Teamlead Product (m/f/d) - Product Sorting - onsite in Hamburg

We are looking for a Teamlead Product (m/f/d) - Product Sorting who will drive innovation across Product Ranking & Sorting, incl. Business Logics and AI-powered solutions. Your mission is to design scalable, flexible, and high-performing real-time sorting and ranking solutions that optimize product discovery, maximize business impact, and enhance the shopping experience at AY.

As part of our international product organization, your team owns and optimizes Product Sorting & Ranking Logic across all relevant touchpoints. You ensure that customers see the most relevant products in the right order - balancing customer needs, business goals, and technical feasibility. We work with over 1 million real-time API calls per hour and a huge amount of data to deliver highly performant and intelligent sorting mechanisms to millions of users.

Be part of the international product team and provide features to an audience of millions of users, act as a role model for your team, keep spirits high, and bring drive into your product domain.

What you will do

• Independently manage your team and take full ownership of your team’s output as well as E2E feature conception & planning within the Product Sorting domain
• Define and evolve product ranking and sorting strategies (e.g. category sorting, campaign sorting, sponsored product integration, rule-based and algorithmic ranking approaches)
• Steer an experienced development team within AY’s agile working culture (SCRUM, Kanban) – organize and moderate agile meetings (e.g. standup, planning, retrospective, feature demonstrations, etc.)
• Own and continuously improve the sorting & ranking logic by balancing commercial KPIs (e.g. conversion, revenue, margin), customer relevance, and operational constraints
• Work data-driven, leveraging A/B testing, reports, and analyses to derive actions that are truly oriented towards customer needs and business impact
• Collaborate closely with Data Science and Engineering to implement scalable, performant, and AI-supported ranking solutions
• Manage and communicate with all relevant stakeholders across Business, Tech, and Analytics
• Translate stakeholder demands, commercial goals, and operational requirements into actionable and scalable product solutions
• Triage operative issues, identify technical dependencies, and evaluate business impact
• Lead cross-team initiatives and collaborate closely with other Tech Teams (e.g. App, Web, Shop Analytics, etc.) to deliver seamless E2E sorting experiences
   

Who you are

• 7-10 years of experience in Product Management in a software development environment (preferred: backend-oriented), and at least 2 years of Team Leadership experience
• Strong experience with complex product logic, ideally in ranking, sorting, search, or similar algorithm-driven domains
• Experience working in agile environments and collaborating with Developers, Data Scientists, and QA Managers
• Deep understanding of technical systems, data flows, and functional dependencies
• Strong analytical mindset and hands-on experience with KPIs, experimentation (e.g. A/B testing), and performance optimization
• E-commerce experience (preferably retail), with a good understanding of commercial levers such as conversion, margin, stock, and campaign logic
• Experience in IT project management and leading cross-team initiatives
• You take ownership, make data-informed decisions, and feel comfortable operating in a high-impact product area
• You are comfortable working in an international environment
• You have excellent communication skills (in English) and can translate complex technical topics into clear business language
• You are analytical, structured, customer-focused, and impact-driven

What you will get on top

• Grow together with one of the fastest growing eCommerce companies in Europe
• Flexible working times
• 40% discount on our online shop
• Fresh fruits + drinks everywhere
• Language courses (German & English)
• Free sports courses & reduced price for gym membership
• Subsidized public transportation ticket
• Job bikes
• Free choice of hardware and operating system (Mac, Windows, Linux) also for private usage
• State-of-the-art tech stack running on AWS
• Modern office in the city center of Hamburg
• International working environment and English as company language
• Agile work environment (MOVE) and cross-functional teams
• Free access to Germany’s greatest developer conference code.talks
• German health insurance included
• Help in relocation and VISA process

YOU ARE THE CORE OF ABOUT YOU.

We take responsibility for creating an inclusive and exceptional environment where all genders, nationalities and ethnicities feel welcomed and accepted exactly as they are. We believe that a diverse workforce essentially contributes to the ABOUT YOU culture. In order to maintain talent and diversity, we emphasize the care for physical health, mental health and overall well-being. Our values and work ethics essentially contribute to our brand mission: empower acceptance and shape an inclusive, fair and circular fashion culture.

We are looking forward to receiving your application – preferably via our online application portal! This way, we can ensure a faster process and for you it is very easy to upload your application documents. :-)