Meet the team: Rita
Rita Menezes
Get to know the team behind the Yahoo Search products and partnerships.
Name: Rita Menezes
Team: Technical Program Management, Search
Based in: Playa Vista, Los Angeles, CA
Time at Yahoo: 7 years
What I do at Yahoo: as a Tech Program Manager, I help oversee and coordinate projects, products and strategic initiatives across Yahoo Search, facilitating communication among product, engineering, partners and cross-functional teams. Planning, execution and tracking are the main pillars of my day-to-day work.
What I love about Search: the fact that it's a tool accessible to everyone who's on the Internet; it has the answer to (most of) my questions; and no one knows how to live without it anymore. I can't even remember how life was without Search engines, can you?
When I’m not working you can find me____: enjoying the great outdoors with my 2 boys, hubby and friends, ideally at the beach, camping or hiking the national parks.
Favorite Yahoo product (past or present): Past - Flickr. Present - Yahoo Search and Yahoo Finance.
When I’m working I’m listening to: I don't usually listen to music or podcasts while I'm working (too many meetings, you know? :P), but when I do, it's most likely a relaxing bossa nova song, an acoustic guitar playlist or a new episode of Glennon Doyle's "We Can do Hard Things" podcast.
Work motto: Keep learning, challenging yourself and above all having fun! Great things can happen! :)
