THE ROLE & THE TEAM
Zalando Marketing Services (ZMS) is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the ZMS Audiences team tasked with revolutionizing how we target and engage customers through data-driven insights. In this role, you will have the unique opportunity to shape the future of our audience targeting solutions, overseeing the development and operational strategy of our audience data products from the ground up. Your leadership will directly impact our ability to build sophisticated, cross-device customer profiles, run large-scale data processing jobs, and serve audiences to highly targeted marketing campaigns with precision and efficiency.
As the Engineering Manager of ZMS Audiences, your challenge is to assemble and nurture a high-performing team capable of managing our end-to-end audience solutions—spanning audience building, large-scale data processing on Databricks, low-latency audience serving to ad servers, and comprehensive audience measurement and integration. You will ensure that our systems are not only robust and scalable but also capable of delivering personalized marketing campaigns with measurable impact.
Your role involves close collaboration with product managers, data analysts, and cross-functional teams to define and execute a roadmap that aligns with ZMS’s strategic goals. You'll be responsible for fostering an environment of innovation, where cutting-edge technologies and data-driven approaches are leveraged to meet our ambitious objectives. Through your leadership, the team will push the boundaries of what's possible in ad-tech, setting new standards for audience segmentation, targeting, and engagement in an increasingly competitive landscape.
WHAT WE’D LOVE YOU TO DO (AND LOVE DOING)
Innovative Leadership: Build, inspire, and lead a team of backend/data engineers and an analyst to develop groundbreaking audience data products, setting a high bar for innovation and excellence in the ad-tech domain.
Strategic Technical Direction: Architect and implement scalable, high-performance solutions for data processing and audience serving, ensuring our infrastructure meets the evolving needs of targeted marketing campaigns.
Operational and Performance Excellence: Oversee all aspects of system reliability, performance optimization, and cost efficiency, maintaining our commitment to 24x7 availability and exceptional service delivery.
Collaborative Product Development: Work closely with product, design, and analytics teams to turn complex data insights into effective audience targeting strategies, driving continuous improvement in campaign performance and partner ROI.
WE'D LOVE TO MEET YOU IF
You are a visionary leader adept at building and mentoring teams in the fast-paced world of ad-tech, with a proven track record of leading projects that combine technical innovation with tangible business outcomes.
You have deep technical expertise in data processing, backend systems architecture, and cloud services, with a flair for designing solutions that balance performance, scalability, and reliability.
You are a strategic thinker who thrives on complexity and is skilled at navigating the intricacies of integrating diverse data sources to deliver comprehensive audience insights.
You are an exceptional communicator and collaborator, capable of engaging with both technical teams and business stakeholders to drive the ZMS Audiences vision forward, ensuring alignment with broader company goals.
OUR OFFER
Zalando provides a range of benefits, here’s an overview of what you can expect. Ask your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about what we offer.
Employee shares program
40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Zalando Lounge, discounts from external partners
Two paid volunteering days a year
In a hybrid working model with 60% remote per week, actual practice is up to each team to best support their collaboration
Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year
27 days of vacation a year to start
Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)
Family services, including counseling and support
Health and wellbeing options (including Gympass)
Mental health support and coaching are available
Drive your development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer review
Learn all about Zalando and our values here: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/?gh_src=22377bdd1us
ABOUT ZALANDO MARKETING SERVICES
It’s the perfect time to join Zalando’s journey, from being a pioneer in the world of e-commerce, to becoming the Starting Point for Fashion in Europe. We connect customers, brands, and partners across 25 markets.
Help us drive digital and sustainable solutions for fashion, logistics, advertising and research, bringing head-to-toe fashion to more than 49 million active customers.
Zalando Marketing Services (ZMS) is the 360° marketing unit of Europe ’s leading online platform for fashion and lifestyle, Zalando. We work with the world’s largest fashion and lifestyle brands and provide them with impactful solutions across all marketing touchpoints, access to relevant audiences and in-depth data knowledge, as well as inspiring creation and content.
At ZMS we create meaningful connections between brands and consumers through a deep understanding of their personalities. We work with brands, agencies and publishers from fashion and beyond to produce innovative, impactful campaigns that reach the right audience at the right moment. Thanks to its holistic mix of cutting-edge and privacy compliant technology, in-depth audience insights, expansive reach and compelling content brands produce successful campaigns across multiple digital marketing channels.
For more information check out this link:https://zms.zalando.com/
Our values: https://jobs.zalando.com/en/our-founding-mindset
do.More - our sustainability strategy: https://corporate.zalando.com/en/our-impact/domore-our-sustainability-strategy
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Please note that all applications must be completed using the online form - we do not accept applications via email.
