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.

Ancestry is seeking a Senior Product Manager with deep customer obsession and a strong sense of ownership to drive our international product and expansions. This is your opportunity to help millions of people globally discover who they are by scaling a category-defining product—already used by over 30 million people—to deliver deep insights and personal discoveries in new markets.

Join us as a Senior Product Manager and be at the forefront of Ancestry’s global growth. We are looking for a product leader to pioneer our new International Platform, the engine that will power our expansion into dozens of new markets and languages. In this fast-paced, high-impact role, you will collaborate closely with engineering, architecture, marketing, and data science teams to unlock the vast potential of our international business and connect new customers to their family history.

You will...

• Drive the product strategy, vision, and roadmap for Ancestry's new International Platform to dramatically accelerate our expansion into new markets.

• Translate the company's global growth strategy into a clear product backlog, detailed requirements, and end-to-end user stories for new country and language launches.

• Act as the tireless advocate for international users, owning all internationalization (i18n) requirements, defining new standards, and ensuring a seamless, culturally relevant experience across all features.

• Partner closely with cross-functional teams—including engineering, marketing, legal, privacy, and commerce—to align on priorities and ensure successful, compliant country launches.

• Lead the design and automation of our localization (l10n) workflows, integrating new tools, LLMs, and AI capabilities to scale Ancestry's language support efficiently.

• Support day-to-day localization operations and analyze areas of improvement and automation.

• Define, analyze, and own the key performance indicators (KPIs) and usage metrics for international markets, using data to guide the platform's continuous improvement.

Who you are…

• An experienced Product Manager with 5+ years of experience in product or a related role, preferably on a platform or technical product team.

• A subject matter expert in internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) best practices, with a deep understanding of the technical and user experience challenges of global products.

• Proven ability to translate complex business, legal, and privacy requirements into actionable product requirements and user stories.

• Hands-on experience with localization workflows, translation management systems (TMS), and content repositories (e.g., GitHub, AEM, Salesforce).

• Technical proficiency to read and understand various code and file types (e.g., HTML, JSON, XML, XLIFF) and collaborate effectively with developers on implementation and bug fixes.

• A strategic thinker who stays current with industry-standard localization tools, LLMs, and AI capabilities, with a passion for driving automation and process improvement.

• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and align teams across the organization.

• A strong communicator and collaborator who excels at aligning cross-functional partners and executives.

• A passionate advocate for customers, with a history of delivering delightful, emotionally resonant product experiences.

Helping people discover their story is at the heart of ours. Ancestry is the largest provider of family history and personal DNA testing, harnessing a powerful combination of information, science and technology to help people discover their family history and stories that were never possible before. Ancestry’s suite of products includes: AncestryDNA, AncestryProGenealogists, Fold3, Newspapers.com, Find a Grave, Archives.com, and Rootsweb. We offer excellent benefits and a competitive compensation package. For additional information, regarding our benefits and career information, please visit our website at http://ancestry.com/careers

As a signatory of the ParityPledge in Support of Women and the ParityPledge in Support of People of Color, Ancestry values pay transparency and pay equity. We are pleased to share the base salary range for this position: $128,880 - $161,100 with eligibility for bonus, equity and comprehensive benefits including health, dental and vision. The actual salary will vary by geographic region and job experience. We will share detailed compensation data for a specific location during the recruiting process. Read more about our benefits HERE.

*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085(8-5-20) and sb1162(1-1-23)

Additional Information:

Ancestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In addition, Ancestry will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

All job offers are contingent on a background check screen that complies with applicable law.  For San Francisco office candidates, pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Ancestry will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.  

Ancestry is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Ancestry via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Ancestry. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Ancestry as a result of the referral or through other means.