Senior Product Manager, Genetic Genealogy

About Ancestry:When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person’s story is important. Ancestry®, the global leader in family history, connects everyone with their past so they can discover, preserve, and share their unique family stories. With our unparalleled collection of more than 65 billion records, over 3.5 million subscribers, and over 27 million people in our growing DNA network, customers can discover their family story and gain a new level of understanding about their lives. Over the past 40 years, we’ve built trusted relationships with millions of people who have chosen us as the platform for discovering, preserving, and sharing the most important information about themselves and their families. We are committed to our location flexible work approach, allowing you to choose to work in the nearest office, from your home, or a hybrid of both (subject to location restrictions and roles that are required to be in the office- see the full list of eligible US locations HERE). We will continue to hire and promote beyond the boundaries of our office locations, to enable broadened possibilities for employee diversity. Together, we work every day to foster a work environment that's inclusive as well as diverse, and where our people can be themselves. Every idea and perspective is valued so that our products and services reflect the global and diverse clients we serve. Ancestry encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants. Passionate about dedicating your work to enriching people’s lives? Join the curious.You will be responsible for infusing genetic genealogy into our features by partnering with engineering and design to build backend solutions and front-end components that can be used end-to-end across our product. In this role, you will shape the product strategy and roadmap for tools built on our first-in-class DNA science, the world’s largest genomic database, and over 45 billion historical records. You will lead the charge in creating powerful, engaging discovery experiences that help users unlock their family history by bridging the gap between genetic data and ancestral stories. We are seeking a persistent problem-solver who thrives in ambiguity, takes deep ownership of the product lifecycle, and is dedicated to overcoming roadblocks to deliver truly resonant user experiences.What You Will DoLead continuous product discovery by rapidly prototyping, interviewing customers, and validating assumptions to test hypotheses before building.Partner with engineering and architecture to build a genetic genealogy platform—the APIs, matching logic, and front end components that will power our products.Write agents to combine historical and genetic data to provide new insights to our users. Develop and articulate a vision for an integrated experience that seamlessly combines DNA insights with historical records, grounded in customer needs and the latest trends in genomic and genealogical data.Surface meaningful family connections by combining the richness of our record artifacts with the power of DNA.Lead UI/UX design initiatives in collaboration with your product designer to create elegant, intuitive components that help simplify the complexities of research through combined genetic and historical record sets.Collaborate with colleagues to transform your strategic vision into a globally scalable product, taking into account local customer needs, cultural nuances, and competitive landscapes.Work closely with UX research and design, marketing, customer support, and legal teams to deliver value to customers swiftly and consistently.Learn rapidly from both quantitative and qualitative feedback, and adapt strategies with agility based on these insights.Partner closely with Senior Engineers to own the platform vision, use-case prioritization, and the internal developer experience.Engage with our content professionals and in-house genealogists to gain a thorough understanding of Ancestry’s content, which includes over 60 billion artifacts and user-created trees. Who you are At least 4 years of experience delivering successful consumer products.A proven track record in developing recommendation systems at scale.Deep product discovery skills, with a demonstrated ability to interview users, analyze qualitative and quantitative data, and collaborate tightly with UX design and engineering.Experience building and using agentic workflows for the product discovery process.A systems-thinking approach, showing you can handle immense complexity, navigate ambiguity, and bridge the gap between technical architecture and business strategy.Understanding of agentic frameworks and experience writing agents.Strong, proven collaboration skills with Data Science, backend engineering, and UX design teams to build data-driven products that serve millions of global users.Experience partnering with UX to build highly functional internal tool