Product Director - Search Advertising(m/w/x)

## Job Description We are on the lookout for a Product Director - Search Advertising, to join the Vendor team on our journey to always deliver amazing experiences. As part of our Vendor team, you’ll be the driving force behind the success of thousands of restaurants, shops, and local businesses. Your contributions will empower vendors with advanced tools to manage their operations, boosting their visibility and reach. Every feature you help build will create growth opportunities for businesses of all sizes, strengthening Delivery Hero’s ecosystem and impact. * Define and execute the long-term product vision and strategy for search ads and sponsored vendor discovery experiences globally * Lead cross-functional teams to deliver industry-leading search advertising solutions * Leverage expertise in machine learning and data science to guide technical product decisions and drive innovation in search relevance, query understanding, and recommendation systems * Own end-to-end search advertising product development, from ideation through launch and optimization, focusing on performance metrics, analytics, and regional needs * Act as a thought leader and subject matter expert, conducting user research and collaborating with various teams * Drive the adoption of cutting-edge search technologies and mentor technical product management capabilities ## Qualifications * 10+ years in search, personalization, recommendations and data science, building commercially viable products in those spaces and owning product strategies * Strong technical background in data science, ML, and statistical analysis, with hands-on experience in Python, R, SQL, Spark, TensorFlow/PyTorch * Deep understanding of search technologies (Elasticsearch, Solr, ranking models, recommendation systems, NLP) and modern search architectures (vector, semantic, hybrid retrieval), with a proven track record * Experience with experimentation frameworks and statistical methods for product optimization, including search advertising evaluation metrics (relevance, precision, recall, NDCG, MRR) * Highly analytical with strong commercial acumen and excellent communication skills in English, capable of navigating complex organizational environments. Experience with modern AI/ML technologies (transformers, large language models, neural information retrieval) preferred ## Additional Information Ensuring you and all our Heroes are looked after, happy, and healthy is always on the menu. Because if you’re in good shape, then we’re in good shape. * *Make the most of our hybrid working model and join the team for face-to-face connection and collaboration in our beautiful Berlin campus 2 days a week* * *We offer 27 days holiday with an extra day on 2nd and 3rd year of service* * *We will support you in developing yourself and your career growth opportunities: 1.000 € Educational Budget, Language Courses, Parental Support and access to the Udemy Business platform to explore a variety of online courses.* * *Get moving and release those wonderful, mind-boosting endorphins: Health Checkups, Meditation, Gym & Bicycle Subsidy* * *Cash. Dough. Cheddar. Whatever you call it, we’ll help you with it: Employee Share Purchase Plan, Sabbatical Bank, Public Transportation Ticket Discount, Life & Accident Insurance, Corporate Pension Plan* * *The power of getting together over some food is unrivaled. Here are a few ways to help you do that. All the yum: Digital Meal Vouchers, Food Vouchers, Corporate Discounts. Courses.* We believe diversity and inclusion are key to creating not only an exciting product, but also an amazing customer and employee experience. Fostering this starts with hiring - therefore we do not discriminate on the basis of racial identities, religious beliefs, color, national origin, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, age, marital or disability statuses, or any other aspect that makes you, you. We encourage you to let us know if you need any accommodations or specific accessibility support to ensure a smooth interview experience—just include it in your application. You're welcome to share your pronouns (he/she/they) right from the start so we can address you respectfully from our first contact.