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Localization Vertical Product Manager
$146K–$342K
Mountain View, California, United States · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jun 18, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years in product management.
About the job
Owns a local commerce or services category from strategy and launch through growth, embedding AI capabilities in the consumer and merchant experience.
What you'll do
- Own category strategy, roadmap, launch, growth, and category P&L or GM-style responsibilities.
- Validate and launch new categories, then iterate toward product-market fit; lead go-to-market across supply, demand, pricing, and marketplace liquidity.
- Partner with engineering and data science to build AI/LLM capabilities and use marketplace metrics to prioritize and demonstrate impact.
What they ask for
- 6+ years in product management, with Senior / Lead / Principal / Staff / Group PM scope.
- Demonstrated 0→1 launch of a new local services or local commerce category at a consumer marketplace.
- Experience both in a specific vertical category and on a local platform.
- Hands-on go-to-market ownership for a new category launch and fluency with marketplace dynamics, including supply/demand, liquidity, pricing, and unit economics.
Nice to have
- Experience at a US consumer marketplace or with services-booking or home-services marketplace products.
- Experience shipping AI/LLM-powered consumer features; Chinese local-life-services background is also a plus.
Pay
$146,000 — $342,000 USD (annual base salary)
Tools
AI, LLM
AI focus
Partner with engineering and data science to embed AI/LLM capabilities in consumer and merchant experiences.
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