What is the type of contract for this position?

The contract for this position is a Full-time contract

What's the salary range for the Product Manager, Matching position?

The suggested salary for this position is $138,000-$184,000*

Is telecommuting possible for this position?

Yes, telecommuting is possible for this position

Product Manager, Matching job at Thumbtack

We’re the technology leader building the modern home management platform. Today, millions of people use Thumbtack to effortlessly manage their homes. We help them confidently know what to do, when to do it and who to hire.

Our goal is simple: to be the only platform homeowners need to fix, maintain and improve their homes. As a long-term partner for homeowners, our promise is to turn what was once confusing and intimidating into something straightforward — and a lot less stressful.

At Thumbtack, we're not just creating a new era of homeownership. We’re supporting local economies and building stronger communities. Each day, we connect local professionals across America with busy homeowners so they can grow their businesses.

Thumbtack is for everyone. Our customers and pros come from all walks of life and every county in the country. We want our team to reflect that. If you come from an underrepresented background in tech, we strongly encourage you to apply.

Our North Star is bright and our ambitions are big. We’ve been at this for over a decade, but the way we see it: we’re just getting started.

Thumbtack by the Numbers

Available in all 3,143 U.S. counties.
Nearly 4.5 million customers in the last 12 months
Hundreds of thousands of local professionals on our platform
65 million projects started on Thumbtack
Over 7.5 million 5-star reviews left for stellar pros

About the Product Team

Our product team is small but mighty. We partner with engineering, design, analytics and more to craft a marketplace that delivers over a billion dollars in business to our pros while helping millions of customers get their projects done each year.

Listen here for a Product Team Q&A with Director of Product Management, Alexis Baird.

About the Role

Do you want to work in a highly collaborative environment to reinvent how a large piece of the local economy works? We're looking for a Product Manager to lead work on search, ranking, and relevance algorithms within the Matching team at Thumbtack. You’ll collaborate with engineers, data scientists, product analysts and user experience teams to deliver a world-class search experience so that our customers can always find and hire the right professional for their job. This role plays a key part in creating a great user experience for our customers, creating value for professionals on the platform, and driving platform growth.

Responsibilities

Articulate a vision, strategy, and roadmap for search, ranking, and relevance at Thumbtack
Partner with engineers, data scientists, analysts and user experience teams on both sides of marketplace to ideate, prioritize, and deliver great solutions for our customers and professionals
Define and analyze key metrics to inform decision-making and measure success
Coordinate within your team and among teams at Thumbtack to ensure understanding of and alignment around projects
Wear many hats and be key organizational glue

Must-Have Qualifications

If you don't think you meet all of the criteria below but still are interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box, and we're looking for someone excited to join the team.

4+ years of product management experience
Excellent analytical skills to break down and solve complex problems
Excellent user-centric design and product sense
Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Excellent business judgment
Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

Experience working in a marketplace business
Experience working at a high-growth startup
Familiarity with machine learning

Thumbtack is a virtual-first company, meaning you can live and work from any one of our approved locations across the United States, Ontario or the Philippines. When it is safe to gather, we will begin to host in-person events on a regular basis. Remote employees will be expected to travel occasionally for these events to a Thumbtack library or offsite team-building location. In cities with 5+ employees, we are establishing local communities, where employees can gather for local events. Additionally, employees in the San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Toronto and Manila areas will have opt-in access to communal workspace at one of our Thumbtack libraries.

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More About Us

Thumbtack is a technology leader building the modern home management platform. Through the Thumbtack app, homeowners can effortlessly manage their homes — confidently knowing what to do, when to do it, and who to hire. Bringing the $500 billion home services industry online, Thumbtack empowers millions of homeowners to fix, maintain, and improve their most valuable asset.

Founded in 2008, Thumbtack is backed by over $500 million in funding from folks that include Sequoia Capital, CapitalG, Tiger Global Management, Javelin Investment Partners, Baillie Gifford.

Thumbtack embraces diversity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, citizenship, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

If you are a California resident, please review information regarding your rights under California privacy laws contained in Thumbtack’s Privacy policy available at https://www.thumbtack.com/privacy/.

*Currently, Thumbtackers can live anywhere in Ontario, Canada or the Philippines or in any of the following US states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KY, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI. Our long term vision is to hire across all of the United States and Canada, but this expansion will take a few years.

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Product Manager, Matching