VP Product and Design
1 нед. назад
United KingdomEuropeC-level
aiproduct_managementmarketplace
Senior leadership role combining product management and design to drive the development of AI-powered B2B marketplace infrastructure for secondhand fashion supply chain.
Обязанности
- Product and design are tightly intertwined at and this VP will oversee the both functions managing a team of approximately 10 people.
- This is a cross-functional leadership role, requiring close collaboration across the business including demand, supply, operations, and finance, with a particular emphasis on partnership with engineering to deliver product outcomes at speed.
- This role reports directly to Sanket Agarwal, Co-Founder of , and will sit on the company’s senior leadership team
Другое
- The fashion industry produces over 100 billion garments a year. 60% end up in landfill — not because people don’t want these clothes, but because the supply chain for getting secondhand fashion from donation to resale is completely offline, manual, and broken.
- is fixing this. Our mission is to make secondhand the first choice. We’re building the infrastructure powering the global secondhand clothing trade — through a B2B marketplace and the AI systems digitising the supply chain behind it.
- Through , vintage stores, online resellers, and retail buyers source graded secondhand inventory directly from wholesalers and rag houses across multiple countries. Our key enabler is FleekSort — an AI model fine-tuned on secondhand fashion — that can grade, price, and categorise items with just a photo, turning what has historically been an opaque and manual trade into a structured, searchable, and tradable global inventory layer.
- Since 2022, we’ve saved 9 million items from landfill and tripled in size year-on-year. We’ve raised ~$50M from a16z, Y Combinator, Burda Principal Investments, HV Capital, and others, and have recently closed our Series B. Our advisors and private investors include operators behind Depop, Shopify, and Postmates.
- Today, we serve thousands of resellers and retailers across the UK, Europe, and the US. With the secondhand fashion market projected to reach $350B by 2027, is building the AI-native operational and financial backbone for secondhand commerce globally.
- We’re looking for people who want to build something that matters — and move fast doing it. Sound good? Keep reading.
- Lead ’s end-to-end product strategy, roadmap, and execution across product management and design, while building and scaling a high-performing product organization that fosters strong collaboration and clear ownership.
- Lead a high-performing design team, setting a clear vision, establishing best practices, and fostering a culture of and user-centered decision-making.
- Drive an experimentation-led culture with rapid iteration, agility, and customer-centric decision making
- Work closely with engineering for fast, high-quality delivery of product initiatives
- Work cross-functionally with teams across demand, supply, operations, and finance to align product priorities with business goals
- Establish clear product processes, metrics, and feedback loops to support scale and consistent execution
- Help shape ’s long-term vision as an AI-native marketplace
- Proven experience leading product and design teams in high-growth, scaling environments
- Comfort operating in a fast-paced, experimentation-driven culture with frequent iteration
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and commercial teams
- Deep experience partnering closely with Engineering to deliver complex product roadmaps
- Previous entrepreneurial experience in an ambitious tech-driven scale-up, or as a founder, would be advantageous
- Experience in an international marketplace business is a strong plus for this role
- Deeply analytical : data-driven decision making is second nature
- Insatiably curious: you're constantly learning about new tools, approaches, and market changes
- Hungry and ambitious: you're driven to stay relevant and push boundaries
- Change agent: you've driven transformation in previous organizations
- Hands-on: you're not afraid to roll up your sleeves and do the work yourself
- is an in-office company. We believe the best work happens when people are together — the quick decisions, the cross-functional energy, the ability to solve problems in real time. Most of the team works from our London HQ 3–4 days a week.
- We’re not prescriptive about it. Performance and trust matter more than attendance. For your first six months, we’ll ask you to prioritise being in the office — to learn the business, build relationships, and get up to speed. After that, you’ll have genuine flexibility to manage your own time. We hire adults and treat them accordingly.
- Location: London HQ — Heneage Street, E1 (Shoreditch / Aldgate East)
- Work model: In-office, typically 3–4 days per week. Full-time in the office for your first six months, then genuine flexibility earned through trust and performance.
- Stage: Post-Series B, hyper-growth
- Team: 100+ across London, India, and Pakistan (~20 in London office)
- Visa: Unable to sponsor visas for this role
- Culture: High ownership, non-hierarchical, fast-moving. Founder-led with strong opinions loosely held.
- _ Five values shape how we work at : _
- Dream Big and Disrupt Yourself: Push the most ambitious version of what you’re building. Step out of your comfort zone. Nothing is out of reach.
- Absolute Ownership: The buck stops with you. Drive initiatives to completion. Experiment, learn, persevere. The job isn’t done until the job is done.
- Curiosity Leads the Way: Don’t accept anything at face value. Ask questions you don’t know the answer to. That’s how you innovate.
- Talk to the Customer: Deeply understand their challenges, motivations, and ambitions. Every decision starts with the customer at the centre.
- Embrace Diversity: A global team building for a global supply chain. Bring your authentic self and embrace the diversity of everyone you encounter.