Group Product Manager

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Toronto, ON
7+ Years Experience
eCommerce • Marketing Tech
The Role
As a Group Product Manager at Kijiji, you will lead a team to enhance the two-sided marketplace, develop product strategies, manage delivery, gather user insights, create roadmaps, and partner with various teams to launch new products. Your role involves leveraging data to inform product decisions and drive growth in vertical markets.
Summary Generated by Built In

Kijiji is the #1 online classifieds site in Canada and one of Canada’s top 10 most-visited digital sites. We reach nearly half of Canadian internet users monthly. We’re a leader in helping users find and trade goods and services in their communities, including Autos, Real Estate and Jobs. We’re proud of our engaged, results-oriented and collaborative team and were recently named one of the top Toronto Tech Employer Brands. 

Kijiji is part of Adevinta: a global online classifieds specialist and sustainability leader with 40+ products in 14 countries.

What you’ll do ​& Who you are

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Group Product Manager to join our team. Reporting to the Chief Product Officer, you will lead a team of product managers to enhance our two-sided marketplace and create a seamless experience for our buyers and sellers. You will shape our product vision, driving strategy, and collaborating with partners to deliver our latest products. You will have a hybrid working model where you will visit our modern downtown office twice per week.

What you'll do:

  • Product Strategy: Develop and advocate for product strategy, including defining medium-term vision and goals, and ensuring alignment with our goals.
  • Team Leadership: Manage a team of product managers, promoting a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
  • Drive Vertical Businesses: Develop and implement strategies to grow specific verticals within the marketplace, identifying opportunities and defining success metrics.
  • Delivery Management: Identify issues in the sprints, remove blockers, and mitigate risks during product development to maximize outcomes.
  • User Insights: Conduct user research, gather feedback, and analyze market trends to identify opportunities for new features.
  • Roadmap Development: Create and prioritize product roadmaps, balancing user needs, priorities, and technical constraints. Set data-informed goals to guide execution, teamwork, and alignment.
  • Collaboration: Partner with engineering, design, marketing, commercial, and customer support teams to deliver successful product launches and ongoing improvements.
  • Performance Metrics: Establish and track indicators to measure product performance and inform decision-making. Articulate ROI and impacts of the product.
  • Go to Market: Contribute to the go-to-market strategy to provide feedback and suitable iterations following each product deployment.
  • Partner Management: Ensure support from partners and communicate product updates, strategies, and results.
  • Market Awareness: Stay updated on industry trends, competitive landscape, and new technologies to inspire creativity within the marketplace.

Who you are:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field; MBA preferred.
  • 7+ years of product management experience, with 2+ years in a leadership role in a marketplace or e-commerce environment.
  • Prior success in driving vertical business growth and launching products that enhance user experience.
  • Use data and insights to inform product development and a data-driven approach to product development.
  • Experience communicating complex technical concepts to a variety of audiences,
  • Experience with Agile methodologies and product management best practices.
  • Passionate about user experience and customer needs in a marketplace context.

Benefits

Life at Adevinta comes with its perks! Our Adevintans enjoy the following benefits: 

  • An attractive Base Salary 💸

  • Participation in our Short-Term Incentive plan (annual bonus) 🏆

  • Work From Anywhere: Enjoy up to 20 days a year of working from anywhere! Maybe not from the moon🌛well why not! just make sure you have internet connection! 🌍

  • A 24/7 Employee Assistance Program for you and your family, because we care ❤️‍

  • Win together, lose together is one of our key behaviours. At Adevinta you will find a collaborative environment with an opportunity to explore your potential and grow 🌱 

On top of these, we also provide a range of locally relevant benefits. Wanna know more? Apply and ask our recruiters! ✨

Adevinta is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.
If you feel like you don’t meet all of the requirements for this role but are interested, please consider applying anyway. Research suggests that women and individuals from underrepresented groups may self-select out of opportunities if they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements. We strongly encourage people from historically excluded groups to apply and look forward to speaking with you.

The Company
Barcelona, Catalonia
5,443 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

Adevinta is a leading online classifieds group and champion for sustainable commerce with a focus on Europe.

Our portfolio of 25+ digital marketplaces spans consumer goods, mobility, real estate, holiday rentals and jobs. Every month, our industry-leading technology enables more than 120 million people and over a million businesses across Europe to connect and trade. Loved local brands include leboncoin in France; mobile.de and Kleinanzeigen in Germany; Fotocasa and InfoJobs in Spain, Subito in Italy; Marktplaats in the Netherlands and the Canadian marketplace Kijiji.

Our international team of diverse individuals are united in their purpose to make a positive impact on the environment, the economy and society every single day.

Adevinta. Changing Commerce Together

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