Senior Product Manager, Catawiki
Shipping
Online auctioning for special objects
Posted today
Online auctioning for special objects
501-1000 employees
Posted today
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To provide an exciting and seamless experience to customers for buying and selling special, hard-to-find objects.
Role
Who you are
- In addition to your demonstrable experience as a Product Manager in a fast growing online company, you also have:
- A strong belief in Customer Centric product development
- A data driven approach; You base your decisions on facts rather than opinions
- Familiarity with a/b experimentation; You’re aware that valuable information comes from both positive and negative results through experimentation
- An interest and curiosity in the world of (online) auctions
- An intrinsic motivation to drive operational efficiency improvements and overcoming resistance to change
- Energy, a commercial focus, and a sense of urgency to everything you touch; You’re a self-motivated and results driven person who is not afraid to get their hands dirty to solve a problem
- Natural collaboration and communication skills, fluent English, and good in posing probing questions to quickly and fully understand what someone's talking about
- An agile and innovative mindset with the tenacity to thrive in a constantly changing environment plus the ability to deal with complexity and ambiguous situations
- An eagerness to learn; You seek continuous feedback and input
- 3+ years experience as a Product Manager ideally e-commerce focused
What the job involves
- As we’re rapidly expanding, we’re looking for an experienced Senior Product Manager Shipping to strengthen our team of high performing Product Managers, Engineers, Designers and Data Scientists to scale our business
- As a Sr. PM Shipping at Catawiki, you will work with a multidisciplinary team within our Fulfilment vertical to:
- Relentlessly focus on what’s best for our customers and our business
- Empower our Sellers and Buyers with the most convenient ways and processes to ship and receive their desired object
- Responsible for selecting new, and maintaining the relationships with existing, shipping partners
- Manage the process of giving and receiving feedback to the seller
- Understand and identify customer behaviour and needs through research and analysis
- Analyse, understand and share learnings from experimentation to build a strong knowledge base of the product
- Contribute to the overall Product Vision and Strategy for this core part of our value proposition
- Strong stakeholder management and partnership with the commercial organization in Catawiki and specifically the shipping operations team
- Take ownership of anything related to shipping, the roadmap and prioritisation of new features and enhancements to existing features. Examples:
- Working with various carriers across the world
- Working with shipping aggregators
- Find projects to make shipping costs more fair
- Improve the quality of the overall shipping experience for buyers and sellers
- Execute on that roadmap with clear expected outcomes and meticulous measurement
- Empower your team and cross-collaborate with other teams and stakeholders across the company to unlock their full potential
- Manage and work closely with your stakeholders: the commercial teams, Customer support teams, and the experts, to get the best ideas in and subsequently get everyone aligned for fast implementation
- Get. Stuff. Done
Application process
- Apply directly with an English CV and cover letter by submitting your information at the bottom of this page
Our take
In the past, it was only possible to purchase special items such as rare coins, antiques, and vintage cars at auctions held at physical locations. These days, many people prefer online auctions, but whilst they provide a wider range of objects for sale, this comes at the cost of proper pricing and quality control. Catawiki provides an expert-regulated online auctioning marketplace where users can browse and bid for special objects easily via the web or mobile app.
The objects listed on Catawiki are curated, valued, and verified by in-house experts, with over 65,000 objects passing through the marketplace every week. In this approach, the company has combined the community knowledge found at traditional auctions with the benefits of digital auctioning platforms, occupying a space that has long remained empty, and avoiding competition from bidding marketplace giants such as eBay.
Catawiki has received good funding in the past, which contributed to it becoming the success it is today. A recent venture has seen the company expand to serve artisanal artists with its handmade products auction series.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2020
$175.3m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Jul 2015
$87.7m
SERIES C
Total funding: $274.6m
Company benefits
- 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 activity-based 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, single-session therapy, wellness support and more
- Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your personal and professional growth
- Provide 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 day’s leave to Pursue their Passion!
Company HQ
Westelijk Havengebied, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leadership
Marco Jansen
(Co-Founder)Founder and CTO of LastDodo, with experience as Project Manager for ThoughtWorks from 2004 to 2008. Co-founded Catawiki as CTO in 2008.
René Schoenmakers
(Co-Founder)Founder & CEO of LastDodo and of Vipio. Managing Director of Ordina's subsidiaries Wisdom and The Missing Link from 2006 to 2008. Co-founded Catawiki in 2016 as CEO.
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