Principal Product Manager, Marketplace

Collectors is the leading creator of innovative technology that provides value-added services for collectors worldwide. We grade authenticate vault and sell millions of record-setting collectibles all while modernizing and digitalizing the process to further our mission of helping collectors pursue their passions. Were always on the lookout for talented people to join our growing team.

Our services span collectible coins trading cards Funko Pops! video games event tickets autographs and memorabilia. Our subsidiaries include PSA PCGS SGC and Card Ladder.

Since our founding in 1986 we have graded and authenticated millions of items. We employ more than 1900 people across our headquarters in Santa Ana and offices in Jersey City Tokyo Shanghai Hong Kong Toronto Guadalajara Dallas and Paris.

Were transforming the collecting experience with technology that brings authentication grading and trading into the modern era. Our products are equalizing the playing field by providing tools that make complex research analytics including pricing scarcity reports and historic sales data accessible to every collector old or new. Our product & engineering mission is to democratize technology while promoting innovation collaboration and continuous learning throughout the organization.

Team Overview

Our Product and Design teams are helping to create a seamless user experience across various platforms to provide the most trusted services and delightful experiences for grading protectingmanaging buying selling and sharing collectibles. Our grading operation processes millions of collectibles a year and serves as a research hub for collectors across collectible categories. By leading the standards in the collectibles industry we have earned customer trust that we can leverage across our expanding Marketplace product offerings.

Role Overview
Were looking for a Principal Product Manager (reporting to the VP of Product for Marketplace) to lead a new consumer product within the Marketplace vertical. Youll own the product vision strategy and execution to take a new product from beta to breakout building innovative product mechanics growth loops and seamless crossecosystem experiences. Youll own the roadmap endtoend partnering with a dedicated crossfunctional team (business engineering design data) to grow the user base delight our customers and drive business results.

Role Location

In office remote or hybrid candidates will be considered. We believe that there is significant value in in-person collaboration. If you live within a 1 hour commuting distance to one of our offices you will be required to be onsite most of the time. This will be discussed further as part of the recruiting process.

What Youll Do

• Own the end-to-end product vision: Define communicate and drive a bold unified vision for the new customer experience balancing strategic innovation with operational excellence.

• Build durable growth loops: Launch referral and loyalty rewards gamified experiences lifecycle messaging and personalized recommendations that compound acquisition and retention.

• Innovate to delight customers: Partner with design and marketing to craft fun unique onbrand moments and experiences that lift conversion repeat purchase and NPS.

• Drive the roadmap and execution endtoend: Translate strategy and product sense into clear priorities specs and user stories; coordinate delivery across dedicated and partner engineering teams.

• Instrument and learn fast: Define analytics implement tracking/feature flags and run A/B tests and rapid prototypes; make datainformed calls with velocity and rigor.

• Integrate the ecosystem: Ensure seamless experiences across the Marketplace ecosystem (Collection Management Vaulting and Selling) to reduce friction and resolve technical dependencies.

• Lead crossfunctional communication and execution: Deliver crisp context-aware communication - from executive presentations to engineering standups - communicating tradeoffs unblocking teams and delivering predictably.

Who You Are

• Experienced product leader: 10 years in consumer-facing product management across entertainment gaming and/or social having shipped and scaled 01 products.

• Growth innovator: Strong product sense for mechanics that drive customer acquisition usage intensity and retention (merchandizing events rewards social/creator levers) and a track record turning ideas into measurable impact.

• Datadriven experimenter: Expert in instrumentation A/B testing cohort analysis and lifecycle optimization; pairs creativity with evidence.

• Systems thinker: Comfortable simplifying complex multisystem flows (payments risk/T&S logistics/vaulting resale) into intuitive experiences.

• Influential communicator: Aligns executives as well as internal and external partners without direct authority; articulates tradeoffs and makes crisp highconviction decisions to lead cross-functional teams (engineering design data business marketing).

• Builder mindset: Bias for action ownership and high standards; thrives in a fastmoving selfcontained business unit.

• Passion for collecting is a plus.

Salary Range: The salary range for this position is $179000 to $290000. Actual compensation on this range varies based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors including location job level prior experience and skill set. This role may be eligible for bonuses commissions or other forms of compensation please ask your recruiter for details.

Reasons To Join Us:

• Health Insurance: All full-time employees are eligible to enroll in Medical Dental and Vision

• Additional Benefits: Full-time employees are eligible for fertility commuter and educational assistance benefits.

• 401(K) Matching Plan: We are proud to offer a competitive 401k matching plan to our employees to support their future financial goals

• Vacation: All salaried employees are eligible for flexible time-off.

• Holiday Pay: All regular full-time employees are eligible for ten company paid holidays

• Employee Discounts: Employees receive discounts on select grading services for approved submissions

• Flexible Hours: Many of our teams offer flexible schedules with varying shifts and will work with you to accommodate your needs

• Fun Working Environment: Our team members are invited to participate in celebrations holiday events and team building activities

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.

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