At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the vision and strategy for a cutting-edge marketplace platform.
- Company: Join a fast-moving e-commerce business known for innovation and excellence.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus, private healthcare, and travel allowance.
- Other info: Dynamic start-up culture with opportunities for growth and development.
- Why this job: Shape the future of e-commerce and drive impactful product enhancements.
- Qualifications: 10+ years in product roles with strong leadership and strategic skills.
The predicted salary is between 100000 - 120000 £ per year.
Quest Search & Selection is currently recruiting for a Product Director - Marketplace (UK&I). Here you shape and deliver the vision and direction of the marketplace platform. You will oversee the development of scalable solutions across merchant acquisition, product data management, pricing/promotional tools, and delivery operations, supporting growth across the business. You will work closely with regional leadership teams to convert market requirements into effective platform enhancements, ensuring a strong product offering, attractive value proposition, and an outstanding customer journey. The business is for a 1PL e-commerce platform, renowned for its innovation and excellence, all within a start-up culture.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Own and deliver the global marketplace product strategy and roadmap, aligned with business growth objectives.
- Drive measurable improvements across product selection, pricing competitiveness, conversion, and fulfilment performance.
- Develop and scale marketplace capabilities, including seller onboarding, catalogue integration, pricing, promotions, and logistics solutions.
- Partner with regional and country leadership teams to identify growth opportunities and translate them into product initiatives.
- Leverage data, customer insights, and experimentation to optimise performance and drive continuous improvement.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing product team, fostering excellence in execution and talent development.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated 10+ years experience within product roles – this is an SLT role.
- Extensive experience leading teams within product strategy and delivery within a large-scale marketplace or platform business.
- Evidence of developing and scaling marketplace capabilities.
- eCommerce, marketplace experience.
- Strong ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
- Proven track record of building, scaling, and optimising global platforms across multiple EU markets is highly desirable.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management capabilities.
Benefits
- Bonus
- Competitive six-figure salary
- 4-5 days office based – central London head office
- Travel Allowance
- Private healthcare
- Pension
- Phone & Tech
An exciting chance to be part of a fast-moving e-commerce business as Product Director - Marketplace (UK&I). If you have the right experience for the role, please do apply.
Product Director- Marketplace (UK&I) employer: Quest Search & Selection
At Quest Search & Selection, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic start-up culture that fosters innovation and excellence. As a Product Director - Marketplace (UK&I), you will benefit from a competitive salary, private healthcare, and a supportive environment that prioritises employee growth and development. Our central London location provides a vibrant backdrop for collaboration with regional leadership teams, ensuring your contributions directly impact our fast-paced e-commerce platform's success.
Contact Details:
Quest Search & Selection Recruitment Team
