Principal Product Manager - Personaliation

Who we are

at Catawiki we come across exceptional objects such as these every day.

Catawiki is the leading online marketplace to buy and sell special objects. We offer over 75000 special objects in auction every week each reviewed and selected by one of Catawikis hundreds of inhouse experts specialised in Art Design Jewellery Fashion Classic Cars Collectables and many more.

Weve sold 10 million unique items to date and its our mission to become the worlds most popular auction destination for special objects.

Were an innovative pioneering and fastgrowing scaleup. If you think you can make a difference to our team go ahead and apply.

What you will do

Special objects are the last frontier of Ecommerce. We need you to conquer this last frontier. Were looking for a Principal Product Manager to play a pivotal role in shaping and executing our Personalisation and Machine Learning strategy ensuring a highly tailored and engaging user experience. Youll be responsible for the personalization experience of the entire Buyer Journey and own holistic crossteam and crossvertical initiatives that aim to deliver the most engaged and personalised experience for Catawiki buyers. You will collaborate closely with crossfunctional teams including engineering design marketing and data science to deliver innovative personalization features that delight users. .

• Work with the team to articulate the Personalization vision and set the roadmap
• Understand the strategy of Catawiki and work with internal teams across the organisation to translate this into the most impactful personalization outcomes
• Work closely with stakeholders across the organisation to make sure that the team is meeting the needs of the companys long and shortterm goals.
• Drive experimentation agenda on our recommendation/ML models including working with ML engineers to measure quality and assess the potential impact of new machine learning models on customers needs.
• Lead the integration of personalization features across our user experience ensuring alignment with the overall product roadmap.
• Own metrics on models and personalization performance and collaborate with teams to iterate and optimize features based on feedback and data insights.
• Collaborate with design to ensure a usercentric approach to personalization emphasising seamless integration and a delightful user experience.
• You will be joining our Demand vertical where we focus on welcoming users to Catawiki giving them a great onboarding experience helping them find the objects they love and turning them into happy winners. Youll be responsible for the endtoend experience across our three verticals.

Who you are

• You have at least 5 years of product management experience and have had demonstrated success defining product roadmaps specifically for personalization product recommendations search or other relevant MLcentric products
• Are outcomedriven with a bias towards action demonstrating the ability to set and achieve ambitious goals.
• Possess a sense of urgency and the capability to thrive in a fastpaced dynamic environment delivering results within tight timelines.
• Demonstrated decisionmaking skills with the ability to make informed and strategic choices while considering both shortterm and longterm implications.
• Have excellent storytelling abilities capable of articulating a compelling product vision and strategy to both internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Have a strong analytical mindset with the ability to derive actionable insights from data contributing to datainformed decisionmaking.
• Possesses extensive experience in designing executing and analyzing A/B tests and other experimentation methodologies specific to Machine Learning projects. Capable of leveraging datadriven insights to refine and enhance personalization algorithms ensuring continuous improvement in user engagement and product performance.
• Demonstrated a strong technical understanding of machine learning concepts and applications from the statistical and mathematical foundations to the practical aspects of turning models into product features.
• Must be skilled in working alongside machine learning engineers to develop and integrate userfocused personalization features into a product ecosystem ensuring they are optimized and effectively implemented.

Where youll be

This role is based in Amsterdam. We offer an excellent relocation package for people living outside of the Netherlands.

Heres what we can offer you

This is your chance to join our mission to fulfil peoples passions as part of a young and dynamic organisation. Youll be part of an enthusiastic highlymotivated team of 800 Catawikians. Additionally you can expect:

• A challenging role in a diverse international and fastgrowing organisation with over 50 nationalities.
• Regular fun activities both on and offline e.g summer parties boat rides and regular team events.
• Great secondary benefits including a holiday allowance and a fantastic pension plan paid for by Catawiki.
• Hybrid ways of working between home and office. We offer remote and activitybased working suited to the team and individual responsibilities
• We care about our teams wellbeing and offer a holistic wellbeing programme including our Employee Assistance Programme offering clinical services singlesession therapy wellness support and more.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your personal and professional growth;
• We want to help you celebrate special occasions in life by:
  • providing employees with a 100 EURO Catavoucher upon joining and 50 EURO birthday Catavouchers;
  • Extra days of annual leave for work anniversaries at 3 5 8 and 10 years;
  • Additional leave allowances for important life events such as moving engagement & marriage;
  • Each year Catawikians get an additional days leave to Pursue their Passion!

Please note that our benefits offering changes depending on which country you are employed in. For our countryspecific offering please ask your recruiter.

Our commitment to you

Catawikis eclectic team represents an international and intergenerational mix of people from different professional and cultural backgrounds. We foster an inclusive and queerfriendly work environment committed to making every Catawikian feel welcomed and empowered. Whatever your story we encourage you to bring your unique perspective to the table.

Catawiki stands with Ukraine and encourages people displaced by the current conflict to apply. In addition to the several initiatives weve launched were open to ideas on ways we can continue to support the humanitarian effort.

Our offices and way of working

We have sensational offices in Amsterdam Groningen Paris and our newest office in Lisbon. Most of our employees are within commutable distance of one of our office locations and enjoy a hybrid work model. This means we expect you to be in the office 2 out of 5 days roughly 40% of your working time to collaborate and connect with each other. The exception is of course if the job description specifically states that the role is 100% remote as some experts and sales positions are.

Interested

Apply directly with an English CV and cover letter by submitting your information at the bottom of this page. By submitting your application you agree to .

If youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.