Senior Product Manager, Etsy
Inventory ML
$164-212k
+ Equity + Annual performance bonus
More information about location
1-2 days a week in office (Brooklyn, NY)
eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
Posted today
eCommerce platform for handcrafted goods
1001+ employees
Posted today
$164-212k
+ Equity + Annual performance bonus
More information about location
1-2 days a week in office (Brooklyn, NY)
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
- We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead our machine learning teams within our Inventory group
- This is a full-time position reporting to the Group Product Manager, Inventory Quality
- The inventory group at Etsy is responsible for improving our inventory understanding through investments in our foundational inventory systems, the tools we use to collect inventory information from sellers, and the data we use to match buyers to our inventory
- As the PM, you will create the roadmap for our two ML squads to increase inventory understanding, enable easier listing evaluation experiences and make it easier for sellers to create high quality listings on Etsy
- Lead all aspects of product management for one of the highest priority areas for 2025:
- Product strategy: Define ML strategy for Inventory understanding using buyer and seller 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 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 Buyer experiences
- Product leadership and quality craft: Stay informed of groundbreaking ML techniques and opportunities to use ML to benefit the marketplace for both buyers and sellers
- Of course, this is just a sample of the kinds of work this role will require! You should assume that your role will encompass other tasks as needed and that your job duties and responsibilities may evolve over time
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 HQ
Downtown Brooklyn, NY
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.
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