Product Manager

Zalando; Berlin; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday per year

2 volunteering days per year

Employee shares programme

40% off fashion/beauty products

Relocation assistance

Family services

Health and wellbeing options

Mental health support

Training platform and peer reviews

Job summary

Zalando is seeking a Senior Product Manager for Fulfillment Core focusing on the Inventory domain. You will define the product vision, roadmaps, and establish KPI-driven processes to guide execution.

You will leverage AI-enabled approaches to build customer-centric features and work across Design, Engineering, and Data Science teams to deliver impactful results. You will mentor colleagues, drive rapid experiments, and shape a roadmap that maximizes commercial value while aligning with customer

Qualifications

• Envisioning, developing, and leading platform and capability products in large-scale environments.
• Ability to turn customer insights into product strategy and stories.
• Experience with cross-functional teams including Design, Engineering, and Data Science.

Responsibilities

• Define vision and roadmap for Inventory domain within Fulfillment Core.
• Drive high-impact execution by balancing trade-offs with data-informed methods.
• Lead with AI-enabled product craft to deliver high-quality features for customers.
• Mentor colleagues and promote best practices in product management.
• Establish KPI frameworks and run rapid experiments to refine the roadmap.

Skills

Product leadership

Data-informed decision making

AI-enabled product craft

Roadmap planning

KPI frameworks

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

AI technologies

Job description

Описание: Zalando fulfils more than a hundred million customer orders every year and volumes are increasing. Fulfillment Core within Zalando builds and operates systems that are at the core of Zalando’s platform strategy and ensure timely, efficient, and correct delivery of every one of our customers’ 185+ million orders every year. At Zalando and in Fulfillment Core, we are committed to providing equal opportunities for career advancement and promotions to all employees, following our inclusiveness principles. We welcome applications for both full-time and part-time positions, as we believe in providing flexible work options to support our employees' diverse needs.

As a Senior Product Manager In Fulfillment Core, you will focus on Inventory domain.

WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)

• Significant exposure in planning and deploying technical products at scale or equivalent product leadership experience.
• Enable high impact execution and delivery by navigating complex trade-offs and using data-informed frameworks to move from concept to reality.
• Apply state-of-the-art AI-enabled product craft by working backwards from a target experience to build seamless, high-quality features for our customers.
• Spearhead and strategise: set a clear vision, smart roadmap and ambitious targets, and relentlessly drive towards those.
• Identify new product opportunities with a customer-centric mindset, select the right solutions to focus on by making business savvy decisions and then move fast to successfully execute on your ideas.
• Applying repeatable best practice product methodologies in cross-functional teams incorporating working backwards from the customer, problem discovery, defining & designing solutions, and delivering agreed outcomes.
• Be a mentor to other colleagues by showcasing deep expertise in your domain and acting as a role model for successful product management.
• Maximize commercial value by defining KPI frameworks and running rapid experiments to shape a roadmap based on real-world insights.
• Ability to utilize AI technologies for prototyping, data understanding, and to unblock decision making.

Требования:

Product methods & tools: you have a strong track record of envisioning, developing, and building successful platform and capability products, ideally in an online service marketplace or e-commerce environment. You are able to contribute to and explain a product strategy for your area.

Customer mindset: you have the ability to understand customer needs and turn them into remarkable products. You are experienced in conducting insights with user research and product discovery to provide the voice of the customer, creating the right stories that give our users what they need (and not just what they want).

Multiple domains: you have experience in working closely with cross functional teams in Design, Engineering, and Data Science.

Условия:

Zalando provides a range of benefits, here’s an overview of what you can expect. Ask your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about what we offer.

• 27 days of holiday a year to start for full-time employees (+1 day for every calendar year up to 30 days)
• 2 paid volunteering days a year
• Employee shares programme
• 40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Lounge by Zalando, discounts from external partners
• Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)
• Family services, including counselling and support
• Health and wellbeing options (including Wellhub, formerly Gympass)
• Mental health support and coaching available
• Drive your development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer review

INCLUSIVE BY DESIGN

If you think you have what it takes, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles! At Zalando, our vision is to be the leading European technology platform for fashion and lifestyle – one that thrives on diversity and is truly inclusive by design.

We believe that diverse teams fuel innovation and creativity, and we actively seek out talent from all backgrounds.

We actively seek to reduce bias in our hiring and employment processes, focusing on your qualifications, skills, and contributions. To support this, we kindly ask that you refrain from including personal details such as your photo, age, or marital status in your CV, ensuring a fair and equitable evaluation based solely on your abilities and potential.

We are committed to providing an exceptional and accessible candidate experience for everyone. If you require any accommodations to support you throughout the hiring process, please let us know – we are here to assist you. Discover more about our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/our-culture/diversity-and-inclusion

Once reviewed, our recruiters will contact applicants via an official Zalando email address (@zalando.de). In some cases we also work with a selection of headhunters and agencies to fill specific roles. Please note that neither Zalando nor our recruiting partners will ask for any kind of payment to apply for a job or attend an interview. If you have any questions about our recruitment process, please take a look at our FAQ page.