Product Manager, Wayfair
Supplier Advertising Experience
More information about location
3 days a week in office
A global online homeware marketplace
Open for applications
A global online homeware marketplace
1001+ employees
Open for applications
More information about location
3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help everyone, anywhere create their feeling of home.
Role
Who you are
- 3-5 years building software products at scale and with measurable impact
- Experience with advertising is preferred
- Ideal candidates have also built / worked on advertising campaign management tools; experience with advertising APIs is a plus
- Track record of effectively partnering with engineering to build high-impact, technical products with an ability to understand and push on system architecture to improve the product
- Ability to keep up in highly technical conversations, with experience leading technical products and ability to think and act both tactically and strategically, with experience leading cross-team initiatives
- A customer-centric mindset with a strong ability to conduct rigorous customer (internal or external) interviews and convey the "why" behind technical decisions
- Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills, with a proven ability to dive deep into data and produce actionable insights
- Ability to work with and influence partner teams (Senior Manager +) across various functional areas
What the job involves
- At Wayfair, Advertising empowers suppliers to boost visibility of their products and brands on our platform
- One of the biggest growth drivers for advertising will be increasing demand for our advertising services through an increased footprint, onboarding new suppliers and agencies, and increasing spend of existing suppliers
- The Supplier Advertising Experience team is responsible for creating that demand by enabling thousands of suppliers to create, manage, and optimize successful campaigns
- As the Product Manager in this space, you will be responsible for introducing new targeting capabilities, reporting, and externalizing our API offerings to our suppliers and other third parties
- This role will help drive 3x growth in our supplier advertising business over the next few years by enabling more suppliers to run successful advertising campaigns!
- Partner with senior business and technology leaders to identify, understand, and solve the biggest challenges facing suppliers in the targeting and reporting space
- Define the vision for supplier-facing reporting and external API offerings that can drive 3x growth in our advertising business
- Define product requirements in collaboration with cross-functional and cross-department teams
- Partner with the engineering team to drive timely and smooth execution by participating in sprint rituals like grooming, planning and retrospective
- Drive go to market for your products in partnership with internal or external stakeholders
- Build and maintain product roadmap along with constantly monitoring the success and measuring the impact of your products/features
- Influence the evolution of Wayfair's strategy for advertising offerings
Our take
Wayfair emerged in the early era of eCommerce with a mission to revolutionize online shopping, offering customers a convenient platform to purchase goods. Today, it stands as one of the foremost global players in the online furniture delivery industry, boasting an impressive inventory of over 33 million products.
Renowned for its extensive product range and comprehensive service offerings, Wayfair distinguishes itself by providing an end-to-end customer experience, from browsing to doorstep delivery. Despite its prominence, the company faces profitability challenges attributed largely to expansion expenses. Nonetheless, its solid presence in the competitive online homeware sector solidifies its position as a key contender.
With ambitious global expansion plans, Wayfair remains committed to maintaining its leadership in the industry. As it aspires to become the ultimate destination for all home needs, its more recent ventures into physical retail represent significant strides toward this overarching goal.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company values
- Relentless Customer Focus: Delivering an exceptional customer experience drives everything we do. We invest in understanding our customers and partners. We are all in customer service
- Deliver Rsults With Agility: We prioritize work that drives long-term value. We execute with urgency, learn from failure, and nimbly pivot. The outcomes of our efforts are impactful, measurable results
- Use Good Judgement: We are bold and confident, never reckless. We make reasoned, calculated decisions based on data, critical thinking, and pattern recognition
- Build the Best Team: We lead by setting the bar high, articulating clear goals, and diving deep. We hire, develop, and leverage only the best. Our leaders continually reevaluate and strengthen their teams and do not shy away from hard decisions. We expect and demonstrate excellence
- Collaborate Effectively: We invest in cross-functional global partnerships that maximize impact and minimize duplication. We prize collaboration in all interactions – with our teammates, stakeholders, and suppliers. We disagree, align, and commit. Effectiveness and efficiency in collaboration are required.
- Respect Others: We earn and show respect, treating our teammates and partners with empathy and inclusion. We presume good intent while prioritizing impact. We balance confidence and candor with humility and kindness.
- Be an Owner: We are Wayfair first. We act on what’s best for the company, ahead of team or individual goals. We spend every dollar as if it is our own. We take pride in Wayfair’s success while planning the next win. We always think long-term
- Innovate & Improve: We are not limited by precedent. We boldly challenge the norm. We continually identify opportunities to innovate, improve, and simplify. We value incremental improvements, but we also look for game-changing breakthroughs.
- Adapt & Grow: We value adaptability and self-reflection. We find opportunity in every change, experience, and mistake. We are committed to continuous self-improvement.
Company HQ
Prudential / St. Botolph, Boston, MA
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Leadership
Niraj Shah
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied Engineering at Cornell University before co-founding Spinners, a Boston-based IT services company. Previously acted as Entrepreneur in Residence for Greylock and has served as CEO of Wayfair since co-founding the company in 2002.
Steven Conine
(Co-Founder)Co-founded Spinners before working for Operations at iXL. Conine also co-founded Pillar VC in 2016.
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