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Zalando SE

Expert Product Operations Manager

Zalando SE
201-500 employeesSkilled
Full-time
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  • Start Date

    On request

  • Sector

    E-commerce

  • Salary

    Competitive salary

Listing data as of November 13, 2026

About this Apprenticeship

As a Platform Adoption Specialist, you will be the ultimate bridge between our technology, our internal teams, and our customers. This is a high-impact, individual contributor (IC) role where you will leverage your deep network within Tradebyte and our customer base to ensure our new platform is built for real-world success, rolled out flawlessly, and adopted with enthusiasm. You aren't just managing a launch; you are defining the future of how our customers interact with us.

What You'll Learn

  • Be the Ultimate Subject Matter Expert (SME): Become the go-to authority on the new platform, deeply understanding its capabilities, technical architecture, and value proposition.
  • Consult & Guide Tech Teams: Act as the voice of the customer and the business. Work hand-in-hand with our product and engineering teams, bringing real-world use cases to the table to ensure we build a platform that actually solves customer pain points.
  • Strategize the Rollout (Out-of-the-Box Thinking): Design the blueprint for the rollout. You'll strategically analyze our customer base to decide who gets the platform, when, and how, maximizing success and minimizing friction.
  • Product-Led Mindset: Embody a product-led mindset by acting as a multiplier, guiding the SMs to steer our customers toward sustainable, profitable growth.
  • Foster Cross-Functional Alignment: Take ownership of platform-driven revenue by aligning Integration, Customer Ops, Finance, and Marketing around correct usage, adoption, and expansion. Go beyond rollout support — actively identify and act on upselling opportunities to maximize the platform's commercial impact.

Requirements

  • Entrepreneurial Mindset: Operate with an entrepreneurial mindset, willing to roll up your sleeves to get things done. You'll identify problems and opportunities before they're obvious, propose solutions, and drive them forward independently
  • Strategic & Analytical Mindset: You don't just follow a checklist. You look at data, customer profiles, and market readiness to think outside the box on deployment strategies.
  • Master Collaborator & Influencer: As an IC, your superpower is influence without authority. You can bring diverse teams (from Finance to Marketing) together toward a singular goal.
  • Proactive Problem Solver: You are obsessed with the "details." You naturally foresee operational bottlenecks (billing issues, support ticket spikes, integration hurdles) and solve them before they happen.
  • Platform & Tech Savviness: You speak "product" and "tech" fluently. While you don't need to write code, you can easily translate complex customer needs into clear requirements for developers.

What Zalando SE offers

  • Employee shares program
  • 40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Lounge by Zalando, discounts from external partners
  • 2 paid volunteering days a year
  • Hybrid working model - work where it works for you within Germany or the UK, with occasional office attendance required for moments that matter.
  • Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year
  • 27 days of vacation a year to start for full-time employees
  • Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)
  • Family services, including counseling and support
  • Health and wellbeing options (including Wellhub, formerly Gympass)
  • Mental health support and coaching available
  • Drive your development with our training offerings and biannual peer-to-peer review

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