Canva
Computer Software
PlatformProductManager-DiscoveryPlatform
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“Platform Product Manager - Discovery Platform at Canva. Skills: Platform Product Management, Discovery Platform, AI, Revenue, MAU, Content Marketplace, Search, Recommendation Systems. Define and own the Platform vision, roadmap, and priorities for the Discovery Platform, ensuring alignment with company-wide goals. Develop and maintain continuous alignment with user facing Discovery teams to ensure Discovery Platform capabilities is evolving in line to support the needs and scale required”
What You'll Achieve.
delivering strategic AI, revenue and MAU product initiatives in the content marketplace; achieve big goals that make Canva the best place in the world to discover & create content; ensuring alignment with company-wide goals; support the needs and scale required; maximise impact and efficiency; making the platform more scalable and extensible; meet the advanced needs of enterprise
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
technical background with a deep understanding of platforms, software development, and current technology trends., Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical teams., Strategic thinker with a track record of executing large-scale projects successfully (ideally in technical platforms, cloud services, or other related areas)
Nice to Have
Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth tech environment is preferred, Experience in building search infrastructure and working with vector databases
What You'll Do.
Define and own the Platform vision
and priorities for the Discovery Platform
ensuring alignment with company-wide goals
Develop and maintain continuous alignment with user facing Discovery teams to ensure Discovery Platform capabilities is evolving in line to support the needs and scale required
Proactively engage with other teams in early-stage product discovery discussions to ensure Discovery Platform’s capabilities and constraints are considered before key decisions are made
Identify opportunities to streamline Discovery Platform’s services to maximise impact and efficiency
freeing up engineering capacity
Promote the development of innovative platform solutions that solve recurring challenges across Discovery
making the platform more scalable and extensible
Evolve our search and recommendation systems to meet the advanced needs of enterprise
Explore how AI is transforming the search and discovery landscape and ensure our discovery platform leveraging the latest technologies
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Develop and maintain continuous alignment with user facing Discovery teams; Proactively engage with other teams in early-stage product discovery discussions; work effectively with both technical and non-technical teams
Communication Scope
Excellent communication and collaboration skills; ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical teams
Process & Methodology
executing large-scale projects successfully
Full Job Description
Join the team redefining how the world experiences design. Hey, g'day, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte! Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and you're probably keen to find out what's on offer, so we'll get straight to the point. About the team With over a quarter of a billion users every month and over 400 designs created each second - the Discovery Group ensures that our users spend more time designing and less time trying to find what they’re looking for. Building powerful, reliable, scalable search capabilities is critical to achieving this mission. The Discovery Platform team sits within the Discovery Group. We build and maintain the core indexing and querying frameworks that all of Canva’s search systems rely on. From internal observability tooling to scalable, modular frameworks, we enable product teams to ship search experiences fast, with confidence. Every search on Canva starts here. In this role you'll be responsible for delivering strategic AI, revenue and MAU product initiatives in the content marketplace, bringing together stakeholders in multiple teams to achieve big goals that make Canva the best place in the world to discover & create content. What you’d be doing in this role * Define and own the Platform vision, roadmap, and priorities for the Discovery Platform, ensuring alignment with company-wide goals * Develop and maintain continuous alignment with user facing Discovery teams to ensure Discovery Platform capabilities is evolving in line to support the needs and scale required * Proactively engage with other teams in early-stage product discovery discussions to ensure Discovery Platform’s capabilities and constraints are considered before key decisions are made * Identify opportunities to streamline Discovery Platform’s services to maximise impact and efficiency, freeing up engineering capacity * Promote the development of innovative platform solutions that solve recurring challenges across Discovery,
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