Director, Product Management - VETTE

Condé Nast and VETTE Overview

Condé Nast is a global media company with iconic brands such as Vogue, GQ and Glamour. VETTE is a two‑sided marketplace that connects brands with creator talent and their audiences at scale, providing creators with tools to build and operate online specialty stores.

London, GB.

Product Manager responsible for platform development across marketplace functionality, e‑commerce infrastructure and strategic technology partnerships. Own product lifecycle from strategy to execution, collaborating with engineering, design and external partners such as Shopify, Meta, Substack and Ethyca.

Key responsibilities span product strategy, technical ownership, partnership integration and cross‑functional execution.

• Define and execute product roadmap across marketplace, platform, and internal tooling.
• Translate company strategy into clear product priorities and releases.
• Balance user experience, technical constraints and business goals.
• Own product documentation, specs and success metrics.

• Oversee platform architecture decisions with engineering leadership.
• Manage evolving VETTE tech stack and tooling ecosystem.
• Ensure scalability, performance and integration reliability.
• Lead build‑vs‑buy decisions across backend tools and infrastructure.

• Own relationships with key platform partners (Shopify, Meta, Substack, Ethyca, etc.).
• Scope, prioritise and launch new integrations.
• Work with engineering to ensure clean API implementations.
• Identify strategic partners that unlock new marketplace capabilities.

• Partner closely with design to ensure a design‑led product approach.
• Lead sprint planning, prioritisation and delivery coordination.
• Act as primary bridge between business, engineering and design teams.
• Maintain visibility into timelines, blockers and dependencies.

• Improve onboarding, merchant tools, transaction flows and analytics.
• Optimise conversion, retention and platform usability.
• Support monetisation features and new marketplace mechanics.

• Strong experience in product management (or equivalent startup experience).
• Experience building marketplace, platform or e‑commerce products.
• Strong technical fluency with APIs, integrations and backend systems.
• Proven ability managing engineering and design teams simultaneously.
• Experience launching third‑party integrations or platform partnerships.
• Comfortable operating in fast‑moving startup environments.

• Experience with Shopify ecosystem or headless commerce.
• Background in creator platforms, media tech or consumer marketplaces.
• Familiarity with privacy/compliance tooling (e.g., Ethyca).
• Experience with growth experimentation or monetisation systems.
• Prior startup or early‑stage company experience.

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) and extra days of annual leave if you move house or want to volunteer.
• Competitive pension scheme, Bupa Private Healthcare, Season ticket loans and eye tests.
• Tools to support wellbeing: core hours, 10 remote days, Employee Assistance Programme, corporate gym membership and cycle‑to‑work scheme.
• Dog‑friendly office with discounts and magazine subscriptions.
• Condé Nast Learning Hub for professional growth and training in multiple languages.
• Employee Resource Groups for community collaboration.

Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.