The Role
Vestiaire Collective is the leading global online marketplace for desirable pre-loved fashion. Our mission is to transform the fashion industry for a more sustainable future by empowering our community to promote the circular fashion movement. Vestiaire was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Paris with offices in London, Berlin, New York, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh and Hong Kong and warehouses in Tourcoing (France), Crawley (UK), Hong Kong and New York.
We currently have a diverse global team of 700 employees representing more than 50 nationalities. Our values are Activism, Transparency, Dedication and Greatness and Collective. We are proud to be a BCorp.
We're seeking a data science leader for our Discovery, Pricing and Negotiation (Offer Management) domains. This role will focus on guiding teams to leverage AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Data Engineering to provide our buyers and sellers with a great experience.
About the role
- Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Vision & Implementation:
- Define and execute the technical strategy for Discovery and Offer Management.
- Lead multiple engineering teams (backend, frontend, data science) within the Discovery and Offer Management organization(s)
- Drive architectural decisions for scalable, high-performance systems
- Establish engineering excellence standards, processes, and best practices
- Lead AI initiatives to enhance functionalities beyond well established ecommerce patterns and approaches
- Address unique data challenges of customer-generated content in a C2C marketplace
- Create data acquisition flywheels by incentivizing customer engagement
- Team Leadership
- Establish strong relationships with direct reports, commercial stakeholders and C-level members.
- Mentor team members and lead by example through excellent communication
- Collaborate with other VPs and C-level executives on company-wide initiatives
- Represent engineering perspective in strategic business decisions
- Drive alignment between engineering execution and business objectives
- Technical Innovation
- Implement advanced AI solutions including image recognition and conversational commerce
- Ensure system reliability, scalability, and performance at global scale
- Address data sparseness challenges specific to C2C platforms
- Drive innovation in discovery and offer management domains
Who you are
- Leadership Experience
- 8+ years of engineering leadership experience, including 3+ years at VP/Director level
- Proven track record building and scaling engineering organizations (20+ engineers)
- Experience managing multiple teams and engineering managers
- Demonstrated success in high-growth, fast-paced environments
- Proven track record implementing AI-driven search and discovery solutions or Strong AI/ML background with demonstrated ability to innovate and adapt
- Technical Skills
- Deep expertise in AI/ML, particularly in search, recommendation systems, and computer vision
- Experience with image recognition technologies
- Understanding of conversational commerce and natural language processing
- Experience with modern cloud infrastructure and microservices architecture
- Platform or marketplace experience strongly preferred
- Leadership & Communication
- Exceptional communication skills - ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders
- Proven experience building and scaling technical teams
- Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Experience in fast-paced, high-growth environments
- Industry Background
- E-commerce or marketplace platform experience preferred
- Understanding of C2C business models and associated data challenges
- Experience with customer-generated content and data quality challenges
- Proven ability to balance technical excellence with business priorities
- Experience with global, multi-market product development
What we offer 🎁
A meaningful job with an impact on the way people consume fashion and promote sustainability
The opportunity to do career-defining work in a fast-growing French-born scale up
The possibility to work as part of a globally diverse team with more than 50 nationalities
Two days to help Project - reinforcing your activist journey and volunteer for an association
Significant investment in your learning and growth
Competitive compensation and benefits package
As full member of our entrepreneurial project, you will be eligible to free shares
Research indicates that people from underrepresented backgrounds—including women, people with disabilities, and other marginalized communities—often hesitate to apply for roles unless they meet every single requirement.
At Vestiaire Collective, we believe that talent comes in many forms, and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. Your unique perspective could be exactly what our team needs, so we encourage you to apply even if you don't tick every box.
Vestiaire Collective is an equal opportunities employer
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The Company
What We Do
The leading global online marketplace for desirable pre-loved fashion. Certified B Corporation. #LongLiveFashion.
Our mission is to transform the fashion industry for a more sustainable future by empowering our community to promote circular fashion.
Our platform is unique thanks to a rare inventory of 5 million items including 20,000 daily new-ins.
We currently have a diverse global team of 800 employees representing more than 50 nationalities. We stand by our values: community, activism, transparency, dedication and greatness, and are proud to be a Bcorp!
Vestiaire was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Paris with offices in Tourcoing, London, Berlin, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Lisbon, Seoul.
