General Manager, Startpage

Growth & Distribution Acceleration

• Drive global user and query growth through product expansion, performance marketing, lifecycle initiatives, and content/community strategies
• Expand distribution via browsers, OEMs, privacy platforms, and publishers
• Originate, structure, negotiate, and close high-impact strategic partnerships
• Increase experimentation velocity through AI-assisted insights and automation

AI-Native Product Reinvention

• Define and execute the long-term vision and multi-quarter roadmap for AI-enhanced, privacy-first search and browsing experiences
• Develop differentiated AI-powered user experiences within privacy-by-design principles
• Evaluate build, partner, and acquisition strategies for AI capabilities
• Ensure AI innovation enhances trust, transparency, and user control

Monetization & Financial Discipline

• Reimagine monetization models for AI-enhanced search experiences
• Optimize yield with search, advertising, and feed partners while maintaining privacy alignment
• Drive disciplined forecasting, capital allocation, and margin management
• Improve unit economics and long-term scalability
• Deliver transformation while protecting EBITDA and financial resilience

AI-Augmented Operating Model

• Redesign internal workflows to be AI-first across product, growth, analytics, and operations
• Shorten build-test-scale cycles through automation and intelligent tooling

Leadership & Cultural Transformation

• Build and lead an AI-fluent, high-performance leadership team
• Foster a culture of experimentation, speed, accountability, and intelligent risk-taking
• Recruit and develop talent that thrives in AI-native environments
• Serve as a credible spokesperson for Startpage with users, partners, media, and the global privacy community

What Success Looks Like (24–36 Months)

• Meaningful acceleration in global DAU/MAU and query growth
• Clear AI-differentiated product experiences
• Faster product iteration cycles and experimentation velocity
• Expanded global distribution partnerships
• Improved monetization yield and scalable unit economics
• AI embedded across core operating workflows
• Strengthened market position as the leading scaled privacy-first alternative

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of experience in consumer internet, search, AI products, private search, or high-growth digital platforms
• 2+ years in a GM, Business Unit, or comparable P&L leadership role or as an entrepreneur
• Demonstrated experience within the past 12-18 months leading AI-driven product innovation or business transformation
• Proven ability to redesign operating models using AI and automation
• Strong understanding of growth systems, monetization mechanics, and partnership economics
• Financial acumen — able to build models, manage forecasts, and make capital-efficient decisions
• Technical fluency to partner effectively with engineering, product, and data teams
• Analytical, experimentation-driven mindset
• High bias for action — you test and learn rather than overanalyze
• Entrepreneurial operator who moves quickly and embraces calculated risk
• Mission alignment with privacy as a strategic competitive advantage

What We Have To Offer

• Competitive salary + bonus + equity
• Generous PTO + 11 company holidays
• Open sick time
• 100% covered Medical, Dental, Vision for employees
• 401k with match
• Health & Dependent Care Flex Spending Account
• Paid professional development
• Leadership & growth opportunities
• Virtual company and team building events