Team Lead (m/f/d) Product Management – Search

We are seeking a Team Lead Product for our Search Team, responsible for building a scalable and performance-driven search engine.

Our Search Team is part of the Circle Cluster “Customer & Shop Intelligence” and improves our search algorithms and infrastructure to provide fast, accurate, and relevant results and most importantly a great search user experience.

Be part of the international product team and provide features to an audience of millions of users. Act as a role model for your team, keep spirits high and bring drive into your projects.

What you will do

• Manage independently our Search Team and mainly take responsibility for your team’s output as well as E2E feature conception & planning.
• Steer an experienced development team within AY’s agile working culture (SCRUM, Kanban) – organize and moderate agile meetings (e.g. standup, planning, retrospective, feature demonstrations, etc.).
• Work data-driven, based on reports and analyses for deriving actions that are truly oriented towards our customers’ needs.
• Responsible for the Management of and communication with all relevant stakeholders.
• Understand stakeholder demands, needs and issues – translate them into actionable & feasible product requirements and build a scalable tech solution.
• Triaging operative issues, identifying technical dependencies and evaluating business impact.
• Lead cross-team projects and collaborate closely with other Tech Teams (e.g. App, Web, Shop Analytics, etc.) to execute E2E solutions.

Who you are

• Master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• 7-10 years of experience in product management for tech products within software development, focused on backend systems.
• Proven expertise in agile methodologies and collaboration with developers, data scientists, and QA managers.
• Strong understanding of technology, business processes, and functional dependencies.
• Hands-on experience with e-commerce search engines, ideally in retail.
• Skilled in IT project management and leading cross-functional initiatives.
• At least 2 years of team leadership experience.
• Analytical, detail-oriented, and customer-focused with a proactive mindset.
• Exceptional communication skills in English, adaptable to diverse perspectives.
• Comfortable in international work environments, with a focus on efficiency and solutions.

We are looking forward to receiving your application – preferably via our online application portal! Thus, we can ensure a faster process and for you it is very easy to upload your application documents. 🙂

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