Director, Product Discovery

Director, Product Discovery (Scribd.com) Join our team at Scribd, Inc. as we create a world of stories and knowledge, democratizing ideas through our products: Everand, Scribd, Slideshare, and Fable. Our culture values boldness, debate, commitment, intentional in-person moments, and a focus on the customer. About The Company At Scribd, our mission is to spark human curiosity. We empower collective expertise through flexible work benefits and prioritize collaboration, culture, and connection. About the Team and Role We are building a new Discovery product organization at Scribd.com. As the founding Director of Product, you will lead strategy and execution across recommendations, search, ranking, and discovery experiences. About You You are a product leader operating at the intersection of user problems, ML systems, and business outcomes. You have led teams that own discovery, personalization, or search at meaningful scale and can translate technical detail into executive strategy. You Will Set the multi-year Discovery strategy and define the long-term vision for Scribd’s discovery ecosystem. Align this vision with company priorities in engagement, retention, and subscription growth. Serve as the founding product leader for the Discovery group, managing, mentoring, and inspiring a team of product managers. Recruit, develop top PM talent, and build a culture of technical curiosity and user empathy. Oversee evolution of Scribd’s personalization and retrieval stack using semantic embeddings, hybrid retrieval, and LLM-powered reasoning. Partner with ML Engineering and Applied Research to ship real-time systems at global scale. Drive generative recommendation experiences, real-time intent modeling, and personalization. Own end-to-end discovery journeys, introducing AI overviews and conversational interfaces. Define metrics for subscription value, discovery satisfaction, and content health; lead a robust experimentation agenda. Develop executive-level narratives and communicate tradeoffs clearly to partners at every level. You Have 10+ years of product management experience, including 5+ years managing PM teams. Demonstrated success owning discovery, personalization, search, or ranking at scale. Deep technical fluency in ML/AI systems. Track record of translating user needs and data insights into breakthrough discovery features. Ability to lead through ambiguity and balance long-term platform investments with near-term results. Exceptional communication skills across all stakeholder levels. Experience running large-scale A/B tests and multi-surface experimentation programs. Bachelor’s degree in a technical or related field or equivalent experience. Ideally, You Have Experience building or leading LLM-powered products. Background in information retrieval, recommender systems, or NLP. Experience with large UGC ecosystems where content quality is central. Experience scaling a new product group, including hiring and mentoring senior PMs. Compensation Pay ranges vary by location: in San Francisco, $173,000–$275,000; outside California, $142,500–$266,250; in Canada, $181,000–$249,250 CAD. This role also includes competitive equity ownership and a comprehensive benefits package. Job Details Seniority level: Director Employment type: Full‑time Job function: Product Management and Marketing Working at Scribd, Inc. Employees must have primary residence in or near one of our supported US, Canada, or Mexico cities. Benefits, Perks, and Wellbeing 100% paid healthcare insurance 12 weeks paid parental leave Short-term and long-term disability plans 401k/RSP matching Onboarding stipend for home office peripherals Learning & Development allowance and programs Quarterly stipend for wellness and Wi‑Fi Mental health support Free Scribd subscription Referral bonuses, book benefit, sabbaticals, company events, and employee resource groups Paid holidays and flexible sick time Volunteer day and wellness stipend Access to AI tools Equal Employment Opportunity We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. Accessibility We want our interview process to be accessible to everyone. Inform us of reasonable adjustments at #J-18808-Ljbffr