Manager, Design Operations
Brief info about Vinted
Vinted Marketplace is the largest online international C2C marketplace in Europe dedicated to second-hand fashion, with millions of registered members spanning 20 markets in Europe and North America. With a mission to make second-hand the first choice worldwide, Vinted enables people to sell and buy second-hand clothes and lifestyle items from each other, helping give those items a second or even third life.
Vinted Go launched in 2022, with a focus on developing products and solutions for more seamless shipping and delivery across Europe. Vinted Go has connected more than 40 carriers and more than 200,000 PUDO points across Europe to support the delivery of millions of parcels per year.
The Vinted Group, composed of Vinted Marketplace and Vinted Go, is headquartered in Vilnius, with workplaces in Germany, Lithuania, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and over 2,000 employees. It is backed by six leading venture capital firms: Accel, Burda Principal Investments, EQT Growth, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Sprints Capital.
Information about the position
The design & research function contributes to achieving Vinteds' mission by creating an unmatched user experience. We strive to develop products and services that are indispensably useful, trustworthy & easy to use for our members. The Design Operations domain focuses on making our teams more efficient - achieving more with what we have while maintaining high levels of well-being.
As the Manager of Design Operations, you will join the Function leadership and Design-Engineering Experience domain leadership teams. Your responsibilities will include monitoring and improving the overall operational efficiency and managing the implementation of the design and research function roadmap. You will take ownership of our tools and lead the Design System and Accessibility program teams. You will collaborate with leaders in Design, Research, Content Design, Localisation, and Engineering Experience, as well as individual contributors and cross-disciplinary partners, to launch and manage impactful programs.
In this position, you’ll
- Lead the Design system and Accessibility teams.
- Identify and prioritise opportunities for the design and research function to become more collaborative, aligned, efficient, and impactful.
- Design new and optimise existing processes and programs function-wide.
- Measure the effectiveness of design operations.
- Coordinate ongoing operational initiatives, manage the function roadmap, and enable team members to effectively contribute to shaping operations.
- Document frameworks and train teams to ensure consistent operational quality across distributed teams.
- Collaborate successfully with peers, partners and senior leaders from design, engineering and other functions to prioritise opportunities and gain buy-in for identified initiatives.
- Manage the entire lifecycle of design & research tools and contribute to the quality experience of tools used by other functions.
About you
- Solid product design background: Deeply understands the conditions in which impactful and beautiful designs are shipped to end users.
- A track record of shipping impactful programs. An ideal candidate would have led/been a part of an ops function in a mature design team.
- Proficiency in design systems and design tooling.
- Proven experience in building strong, collaborative teams.
- A stellar program manager and complex project coordinator.
- An excellent stakeholder manager: a crisp communicator, analytical observer and an effective facilitator.
- A willingness to fail and learn. Earnest, mature, and ego-free. You welcome candid feedback and can constructively give it as well.
Work perks
- The opportunity to benefit from our share options programme
- 25 days of paid annual leave
- Newest MacBook models
- Mental and emotional health support through the Mindletic app
- Frequent team-building events
- Home office support: we provide IT workstation equipment and a personal budget of up to €540 for home workplace furniture
- A daily lunch allowance
- ClassPass (Gym Membership subsidy)
- Frequent team-building events
- A personal monthly budget for shopping on Vinted
- Pension plan with total contribution of 12%, 8% by the Company and 4% by employee
- An NS mobility card
- The opportunity to spend up to 90 days per year - 21 of which can be spent working outside of the EU - on workation
- A dog-friendly office
Working at Vinted
Individual Learning Budget
Vinted will set aside a yearly sum equal to 10% of your annual salary to be invested in your continuous professional development. You’ll be able to take the initiative to use it for covering relevant learning activities that benefit your role.
Equal Opportunity
The Vinted Group is committed to building an inclusive workplace where people from all walks of life feel a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and life experiences. At Vinted, all applicants are treated fairly without regard to their race, age, religion or belief, sex, national origin, citizenship, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic.
The salary range for this position is €76,600 - €103,600 gross per year.