including Engineering, Product Design, Science, and Content, to ensure project alignment and successful, timely delivery of features that drive core business outcomes.
- Define and analyze key metrics (e.g., search conversion, engagement by language, organic funnel performance) to identify trends, create comprehensive reports on organic growth performance, and present findings to executive stakeholders.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues related to multi-language data integrity, search ranking algorithms, foundational data and core personalization logic to maintain a seamless user experience.
- Continuously seek opportunities to streamline workflows for content localization (l10n) and enhance team efficiency in implementing A/B tests for personalization & discovery habit-building experimentation and in-app/out-of-app organic growth loops.
Requirements
- 10+ years of professional experience in product/program management, with at least 2+ years in personalization, growth, or AI/ML platform development.
- At least 2+ years of experience with direct people management and scaling diverse product, program, or growth teams.
- Proven expertise in designing and scaling personalization (p13n) systems, recommendation engines, or search/discovery platforms.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex product strategies clearly to technical and business leaders.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
Benefits
- stock awards
- comprehensive healthcare coverage
- monthly wellness stipend
- retirement savings match
- lifetime Headspace membership
- generous parental leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
product managementpersonalization systemsrecommendation enginessearch platformsdata analysisA/B testingmulti-language data integritysearch ranking algorithmsgrowth metricsAI/ML platform development
Soft skills
communicationpeople managementprioritizationteam efficiencyproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingcollaborationreportingadaptabilityleadership