Category Manager

Posted 13 Days Ago
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11 Locations
Remote
Entry level
Consumer Web • Digital Media • Marketing Tech • Analytics
The Role
Manage trade-level marketplace strategy and performance across supply, pricing, bids, lead mix, volume, margin, and quality. Analyze data, define KPIs, build business cases, recommend optimization actions, monitor results, mitigate operational risks, and create scalable processes. Partner with Sales, Pricing, Data, Operations, clients, and other stakeholders to align initiatives and improve trade profitability and marketplace outcomes.
Summary Generated by Built In

Powering Performance Marketplaces in Digital Media

QuinStreet is a pioneer in powering decentralized online marketplaces that match searchers and “research and compare” consumers with brands. We run these virtual- and private-label marketplaces in one of the nation’s largest media networks.

Our industry leading segmentation and AI-driven matching technologies help consumers find better solutions and brands faster. They allow brands to target and reach in-market customer prospects with pinpoint segment-by-segment accuracy, and to pay only for performance results.

Our campaign-results-driven matching decision engines and optimization algorithms are built from over 20 years and billions of dollars of online media experience.

We believe in:

  • The direct measurability of digital media.
  • Performance marketing. (We pioneered it.)
  • The advantages of technology.

We bring all this together to deliver truly great results for consumers and brands in the world’s biggest channel.



Job Category
Join Modernize - QuinStreet’s home services brand - as our new Category Manager. Backed by 20 years of industry leadership in online lead generation, we connect homeowners with high–quality contractors across a $500 billion market. Your mission will be to drive growth across our trade categories through seamless cross-functional coordination. By leveraging your category management insights and understanding of both contractor and homeowner needs, you will tackle trade challenges, uncover new opportunities, and directly impact the performance of our trades.

Responsibilities
 
  • Lead trade-level strategy across the marketplace, managing performance, processes, or both as organizational needs require 
  • Analyze trade, source, pricing, and supply performance to identify volume, margin, and efficiency opportunities 
  • Convert data and analysis into clear, actionable recommendations for Operations leadership 
  • Propose and drive optimization actions across bids, pricing, supply, and lead mix to improve marketplace outcomes 
  • Partner with clients and internal stakeholders to find solutions balancing volume, margin, and lead quality 
  • Follow up on implemented actions, tracking impact and iterating to sustain results 
  • Define and monitor KPIs measuring trade health, throughput, and profitability 
  • Build business cases supporting prioritization and investment decisions 
  • Champion cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Pricing, and Data teams to execute initiatives 
  • Surface operational risks early and recommend mitigations that protect marketplace performance 
  • Foster scalable, repeatable processes that make trade management reliable 
 
Requirements 
  • Background in supply and demand dynamics, category management, vertical management or account management in an e-commerce / marketplace environment
  • Experience in project management with a proven ability to bring disparate groups together to align on and execute shared goals 
  • Proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships across diverse teams 
  • Solid technical foundations, allowing to successfully interpret and translate requests into actionable technical deliverables 
  • Analytical mindset and hands-on experience with Excel and data visualization platforms (such as Tableau or ThoughtSpot), SQL preferred 
  • Advanced level of English. 

#LI-REMOTE


QuinStreet is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy status, sex, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristics protected by law.

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Skills Required

  • Background in supply and demand dynamics, category management, vertical management, or account management
  • Project management experience with the ability to align disparate groups and execute shared goals
  • Ability to build and maintain strong relationships across diverse teams
  • Solid technical foundation for interpreting requests and translating them into actionable technical deliverables
  • Hands-on experience with Excel and data visualization platforms such as Tableau or ThoughtSpot
  • Advanced level of English
  • SQL experience

QuinStreet Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about QuinStreet and has not been reviewed or approved by QuinStreet.

  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, vision, and dedicated mental-health resources alongside an EAP, indicating a solid core benefits foundation. Company materials also cite multiple plan options and ancillary protections like life and disability insurance.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Company benefits outline paid company holidays and describe flexible or unlimited PTO practices in some areas. Guidance also references parental and other leaves with remote/flexible work norms supporting time-away usage.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility — An Employee Stock Purchase Plan is available with a purchase discount and a lookback feature. This adds an additional wealth-building component accessible beyond base pay and bonus.

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The Company
HQ: Foster City, CA
750 Employees
Year Founded: 1999

What We Do

Powering Performance Marketplaces In Digital Media QuinStreet is a pioneer in powering decentralized online marketplaces that match searchers and “research and compare” consumers with brands. We run these virtual and private-label marketplaces in one of the nation’s largest media networks. Our industry leading segmentation and AI-driven matching technologies help consumers find better solutions and brands faster. They allow brands to target and reach in-market customer prospects with pinpoint segment-by-segment accuracy, and to pay only for performance results. Our campaign-results-driven matching decision engines and optimization algorithms are built from over 20 years and billions of dollars of online media experience. We believe in: - The direct measurability of digital media. - Performance marketing. (We pioneered it.) - The advantages of technology. We bring all of this together to deliver truly great results for consumers and brands in the world’s biggest channel.

Why Work With Us

We aren’t just in the business of building homes. We’re in the business of building careers. Modernize Home Services, believes in the professional and personal growth of each employee at every career stage. We offer role-specific improvement tools and resources needed to succeed in your current role, and the role you aspire to take on tomorrow.

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