Product Manager (Vertical Search) - TikTok

About TikTok

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.​

Why Join Us

Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day.​

We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.​

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Diversity & Inclusion​

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.​

Responsibilities

Team Introduction
The TikTok Search Product Team is the driving force behind one of the platform's most critical user experiences - search and discovery. Our mission is to build the world's best search experience that connects billions of users with the content they love and the answers they need on TikTok.

Responsibilities
- Responsible for the user experience and scale of TikTok local service search
- Able to provide search planning (including goals/core path) based on analysis of user requirement，industry competition environment , TikTok content ecology.
- Collaborate closely with RD/ OP / DA to promote collaborative launch of various projects, and conduct systematic analysis of project data.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

- Hands‑on experience in product strategy is required.

- Able to comprehend the supply‑demand structure of local life service categories, with in‑depth understanding of user search decision‑making journeys and transaction conversion.

- Proficient in core capabilities including information architecture design, content structuring, and filter/tag system development.

- Data‑driven mindset with strong capabilities in experiment design and data analysis; able to independently conduct analysis using tools such as SQL and Python.

- Excellent cross‑functional collaboration skills, capable of coordinating resources from algorithm, frontend, operation and other teams to drive the delivery of complex projects.

Preferred Qualifications

- Information Engineering major preferred

- Capable of independently writing SQL queries to perform data analysis

- Candidates with experience in search/recommendation systems, e‑commerce or local life services scenarios are preferred. Prior interest or experience in AI search, content understanding, and multimodal information integration is a plus

- Candidates with search interaction or strategy design experience are preferred.