Principal Product Manager, Search

Role overview

Mapbox is seeking a Principal Product Manager for Search to define and execute the product vision and strategy for Mapbox Search. The role focuses on helping developers and businesses access rich location data (addresses, places, boundaries) to build smart, relevant geospatial products, including in-vehicle search for automotive partners.

What you’ll do

• Define and execute end-to-end vision and strategy for Search.
• Use analysis to inform the roadmap, prioritize the product backlog, and drive focus on customer outcomes.
• Develop and refine key metrics and product validation mechanisms.
• Explore and implement new use cases that address customer pain points and unlock new revenue opportunities with engineering and cross-functional partners.
• Own pricing and packaging for Search as a standalone SKU, including:
  • sales enablement
  • marketing
  • customer trials
  • partnership opportunities
• Engage customers regularly via video conversations, emails, and in-person visits (about 10% travel) to understand needs and validate solutions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to align product goals and delivery phases with business objectives.
• Serve as the expert point of contact for internal and external product questions, feedback, and requests.

What’s important for this role

• 10+ years of product leadership experience guiding API, SDK, and data products through discovery, development, launch, and adoption in B2B.
• Strong technical depth and the ability to explain complex concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Strong customer orientation and evidence-based product thinking.
• Advanced data/analytical skills with a track record of using evidence to evaluate product quality and inform next steps.
• Ability to make tradeoffs and drive delivery of meaningful customer value.
• Excellent written and verbal communication (roadmaps, FAQs, business cases).
• Proven ownership mindset with independence and minimal direction.
• Ability to simplify complex problems and identify high-impact solutions.
• Go-to-market leadership experience, especially around pricing/packaging and scaling adoption.

Nice to have

• Experience working with AI/ML.