Principal Product Manager

Wallapop; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous learning budget 2k/year

Free office meals

English/Catalan/Spanish lessons

Private Health Insurance

Flexible working hours

Relocation & visa support

26 holidays per year

Top hardware of your choice

Job summary

Wallapop in Barcelona is seeking a Senior Product Manager to shape long-term strategy for high-impact marketplace initiatives. You will lead cross-functional squads across engineering, design, analytics, and business operations to craft simple, delightful user journeys.

You will combine quantitative analytics, experimentation, and user research to validate hypotheses and guide roadmap decisions while mentoring peers and aligning stakeholders across the company.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of defining product strategy and delivering measurable outcomes.
• Ability to collaborate with engineering on architecture, APIs, and data flows.
• Experience using quantitative data, self-serve analytics, and user research.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a long-term product roadmap for high-impact marketplace initiatives.
• Lead discovery, definition, and delivery across cross-functional squads.
• Partner with engineering leadership to ensure scalable product architecture.

Skills

Product strategy

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical mindset

Communication (English)

Spanish language (nice to have)

Job description

Wallapop is a Barcelona based scale-up driven by the purpose to empower people to embrace a more conscious and human way of consumption. We believe in a world where collaborative economy is mainstream. This is what drives us.

Wallapop operates in Spain, Italy and Portugal, offering a catalogue of several hundreds of millions of products and services. Powered by technical innovation and continuous improvement, we bring together the scale & trust of classifieds with the marketplace’s convenience & reach. Our mission is to enable a connected trade ecosystem, making 2nd-hand the norm through smart use of technology.

The Challenge

Drive long-term user value and sustainable business growth by shaping and executing the product strategy for some of Wallapop’s most complex, high-impact initiatives. You will leverage data, experimentation, technical collaboration, and deep user empathy to unlock new marketplace opportunities, elevate product craft, and deliver step-function improvements in user experience.

What You Will Do

• Product Strategy & Vision: Define and execute a long-term product roadmap for high-impact marketplace initiatives, aligning product vision with company goals to drive meaningful user and business outcomes.
• End-to-End Delivery & Collaboration: Lead discovery, definition, and delivery across cross-functional squads (engineering, design, analytics, and business operations) to turn complex challenges into simple, delightful user journeys.
• Technical Collaboration: Partner with engineering leadership to ensure product architecture supports long-term scalability, advocating for foundational improvements that support platform stability and experimentation velocity.
• Experimentation & Insights: Combine quantitative analytics, experimentation (A/B testing), and direct user research to validate hypotheses and make high-confidence roadmap decisions.
• Stakeholder Alignment: Communicate strategic trade-offs, roadmap priorities, and vision clearly across executive leadership and cross-functional teams to build alignment and shared momentum.
• Product Craft & Mentorship: Elevate product management standards across the chapter through active coaching, shared best practices, and collaborative knowledge-sharing.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven track record of defining product strategy and delivering measurable business outcomes (e.g., conversion improvement, user retention, revenue growth, or marketplace liquidity).
• Ability to collaborate closely with engineering teams on architecture, API integrations, and data flows, effectively balancing immediate delivery with long-term technical health.
• Competence in utilizing quantitative data, self-serve analytics, and user research to build structured, evidence-based business cases and product roadmaps.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, prioritize high-leverage opportunities, and advocate for user-centric product decisions in complex organizational environments.
• Full professional working proficiency in English, with strong verbal and written communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences. Spanish is a plus.

What Would Be A Plus

Experience integrating emerging technologies (such as LLMs or automation tools) into consumer products or internal workflows to improve user experience and team velocity.

Prior experience in two-sided marketplaces, e-commerce, or consumer tech platforms

Do note that all our jobs are Barcelona based. We follow a hybrid model where flexibility rules. We commit to a minimum of 6 days per month in the office. Each team self-organizes to decide on cadence and in-person/remote rituals.

Wallapop is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees as we want Wallapop to be a place for everyone.

We sponsor visa processes for international candidates when applicable and provide legal & admin support along the process combined with a competitive relocation package.

Additionally to the opportunity to contribute to an agile product set up and work together towards achieving our meaningful mission, we offer the following Perks & Benefits:

• Generous individual learning budget of 2k per year
• Free office meals, lunch selection from different providers
• Group and individual English, Catalan & Spanish lessons as part of our working day
• Private Health Insurance with Alan
• Flexible working hours + Intensive Fridays
• Flexible remuneration to deduct from gross salary (kindergarten/food/transport check)
• Gym & Wellness plan, including physiotherapist in the office
• Generous referral Program & Charity Donation
• Bonus for weddings & newborns
• Monthly product advantages (Wallapop Club)
• Work anniversary Gifts and Birthday Surprises
• Contribution towards your WIFI in your monthly payroll
• One-off payment based on compensation package to go towards setting up your home office
• Relocation package (monetary support and legal advice) and visa sponsorship, if applicable
• 26 holidays per year
• TOP hardware of your choice (latest Apple or Windows)

What does the hiring process for this position look like?

Please, note that all interviews take place remotely over hangouts.

Intro Call - run by talent acquisition, focus on providing more information about the role and the company as well as going over your experience, motivation, and expectations. This usually takes 45-60 minutes.

Hiring manager call - run by the HM to asses basic fit with the role. This usually takes 30-45 minutes.

Case Study preparation - you will be assigned a task to discuss during the case study interview for the role.

Live Case study Interview - run by the hiring team, focus on the required core skills and the ability to deliver in a given context. This usually takes 60 minutes.

Stakeholder Interview - run by relevant stakeholders reflecting the reality of the context of the role, focus on the ability to collaborate & deliver in a cross-functional set-up. This usually takes 60 minutes.

Culture Interview - run by culture interviewers, focus on adherence to Wallapop's purpose and business proposition. This usually takes 60 minutes.

Offer - should you be the right candidate, your offer will be discussed over a call with talent acquisition and will then be confirmed in writing.