(Senior) Product Manager, Bidding - (AdTech)

We are on the lookout for a Principal Product Manager, Bidding & Marketplace, to join our team on our journey to always deliver amazing experiences.

At Delivery Hero, we are exploring the potential of advanced auction technology and marketplace optimization to connect vendors with customers at the perfect moment. Operating across about 70 countries around the clock, our bidding systems enable millions of restaurant partners to compete for customer attention through sophisticated real-time auctions. As one of the world’s largest delivery platforms, bidding is a fundamental capability that drives vendor engagement and business growth across our global marketplace.

You will have a leading role in the evolution of our bidding product portfolio, from foundational auction algorithms to advanced optimization systems. You'll work at the intersection of product strategy, machine learning, and marketplace dynamics to deliver bidding solutions that connect the ideal vendor with the ideal customer millions of times every day. You will leverage deep data science expertise to build world-class auction experiences that drive both vendor satisfaction and business growth.

Join us and work on one of the most exciting areas at Delivery Hero with significant impact on marketplace revenue.

• Define and execute the long-term product vision and strategy for bidding and auction experiences across our global platform, leading cross-functional teams to deliver industry-leading solutions.

• Partner with senior leadership to align bidding initiatives with broader business objectives and drive product adoption, including product roadmap planning, prioritization, and resource allocation.

• Leverage deep expertise in machine learning and data science to guide technical product decisions, collaborating with ML engineering teams to design and implement advanced auction algorithms and optimization systems.

• Drive innovation in auction mechanisms, bid optimization, dynamic pricing systems, and vendor intent prediction, championing data-driven decision making through experimentation and analysis.

• Lead end-to-end bidding product development from ideation through launch and optimization, designing and implementing features such as automated bid optimization, real-time auction systems, and dynamic floor pricing.

• Act as a global leader, conducting research, collaborating with cross-functional teams, driving adoption of cutting-edge auction technologies, and mentoring technical product management capabilities.

• 8-12+ years of product management/development experience, with 6+ years in bidding, auction systems, or marketplace monetization, building commercially viable auction products and owning product strategies.

• Strong technical background in data science, machine learning, and statistical analysis. Hands-on experience in Python, R, SQL, Spark, and TensorFlow/PyTorch is extremely helpful.

• Deep understanding of auction technologies including real-time bidding, optimization algorithms, pricing models, and marketplace dynamics, with a proven track record in building and scaling bidding products.

• Experience with experimentation frameworks and statistical methods for product optimization, including auction evaluation metrics.

• Highly analytical with strong commercial acumen, able to communicate product initiatives through data, and skilled in negotiating and compromising with stakeholders.

As the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience, fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70+ countries worldwide, powered by tech, designed by people. As one of Europe’s largest tech platforms, headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index. We enable creative minds to deliver solutions that create impact within our ecosystem. We move fast, take action and adapt. No matter where you're from or what you believe in, we build, we deliver, we lead. We are Delivery Hero.

Ensuring you and all our Heroes are looked after, happy, and healthy is always on the menu. Because if you’re in good shape, then we’re in good shape.

• Make the most of our hybrid working model and join the team for face-to-face connection and collaboration in our beautiful Berlin campus 2 days a week

• We offer 27 days holiday with an extra day on 2nd and 3rd year of service

• We will support you in developing yourself and your career growth opportunities: 1.000 € Educational Budget, Language Courses, Parental Support and access to the Udemy Business platform to explore a variety of online courses.

• Get moving and release those wonderful, mind-boosting endorphins: Health Checkups, Meditation, Gym & Bicycle Subsidy

• Cash. Dough. Cheddar. Whatever you call it, we’ll help you with it: Employee Share Purchase Plan, Sabbatical Bank,  Public Transportation Ticket Discount, Life & Accident Insurance, Corporate Pension Plan

• The power of getting together over some food is unrivaled. Here are a few ways to help you do that. All the yum: Digital Meal Vouchers, Food Vouchers, Corporate Discounts. Courses.

Ready to join our team? If you're excited to grow, collaborate and be part of the world's leading delivery platform, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today!

We believe diversity and inclusion are key to creating not only an exciting product, but also an amazing customer and employee experience. Fostering this starts with hiring - therefore we do not discriminate on the basis of racial identities, religious beliefs, color, national origin, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, age, marital or disability statuses, or any other aspect that makes you, you.

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