Director, Product Discovery (Scribd.com)

Director, Product Discovery (Scribd.com)

Be the founding Director of Product for Scribd.com’s new Discovery product organization. Lead strategy, execution, and cross‑functional collaboration across recommendations, search, ranking, and discovery experiences.

About the Company

Scribd is a global platform that democratizes knowledge through four products : Everand, Scribd, Slideshare, and Fable. We foster a culture of curiosity, bold thinking, and customer focus, with flexible work and a strong emphasis on in‑person collaboration.

About the Team and Role

We are building a real‑time, LLM‑augmented discovery system that moves from document‑level retrieval to knowledge‑level understanding. The role is both strategic and operational, directing a world‑class product organization and shaping the long‑term roadmap that drives engagement, retention, and subscription growth.

About You

You are a product leader who lives at the intersection of user problems, machine‑learning systems, and business outcomes. You have built or led teams that own discovery, personalization, or search at meaningful scale and can translate complex technical concepts into executive‑friendly strategy.

You Will

Set the multi‑year Discovery strategy and long‑term vision for Scribd’s discovery ecosystem.

Own end‑to‑end discovery journeys across homepage, feeds, search, and document detail pages.

Build next‑generation discovery systems using semantic embeddings, LLMs, hybrid retrieval, and real‑time personalization.

Champion rigorous experimentation, metrics, and data‑driven decision making for subscription value and content health.

Lead and grow a culture of product excellence, recruiting top PM talent and establishing cross‑functional operating rhythms.

Communicate strategy, trade‑offs, and progress to executives and partners worldwide.

You Have

10+ years of product management experience with 5+ years managing PM teams or multi‑disciplinary product groups.

Track record owning discovery, personalization, search, or ranking at scale in a consumer technology environment.

Deep technical fluency in modern ML / AI systems, including embeddings, LLMs, retrieval augmentation, and real‑time personalization.

Strong communication skills, including presentations to executives.

Experience running large‑scale A / B tests and experimentation programs.

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (e.g., CS, Engineering, HCI) or equivalent experience.

Ideally You Have

Experience building or leading LLM‑powered products (AI search, generative recommendations, conversational assistants).

Background in information retrieval, recommender systems, or NLP.

Experience in large user‑generated content ecosystems where trust and quality matter.

Experience scaling a new product group or charter, including hiring senior PMs.

Base Pay

San Francisco : $173,000 – $275,000.

U.S. outside California : $142,500 – $266,250.

Canada : $181,000 – $249,250 CAD.

Benefits, Perks, and Wellbeing

Medical / Dental / Vision coverage 100% paid

12 weeks paid parental leave

Short‑term / long‑term disability plans

401(k) / RSP matching

Home‑office stipend and learning allowance

Weekly wellness stipend, mental health resources

Free subscription to Scribd products

Referral bonuses, book benefit, sabbaticals, and more

Volunteer days and diverse employee resource groups

Free AI tools for productivity and innovation

Working at Scribd

Primary residence must be in or near one of the following cities :

United States : Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Dallas, Denver, Chicago, Houston, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington D.C.

Canada : Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver

Mexico : Mexico City

We are committed to equal employment opportunity and encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. If you need reasonable adjustments to our interview process, email accommodations@scribd.com.

Seniority Level

Director

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Product Management and Marketing

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