Senior Engineering Manager - Grow

Company Description

Depop is the community-powered circular fashion marketplace where anyone can buy, sell and discover desirable secondhand fashion. With a community of over 35 million users, Depop is on a mission to make fashion circular, redefining fashion consumption. Founded in 2011, the company is headquartered in London, with offices in New York and Manchester, and in 2021 became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etsy. Find out more at www.depop.com 

Our mission is to make fashion circular and to create an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, no matter who they are or where they’re from. Just as our platform connects people globally, we believe our workplace should reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. We thrive on the power of different perspectives and experiences, knowing they drive innovation and bring us closer to our users. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, providing employment opportunities without regard to age, ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy or maternity, marriage and civil partnership, or any other protected status. We’re continuously evolving our recruitment processes to ensure fairness and are open to accommodating any needs you might have.

If, due to a disability, you need adjustments to complete the application, please let us know by sending an email with your name, the role to which you would like to apply, and the type of support you need to complete the application to [email protected]. For any other non-disability related questions, please reach out to our Talent Partners.

We’re looking for a UK-based Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Growth Initiative. This initiative’s mission is to help Depop expand into new markets and help millions of new users discover our community. You’ll be leading squads responsible for our Web buying experience, SEO and Marketing Technology, and play a pivotal role in scaling our paid marketing efforts, improving our new user experience on web, and driving purchases, signups and app downloads.

Key challenges you’ll lead the teams through include integrating new Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) to enhance marketing audience segmentation and unlock new data capabilities, improving global privacy and consent management systems, and building engaging, data-driven web experiences that deliver personalized user journeys.

This is a great opportunity to combine technical leadership with real business impact: managing the initiative that is the front door of Depop, powering new user growth, while shaping the future of how fashion resale reaches the world. The role manages managers, staff engineers and other ICs, while reporting to a Senior Engineering Director.

What you’ll do

• Deliver high impact solutions

• Lead your squads to ship high-quality, data-driven solutions that directly improve user acquisition and paid marketing effectiveness. You’ll own delivery and ensure your team’s work translates into measurable growth.
   

• Lead and support your squads

• Manage 2 cross-functional squads of 3–6 engineers, with a growth opportunity to manage other managers. Your focus will be on enabling them to perform at their best while fostering happiness, motivation, and resilience. Hands-on contribution is encouraged, but your superpower is leadership.

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• Collaborate across functions

• Partner with product, design, marketing, analytics and data to define priorities, align on goals, set strategic objectives and drive results across the Growth pillar.

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• Shape culture

• Champion inclusion, diversity, and team health. Foster a culture of curiosity, respect, and continuous improvement, aligned with Depop’s values and community-first DNA.

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What we’re looking for

We’d love to hear from you if you have some of the following:

• A track record as an Engineering Manager building high-performing teams, delivering impactful roadmaps, and growing engineers and other managers.

• Experience in MarTech/AdTech - from product catalogues and conversion data to targeting, measurement, and the evolving privacy landscape.

• Experience in New User Acquisition/Growth in an e-commerce environment - from SEO and Marketing to Site Performance to Search and Product Landing Page experiences.

• A strong sense of ownership and delivery mindset — you love solving complex problems across domains, and making a big  impact.

• Great decision-making skills under ambiguity, with a bias towards simplicity and execution.

• Excellent stakeholder management: aligning diverse goals to deliver outcomes everyone’s proud of.

• Alignment with our Depop DNA — showing up for the community, having each other’s backs, acting with purpose, and keeping sustainability and thrift front of mind.

Additional Information

Health + Mental Wellbeing

• PMI and cash plan healthcare access with Bupa

• Subsidised counselling and coaching with Self Space

• Cycle to Work scheme with options from Evans or the Green Commute Initiative

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for 24/7 confidential support

• Mental Health First Aiders across the business for support and signposting

Work/Life Balance:

• 25 days annual leave with option to carry over up to 5 days

• 1 company-wide day off per quarter

• Impact hours: Up to 2 days additional paid leave per year for volunteering

• Fully paid 4 week sabbatical after completion of 5 years of consecutive service with Depop, to give you a chance to recharge or do something you love.

• Flexible Working: MyMode hybrid-working model with Flex, Office Based, and Remote options *role dependant

• All offices are dog-friendly

• Ability to work abroad for 4 weeks per year in UK tax treaty countries

Family Life:

• 18 weeks of paid parental leave for full-time regular employees

• IVF leave, shared parental leave, and paid emergency parent/carer leave

Learn + Grow:

• Budgets for conferences, learning subscriptions, and more

• Mentorship and programmes to upskill employees

Your Future:

• Life Insurance (financial compensation of 3x your salary)

• Pension matching up to 6% of qualifying earnings

Depop Extras:

• Employees enjoy free shipping on their Depop sales within the UK.

• Special milestones are celebrated with gifts and rewards!