Director of Product - Search and Recommendations

This job is with ASOS, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly. We’re ASOS, the online retailer for fashion lovers all around the world. We exist to give our customers the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS, you’re free to be your true self without judgement, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions. But how are we showing up? We’re proud members of Inclusive Companies, are Disability Confident Committed and have signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter and we placed 8th in the Inclusive Top 50 Companies Employer list. Everyone needs some help showing up as their best self. Let our Talent team know if you need any adjustments throughout the process in whatever way works best for you. Digital Product at ASOS We're embarking on an exciting digital transformation journey, evolving our Digital Product team and processes with a powerful new way of working that places our digital products at the heart of our business. We currently receive over 2.5 billion visits annually, over 23 million active customers, and over 50 million unique visitors monthly. This creates a highly committed and exciting environment with opportunities to develop best-in-class digital products. We're looking for a product leader who will drive us forward to become one of the world's best and most innovative product teams. As Director of Product, you'll be responsible for the product strategy and vision across our customer and partner acquisition stream. You'll drive high-quality traffic to the ASOS website and app and help unlock and build solid partner relationships. Set and own the Search and Recommendations vision, mission, outcomes and roadmap to align with Digital Product Management product delivery vision and strategy Collaborate with engineering, data science, and UX teams to design and build cutting-edge solutions. Lead data-driven decision-making to improve algorithm performance, personalisation, and relevance. Oversee the annual budgeting process by reviewing, amending and approving the budgets forecasted by the Product Managers and conduct quarterly budget reviews against actuals to identify cost over-runs, savings and allocate resources efficiently across the portfolio of products Lead and oversee the performance of the product team. Continually coach and improve the Digital Product management leadership capability in the team to build the pipeline of future leaders and set external best practice standards within the team Qualifications About You Strong understanding of machine learning and data science principles. Experience with large-scale distributed systems and search technologies. Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams and deliver results in a fast-paced environment. Experience operating, managing, and delivering results in a consumer-facing online retail environment Agile product management experience and working in a squad model A customer-centric mindset and approach to problem solving whilst maintaining a sharp focus on the commercial targets Experience working closely with and influencing engineering teams Focus on data-driven decisions to drive performance. Ability to create a growth mindset within the team and nurture talent to maximise potential Additional Information BeneFITS’ Employee discount (hello ASOS discount) ASOS Develops (personal development opportunities across the business) Employee sample sales Access to a huge range of LinkedIn learning materials 25 days paid annual leave an extra celebration day for a special moment Discretionary bonus scheme Private medical care scheme Flexible benefits allowance - which you can choose to take as extra cash, or use towards other benefits Why take our word for it? Search InsideASOS on our socials to see what life at ASOS is like. Want to find out how we’re tech powered? Check out the ASOS Tech Podcast herehttps://open.spotify.com/show/6rT4V6N9C7pAXcX60kzzxo. Prefer reading? Check out our ASOS Tech Blog herehttps://medium.com/asos-techblog.