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Company

Yahoo · 15 hours ago

Senior PM, Story Understanding, Yahoo News

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$121K/yr - $251K/yr

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Develop and execute a content recommendation product strategy that enhances the Yahoo News recommendations experience through the thoughtful application of machine learning and LLMs.

Partner with data scientists, engineers and journalists to design, test, and refine ranking models

Develop strategies for extracting meaningful features from news content

Partner with Engineering on NLP and topic modeling

Design taxonomy and metadata schemas for news categorization

Collaborate with the Editorial team on content tagging workflows

Develop strategies for measuring and optimizing content diversity in recommendations

Balance personalization with diversity and editorial priorities in ranking

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, and data science, to ensure alignment with overall product goals and timelines.

Provide clear communication and documentation to keep stakeholders informed about product developments and algorithmic enhancements.

Analyze ranking performance and conduct A/B tests

Implement quality assurance processes to monitor and evaluate algorithmic outputs, proactively identifying and addressing any issues related to content accuracy, bias, quality or misinformation.

Develop product vision for personalized notifications

Qualification

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Product ManagementMachine LearningRecommendation SystemsA/B TestingNLPData AnalysisContent TaggingTaxonomy DesignQuantitative Skills

Required

5+ years of product management experience that includes 2+ years of ML product management experience

Strong technical background, ideally in machine learning or recommendation systems

You are comfortable tackling complex, technically ambiguous problems and understand how to translate ideas into requirements across stakeholders

Experience with A/B testing and experimentation

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Quantitative skills for digging into the data to drive insights combined with excellent product sense to deliver scalable, consistent value to users in alignment with business goals.

Strong entrepreneurial spirit with a passion for identifying and driving the development of new data-led opportunities that add value to users and contribute to business growth.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, including executives, editors, and technical teams.

Experience working with engineering teams and a deep understanding of machine learning and LLMs.

Benefits

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401K savings plan

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Employee assistance program

Company

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Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Verizon Media.

Founded in 1994

Sunnyvale, California, USA

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