Senior Product Manager, Etsy
Recommendations Relevance
$161-209k
+ Equity package + An annual performance bonus
More information about location
Office located in Brooklyn, New York
eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
Open for applications
eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$161-209k
+ Equity package + An annual performance bonus
More information about location
Office located in Brooklyn, New York
1001+ employees
Company mission
To keep human connection at the heart of commerce.
Role
Who you are
- ML expertise: Proven track record (3+ years) of building and optimizing ML-powered products, particularly in recommendations, search, or similar domains. Familiarity with ranking algorithms, retrieval systems and sophisticated personalization techniques is a plus
- Experimentation proficiency: Strong foundation in A/B testing, including hypothesis formulation, results analysis and iteration to achieve measurable outcomes
- Cross-functional collaboration: Ability to work effectively with diverse partners including engineering, design, research and analytics to align on goals and drive impact
- Data-driven decision making: A track record of using data (qualitative and quantitative) to make tradeoffs and drive priorities to achieve business outcomes
- Strong bias for action and impact: A proactive demeanor with a passion for creative problem solving. Comfortable navigating ambiguity while maintaining focus on delivering results
What the job involves
- Product strategy: Define strategy for your team aligning with the overarching recommendations and personalization product vision using buyer insights, competitive analysis and advancements in ML to prioritize most impactful investments. Drive semi-annual roadmap planning for your squad translating it to quarterly objectives and key results
- Product delivery: Drive operational excellence through biweekly sprint execution collaborating with ML engineers and scientists to develop and refine core ML models aligning them with product objectives balancing relevance and exploration. Use experimentation to validate relevance improvements
- Cross-team collaboration: Partner with squads across Etsy to ensure a cohesive buyer experience integrating recommendations seamlessly into the buyer journey. Align dependencies to achieve shared goals efficiently across partner teams like Search and Ads
- Product leadership and quality craft: Stay informed of groundbreaking ML techniques and opportunities to expand and grow Etsy's Recommendations strategy business impact. Influence the development of a unified scalable platform to deliver consistent and compelling experiences
Our take
Created as an alternative to more corporate eCommerce sites, Etsy is a peer-to-peer (P2P) website where users buy and sell handmade crafts, vintage items, art, and photography. The online marketplace works similarly to Amazon and eBay, only with an emphasis on unique items rather than mass-produced merchandise.
Since its IPO in 2015, it has managed to hold its own in an increasingly competitive eCommerce industry, including from Amazon's handmade section that launched in 2015. Further, by providing sellers with ownership over pricing and branding, the site is attractive for those wanting to set up a business on an established platform.
However, the seller-side of Etsy is not without problems. The recent hike in transaction fees and the introduction of mandatory marketing fees for artists with high turnovers has created significant discontent amongst sellers. Etsy must reconcile these issues to ensure artists continue to operate on the same scale within the platform. It plans to attract shoppers with its message of extraordinary, handmade and affordable products.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
May 2012
$40m
LATE VC
Aug 2010
$20m
SERIES E
Total funding: $91.7m
Company benefits
- Equity (offers vary by country)
- Performance bonuses
- Paid gender neutral parental leave
- Adoption and family planning
- Back-up care
- Volunteer time off
- Donation matching
- Employee resource groups
- Global virtual events
- Employer paid health benefits
- Fitness benefits
- Wellness programming
- Mental health benefits
- 401K matching/Pension contributions
Company values
- We commit to our craft - Our work has the power to change lives. That’s why we strive to learn continuously and excel at what we do
- We minimize waste - Time, resources, and energy are precious, so we focus only on what will have the greatest impact
- We embrace differences - Diverse teams are stronger, and inclusive cultures are more resilient. When we seek out different perspectives, we make better decisions and build better products
- We dig deeper - The best solutions to meaningful challenges are rarely easy or obvious. We stay curious, balance our intuition with insights, and decide with confidence
- We lead with optimism - We believe in our mission, and we believe in each other. We see the world as it is, set ambitious goals, and inspire one another with generosity of spirit. Together, we reimagine what is possible
Company HQ
Downtown Brooklyn, NY
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Leadership
Josh Silverman
(CEO)Previously senior executive at eBay, CEO of Shopping.com, CEO of Skype and President of Consumer Products & Services at American Express.
People progressing
Became the Director of International Strategy and Operations after a year and 2 months as a senior manager in the division. After nearly 5 years in that role, they became Director of Marketing and International Strategy & Operations, and six months after that was promoted to Senior Director in that same department.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Etsy
- Diversity is a priority at Etsy, owned by everyone:
- A diverse workforce is critical to Etsy’s success—it makes us a stronger, better, more resilient and more relevant company. We have an inclusive culture and each of us actively creates opportunities for underrepresented groups to join, thrive and advance at Etsy
- We welcome all perspectives:
- As individuals, we invite a variety of viewpoints and experiences—especially when they conflict with our own. We encourage questions more than statements, and provide a safe environment in which all employees can surface and discuss concerns
- We measure and share openly:
- We contribute to broader progress by evaluating, iterating and transparently communicating our successes and failures internally and externally
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