Principal Product Manager - Diversity & Inclusion
- Employer
- Zalando
- Location
- Berlin
- Closing date
- 29 Nov 2021
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- Function
- Design - Garments & Accessories
- Level
- Manager
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Job Details
"Investing in diversity and inclusion is more than a business strategy: It is at the center of who we want to be as a company and the wider impact we want to have on society. It is an incredible opportunity for all of us to drive a meaningful and purposeful positive change for our talents, leaders, partners and customers." -David Schneider, co-CEO of Zalando
Since we launched our Diversity and Inclusion strategy do.BETTER in May 2021, our ambition is to be inclusive by design-bringing to life the diversity of our talents, leaders, customers and partners-to be the Starting Point for Fashion and Beauty that is welcoming to everyone. By pioneering customer-facing inclusion initiatives and practices, we challenge fashion and beauty stereotypes within the industry.
As a Principal Product Manager in our Diversity and Inclusion Digital Experience team, you will be joining a greenfield mission of ensuring our customers feel welcomed, included, and celebrated throughout the customer experience. You will be at the forefront of how we define and build the digital experience that fulfils Zalando's customer promise on Diversity and Inclusion. You will be working across the organization to drive the process of problem discovery, definition, solution design and delivery to continuously grow the share of customers that feel embraced for who they are on Zalando. Ultimately, you will enable customers to live their social values and-in turn-position the Zalando platform as their first inclusive fashion and beauty destination.
WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
PERKS AT WORK
We celebrate diversity and are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
ABOUT ZALANDO
As Zalando transforms from Europe's leading e-commerce company into The Starting Point for Fashion, this is an exciting time to join us. We are Europe's leading online platform for fashion, connecting customers, brands and partners across 17 markets. We promise to give customers a flawless choice, the latest trends and styles, unmatched convenience. In a quarter, tens of millions of active customers visit us nearly a billion times, make millions of orders from a catalog of hundreds of thousands of products by over 3000 brands.
Please note that all applications must be completed using the online form - we do not accept applications via email.
Since we launched our Diversity and Inclusion strategy do.BETTER in May 2021, our ambition is to be inclusive by design-bringing to life the diversity of our talents, leaders, customers and partners-to be the Starting Point for Fashion and Beauty that is welcoming to everyone. By pioneering customer-facing inclusion initiatives and practices, we challenge fashion and beauty stereotypes within the industry.
As a Principal Product Manager in our Diversity and Inclusion Digital Experience team, you will be joining a greenfield mission of ensuring our customers feel welcomed, included, and celebrated throughout the customer experience. You will be at the forefront of how we define and build the digital experience that fulfils Zalando's customer promise on Diversity and Inclusion. You will be working across the organization to drive the process of problem discovery, definition, solution design and delivery to continuously grow the share of customers that feel embraced for who they are on Zalando. Ultimately, you will enable customers to live their social values and-in turn-position the Zalando platform as their first inclusive fashion and beauty destination.
WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NEEDED
- Use a highly-analytical customer-centric mindset to build a compelling vision of the future. Work backwards from this vision to construct a narrative for how we'll solve customer problems and realize Zalando's opportunities
- Collaborate with cross functional teams spanning many departments (e.g. assortment buying, marketing, content creation) and become a trusted sparring partner to the leads of those teams
- Act as owner of your product: set a clear vision, smart roadmap and ambitious targets and then report against those on a frequent basis
- When other teams own D&I-relevant products, support them with the needed insights, tools or other resources
- Complement our current product development practices in line with our D&I strategy to be inclusive by design
- Be a mentor to other colleagues by showcasing deep expertise in Product Management methods and tools.
- Level up Product Management at Zalando by actively contributing to important discussions and initiatives within the Product Management job family
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- At least 8 years of experience in Product Management and at least 4 years working independently as a Senior Product Manager or an equivalent role
- Demonstrated expertise in solving complex problems at scale and in ownership of impactful product initiatives through all phases of discovery, definition, design, and delivery
- A track record of developing desirable consumer-facing products that required making difficult trade-offs between usability, technical and operational feasibility, market readiness, and business constraints
- Ability to define and monitor your own KPIs in order to measure your impact and success of the product
- Ability to write documents and clearly communicate your product vision in simple and easy to understand language for a broad audience, including senior management, your teams, and colleagues from within and outside the Fashion Store
- Passion for Diversity and Inclusion
PERKS AT WORK
- We value our culture of trust, empowerment and constructive feedback, open source commitment, meet-ups, game nights, 70+ internal technical and fun guilds, knowledge sharing through tech talks, internal tech academy and blogs, product demos, parties & events.
- Competitive salary, employee share shop, 40% Zalando shopping discount, discounts from external partners, centrally located offices, public transport discounts, municipality services, great IT equipment, flexible working times, additional holidays and volunteering time off, free beverages and fruits, diverse sports and health offerings.
- Extensive on-boarding, mentoring and personal development opportunities and an international team of experts.
- Relocation assistance for internationals.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
ABOUT ZALANDO
As Zalando transforms from Europe's leading e-commerce company into The Starting Point for Fashion, this is an exciting time to join us. We are Europe's leading online platform for fashion, connecting customers, brands and partners across 17 markets. We promise to give customers a flawless choice, the latest trends and styles, unmatched convenience. In a quarter, tens of millions of active customers visit us nearly a billion times, make millions of orders from a catalog of hundreds of thousands of products by over 3000 brands.
Please note that all applications must be completed using the online form - we do not accept applications via email.
Company
Zalando is Europe’s leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle. Founded in Berlin in 2008, we bring head-to-toe fashion to 35 million active customers in 17 markets, offering clothing, footwear, accessories and beauty from over 3,000 international brands.
Our platform is a one-stop fashion destination for inspiration, innovation and interaction. As Europe’s most fashionable tech company, we work hard to find digital solutions for every aspect of the fashion journey: for our customers, partners and every valuable player in the Zalando story.
Our goal is to become the starting point for fashion. We focus on the fashion industry and therefore operate in a variety of business areas.
- Fashion Store
Zalando online shops are tailored to local customers’ needs in 17 different European markets. The range extends from renowned global brands and fast fashion to local brands and is supplemented by our private labels.
- Offprice
The Offprice business of Zalando serves the sale of previous season’s assortments. As part of a shopping club, the Zalando Lounge offers registered members exclusive sales campaigns at discounted prices.
- Zalando's Private Labels
Zalando’s private label assortment includes shoes, clothing and accessories for women, men and children. With a total of six private labels, Zalando creates its own products, covering the entire value chain from design to sales.
- Zalon
Zalon is our style advice service, via which customers can consult and get inspiration from selected stylists regarding individualized purchases.
- Zalando Marketing Services
The entirety of Zalando’s expertise and scope is bundled in Zalando Marketing Services, which now offers personalized marketing solutions for our brand partners.
- Zalando Fulfilment Solutions
Zalando makes its own logistics capabilities available to external partners, so they do not have to be concerned with infrastructure issues but can concentrate fully on their core competence in the fashion business.
- Zalando Partner Services
Zalando helps other players in the industry to be successful in the digital world. For example, by connecting warehouse stocks with multiple retailers, by digitizing processes involved in fashion wholesale and by integrating offline businesses into our Zalando platform.
With a strong workforce of around 14,000 employees of over 130 different nationalities, Zalando unites diverse people, capabilities and concepts. Consolidating our effort and ideas scales our impact as an innovator in Fashion, Technology, Digital Marketing and Logistics Operations.
Company info
- Website
- https://jobs.zalando.com/
- Telephone
- +49 (0)30 2759 4693
- Location
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Zalando SE
Valeska-Gert-Straße 5
Berlin
Germany
10243
Germany
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