Technical Product Operations Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end product lifecycle by aligning business strategies, user needs, and market trends.
• Partner with product development teams to translate business requirements and user insights into actionable product roadmaps, ensuring timely execution.
• Dive into business scenarios to collect and analyse user needs and pain points.
• Collaborate with product and R&D teams to develop optimisation or iteration plans.
• Document requirements, clarify product functions and goals, and ensure solutions meet business needs and user expectations.
• Establish data-driven metrics to monitor product performance, conduct analysis, and drive continuous feature optimisation to enhance service delivery.
• Leverage both internal and external resources to design and execute marketing and go-to-market strategies that drive user acquisition and expand product-market reach across European markets.
• Drive product localisation strategy, from translation quality and cultural adaptation to region-specific feature prioritisation and compliance requirements.
• Work closely with product management, engineering, design, marketing, merchant operations, and customer service teams across London and Beijing to ensure alignment and execution excellence.
• Work onsite in London, Dusseldorf, or Rotterdam.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of experience in product operations, program management, or product management in e-commerce, marketplace, or consumer internet.
• Proven experience working in or with European markets, with a strong understanding of local consumer behaviour and market dynamics.
• Data‑savvy, comfortable with SQL, Excel, data visualisation tools, and making data‑backed recommendations.
• Excellent project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced, cross‑cultural environment.
• Fluent in English (native or professional proficiency).
• Chinese language ability is a strong plus for cross‑team collaboration with Beijing HQ.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in cross‑border e‑commerce or global marketplace platforms.
• Familiarity with product management frameworks (user stories, PRDs, A/B testing, release management).
• Experience working in a matrix organisation with distributed teams across time zones.
• Multilingual (French, German, Dutch, or other European language) is a plus.
• Experience with localisation tools (e.g. Lokalise, Crowdin) and content management systems.

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