Group Product Lead (m|w|d) Inventory & Catalog

Every product page at idealo depends on reliable offer data, accurate product matching, and content users can trust.As Group Product Lead for Inventory & Catalog, you lead the product group responsible for this foundation across our international markets. You coach 3-5 senior Product Leads and Product Managers, own the group's priorities and delivery, and remain hands-on in selected parts of the portfolio.When offer data is processed correctly and product content is complete, users see the result in the quality of every comparison they make.About your new roleYour group covers the full journey from importing and classifying offers to matching them with products and creating the content shown on product and category pages. This includes GTIN/EAN-based and ML/AI-based matching, manufacturer and category recognition, attribute detection, image processing, editorial content, test report aggregation, and the content management system used by our Editorial and Content teams.As a player-coach, you bring the individual roadmaps of your Product Leads and Product Managers into one coherent plan. You resolve competing priorities, align product and technical direction with Engineering teams and Principal Engineers, and coordinate dependencies with Product, SEO, Content, and Content Marketing.Lead and coach your Product Leads and Product Managers across idealo's data and content foundation: offer import and processing, offer classification, attribute value recognition, category detection, product matching (GTIN/EAN-based and ML/AI-based), manufacturer recognition, product image processing and selection, product and category text creation, FAQs and pros & cons, test report aggregation, the CMS for Editorial and Content, and idealo's category and attribute structure.Your responsibilitiesOwn the roadmap and delivery for your group, ensuring your Product Leads' individual roadmaps add up to a coherent, well-prioritized whole.Stay hands-on in parts of the portfolio yourself, acting as a player as much as a coach.Establish quality KPIs and unit economics for each step of offer and product page creation, so your Product Leads can make informed trade-offs between automation, quality, and cost.Resolve conflicts between Product Leads competing for shared engineering capacity, stakeholder attention, or priorities.Collaborate closely with Engineering teams and Principal Engineers to align technical and product priorities — as a close partner, not as part of the Engineering organization.Partner with your peers in the B2C group, who present your group's data and content to users, as well as with SEO, Content, and Content Marketing.Align regularly with the Group Product Leads for B2C and B2B, and with other stakeholders across idealo, to keep priorities and dependencies coherent across the broader product organization.Represent your group's delivery and priorities to the VP Product, and translate company objectives into clear priorities your Product Leads can act on.