Principal Product Manager, Bidding - (AdTech)

Delivery Hero is a leading local delivery platform with a global footprint and a focus on delivering amazing experiences. We are exploring the potential of advanced auction technology and marketplace optimization to connect vendors with customers at the perfect moment. Our bidding systems enable millions of restaurant partners to compete for customer attention through real-time auctions 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 will 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, leveraging data science to build world-class auction experiences that drive vendor satisfaction and business growth. Join us to 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 roadmapping, prioritization, and resource allocation.
• Leverage 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, delivering 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.

Qualifications

• 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 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.

Additional Information

• Make the most of our hybrid working model and join the team for face-to-face connection and collaboration in our Berlin campus 2 days a week.
• We offer 27 days holiday with an extra day on the 2nd and 3rd year of service.
• Educational budget and career development opportunities: 1,000 € Educational Budget, Language Courses, Parental Support and access to Udemy Business.
• Health and wellbeing benefits: health checkups, meditation, gym and bicycle subsidies.
• Employee benefits: employee share purchase plan, sabbatical bank, public transportation ticket discount, life and accident insurance, corporate pension plan.
• Food and social perks: digital meal vouchers, food vouchers, corporate discounts.

We believe diversity and inclusion are key to creating not only an exciting product, but also an amazing customer and employee experience. We do not discriminate on race, religion, color, national origin, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, age, marital or disability statuses, or any other aspect. We encourage accommodations for an accessible interview experience and welcome you to share your pronouns (he/she/they) from the start.

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