Senior Product Manager, People Recommendations

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Are you ready to revolutionise the way people find meaningful connections? Bumble is looking for a Senior Product Manager to join our People Recommendations team and play a key role in building the next generation recommendation platform, empowering millions of users across Bumble Inc.'s apps to discover love and friendship through innovative, cutting-edge solutions.

You will work closely with a cross-functional team of passionate machine learning professionals, software engineers and data scientists to focus on designing and building products that power our mission of "creating a world where all relationships are healthy and equitable, through Kind Connections." You will partner with wider business stakeholders, Product, and other Engineering teams to build state-of-the-art recommendation systems for our portfolio of apps, including Bumble, Badoo, BFF, and Fruitz.

The ideal candidate combines strong product sense, experience building personalization, or data-driven products, and a dedication for creating impactful technology and user experiences. If you're passionate about leveraging AI to shape the future of online connections, we want to hear from you!

This role will be reporting into Product Director and will be based in London

What You'll Do

• Collaborate directly with the Recommendations Group to deliver customer-focused improvements and identify research and experimentation strategies.
• Work cross-functionally with engineering, data science, machine learning and acquisition teams to identify opportunities to improve marketplace performance.
• Take ownership of product innovation and define opportunities for incremental growth.
• Analyse user data and market trends to develop features that enhance user personalization.
• Lead user research and A/B testing to optimise recommendations for diverse audiences.
• Establish and evangelise a culture of iterative ML-driven product development together with internal partners

Experience We Are Looking For

• Proven product experience delivering ML-driven recommender systems & two-sided marketplaces
• You have demonstrated expertise in leading data-driven product development.
• Have led products across all stages of the product life cycle in a fast paced, high-growth environment, balancing short-term improvements and long-term strategic goals
• Experience working with and educating cross-functional teams and stakeholders in data science, analytics, product management, design, and engineering
• Excellent business judgement, with the ability to consider and communicate tradeoffs between needs of the company with the needs of its users.
• Analytical or engineering background
• Excellent communication skills for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• 5+ years of experience in product management

• You're a passionate product manager with a strong analytical mindset.
• You are knowledgeable and curious about modern data science approaches.
• You have a user-centred approach to creating personalised experiences.
• You know how to balance technical insight with strategic vision.
• You prioritise well and can manage complex projects that deliver impactful solutions.
• You are deeply passionate about Bumble's brand vision and values: kindness, growth, respect, accountability, honesty, inclusivity and equality.