Yahoo! Labs is pioneering the new sciences underlying the Web. As the center of scientific excellence for Yahoo!, Yahoo! Labs delivers both fundamental and applied scientific leadership through published research and new technologies powering the company's products. Were looking for outstanding Sr. Research Scientists in the following areas:

• Computer Science – requires expertise in information retrieval, computational linguistics, machine learning, computer systems and storage, information management, matrix and graph algorithms, large scale data mining or human-computer interaction/user experience.
• Economics – requires expertise in microeconomic theory, game theory and mechanism design or experimental economics.
• Social Sciences – requires expertise in ethnography, social network analysis or online consumer behavior and measurement.
• Large-Scale Computing – requires expertise in large-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure and data management

Requisition #: 36099
Location: Santa Clara, US - Santa Clara GA Pkwy

Job responsibilities:
• initiate and execute research projects, develop new and innovative algorithms and technologies and pursue patents where appropriate
• analyze data, identify problems and potential customers, devise solutions and build prototypes
• stay current on published state-of-the-art algorithms and competing technologies and maintain world-class academic credentials through publications, presentations, external collaborations and service to the research community

Required Skills/Experience:
• Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field
• 4+ years of post-doctoral industry or academic experience
• Research track record, focused on information retrieval, computational linguistics, machine learning, matrix and graph algorithms, unsupervised clustering, data mining or human-computer interaction/user experience

Preferred Skills/Experience:
• Ability to perform research that is justified and guided by business opportunities

Strong communication and collaboration skills For more information on Yahoo! Labs please visit http://labs.yahoo.com/.
Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

Yahoo! Media needs a product manager to help build awesome products and help execute on a game changing product roadmap. This role will work on initiatives that run horizontally across all of Yahoo!s media properties.
In this role, you will be responsible for the product strategy and roadmap, product requirements, heavy interaction with engineering, and collaboration with editorial and internal business partners. This is a heavy inbound product management role requiring a lot of technical heavy lifting and strategic thinking. If architecture scares you, or if you cant talk strategy then this job is not for you.

Requisition #: 40189

Location: Sunnyvale, CA or Santa Monica, CA

Qualifications:
Candidates for this role need leadership skills, customer focus, a passion for the product, and results oriented to drive initiatives to successful conclusion. Ideal candidate should have proven track record in product management. Candidates must be diplomatic, persuasive, organized and influential, being able to garner support from cross-functional teams. The individual must know how to influence decision makers without making enemies, and remain productive through adversity. Demonstrated business, communication, leadership and teamwork abilities are required.

The ideal candidate has an engineering or mathematics degree, and spent some time working as an engineer before converting to product management. Additional attributes of the ideal candidate:
• BA/BS required with 5+ years of product management experience working on consumer media products
• Outstanding problem solver with top tier analytical abilities. Total comfort working with data.
• Ability to think strategically. You must be able to think ahead about where a market is headed and how your products can succeed long term. Ability to translate strategy into real plans.
• Demonstrated strong capabilities in communication – both oral and written. Need to trust this position to be able to stand in front of senior execs and give a great presentation.
• Ability to work with engineers, project managers, product managers and QA. You must be comfortable working with algorithms, platforms and must be able to talk shop with engineers.
• You must be willing to step away from your computer and validate your hypotheses with real, living, breathing users.
• You need to have worked in an Agile software development environment.

Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.