Director of Product Management, Search

Teamwork makes the stream work. Roku is changing how the world watches TV Roku is the #1 TV streaming platform in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and we've set our sights on powering every television in the world. Roku pioneered streaming to the TV. Our mission is to be the TV streaming platform that connects the entire TV ecosystem. We connect consumers to the content they love, enable content publishers to build and monetize large audiences, and provide advertisers unique capabilities to engage consumers. From your first day at Roku, you'll make a valuable - and valued - contribution. We're a fast-growing public company where no one is a bystander. We offer you the opportunity to delight millions of TV streamers around the world while gaining meaningful experience across a variety of disciplines. About the Team Millions of Roku users rely on the Roku Search and Voice experiences every day to start their entertainment journey, identify new interests, and navigate the world’s largest streaming ecosystem — because they are fast, personalized, and delightfully relevant. Now, at a pivotal inflection point, Roku’s Search and Voice teams are coming together as a unified organization to build something far greater: the Roku Entertainment Assistant — our unified, AI-powered platform assistant that is ubiquitously accessible across the entire Roku ecosystem. This unified team combines tenured AI/ML talent with deep consumer product expertise, operating at massive scale and serving 100M+ viewers. The team is highly data-driven, running hundreds of consumer experiments per year, and is committed to shaping the future of how people discover and enjoy entertainment through intelligence that learns, adapts, and assists. About the Role As Director of Product Management for Search, you will lead this unified Search and Voice team at the most consequential moment in its history: the convergence of two world-class AI/ML-powered products into Roku’s flagship platform assistant. You will define the multi-year strategy for the Roku Entertainment Assistant, build organizational alignment with senior leadership and cross-functional partners, grow and mentor a high-performing team of product managers, and own measurable outcomes across engagement, monetization, and product quality. This role calls for a leader who brings both visionary clarity and executional rigor — someone who can inspire a team, earn executive trust, make hard trade-offs, and drive a product that will define how tens of millions of people interact with their TVs. For California Only - The estimated annual salary for this position is between $301,000 - $482,500 annually. Compensation packages are based on factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, certifications, and specific geographical location. This role is eligible for health insurance, equity awards, life insurance, disability benefits, parental leave, wellness benefits, and paid time off. How will I use AI at Roku?  At Roku, we don’t just use AI, we work with it. AI agents and smart tools help power drafts, analysis, and repetitive workflows, while our people bring direction, judgment, and accountability.   We value curious, adaptable builders, who can show how they’ve used AI, agents, or automation to move faster, improve quality, and scale their impact. Strong candidates know how to frame problems, guide AI-assisted work, check the output, and learn quickly. Above all, they bring curiosity, adaptability, and sound judgment.  What You'll Be Doing Define the Roku Entertainment Assistant strategy: Set the long-term product vision for how Search and Voice converge into a single, ubiquitously accessible platform assistant — establishing Roku’s competitive moat in entertainment AI Own the long-term roadmap: Develop and maintain a multi-year product roadmap across Search and Voice, balancing big bets with near-term wins, and connecting team-level execution to company-level OKRs Drive strategic prioritization: Make high-consequence trade-off decisions across competing product initiatives, informed by user research, market intelligence, data, and Roku’s business strategy Align senior leadership: Regularly present product strategy, roadmaps, and outcomes to VP, SVP, and C-suite stakeholders — building institutional confidence, securing resources, and driving alignment on direction Cultivate cross-functional partnerships: Build deep, trusted relationships with XFN Experience PMs, Engineering, Design, Analytics, Ads, Content, and Business Development leaders to align on goals and manage complex dependencies at scale Represent Search & Voice externally: Champion the team’s vision with content partners, advertisers, and platform partners where relevant to Roku’s growth and ecosystem strategy Own monetization outcomes for Search & Voice: Partner with Ads and Content Monetization teams to define and deliver a monetization strategy — integrating advertising, subscription growth, and content distribution levers into the Search and Voice experience without compromising user trust Balance user delight with revenue growth: Be the decision-maker on trade-offs between engagement optimization and monetization, ensuring both are sustainably and measurably achieved Grow Search & Voice as a business: Cultivate partnerships and cross-functional relationships to uncover new revenue opportunities and launch category-defining features Champion product quality: Establish quality standards and review cadences across the Search and Voice portfolio — from relevance and latency to AI safety, content policy, and end-to-end user experience consistency Drive compliance and trust: Partner with Legal, Privacy, and Security teams to ensure all AI-powered and voice experiences meet applicable standards and maintain user trust at scale Be deeply data-driven: Define the analytical direction for the team — setting KPI frameworks, reviewing experiment