BESTSECRET is the leading European online destination for premium and luxury off-price fashion. The Group offers its members in 27 countries across Europe a superior brand portfolio complemented by a high-end shopping experience. At the same time, BESTSECRET enables its brand partners to clear overstock at scale with minimum visibility and maximum brand equity protection. The unique business model is based on its closed character with an invitation-only customer membership, longstanding brand partner and customer relationships, combined with a tech-focused mindset. BESTSECRET has a strong track record of profitable growth over many years. It generated preliminary revenues of approx. EUR 1,415 million in 2024 and employs around 2,300 people from over 90 nations. The Group draws on a heritage of 100 years in the textile and fashion industry and today is owned by Permira Funds and the founding families Schustermann and Borenstein.
BESTSECRET is the leading European online destination for premium and luxury off-price fashion. The Group offers its members in 27 countries across Europe a superior brand portfolio complemented by a high-end shopping experience. At the same time, BESTSECRET enables its brand partners to clear overstock at scale with minimum visibility and maximum brand equity protection. The unique business model is based on its closed character with an invitation-only customer membership, longstanding brand partner and customer relationships, combined with a tech-focused mindset. BESTSECRET has a strong track record of profitable growth over many years. It generated preliminary revenues of approx. EUR 1,415 million in 2024 and employs around 2,300 people from over 90 nations. The Group draws on a heritage of 100 years in the textile and fashion industry and today is owned by Permira Funds and the founding families Schustermann and Borenstein.
At BESTSECRET, Search & Sort is evolving from a transactional tool into an intelligent, intent-driven discovery experience. As a Senior Product Manager, you will play a pivotal role in transforming how millions of customers across Europe explore and discover products—leveraging semantic search, dynamic ranking, and personalization at scale.
This is a high-impact opportunity to own strategy and execution end-to-end, working at the intersection of search, machine learning, and customer experience. You’ll collaborate with top-tier engineers and data scientists to build systems that directly drive business growth, contributing to a domain responsible for a significant share of company revenue.
Your Responsibilities
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Define and execute the product vision and roadmap for Search & Sort, covering query understanding, semantic retrieval, ranking, and result presentation
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Lead the evolution from rule-based sorting to dynamic, context-aware ranking driven by user intent and market signals
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Drive technical product decisions across NLP, information retrieval, embeddings, and LLM-based approaches
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Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, data science, and analytics teams to deliver scalable, high-impact solutions
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Own and optimize key discovery and business KPIs (relevance, conversion, personalization, revenue impact)
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Mentor and support other product managers, contributing to product excellence and best practices across the organization
Your Qualifications
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5+ years of experience in product management, delivering customer-facing digital products with measurable impact
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2+ years working on search, ranking, or recommendation systems (e.g., semantic search, embeddings, re-ranking)
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Strong understanding of search architecture, NLP, and information retrieval systems; experience with LLMs is a plus
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Solid technical background in computer science, machine learning, data science, or software engineering
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Proven ability to lead complex initiatives in cross-functional, matrix environments
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Strong communication skills with the ability to translate between technical, business, and customer perspectives
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At BESTSECRET, diversity isn't just a trend – it's our professional philosophy. We are dedicated to cultivating an inclusive workplace where everyone's unique talents and backgrounds are celebrated. Applicants from all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives are welcome to join us in our mission towards a more vibrant and inclusive future.
At BESTSECRET, diversity isn't just a trend – it's our professional philosophy. We are dedicated to cultivating an inclusive workplace where everyone's unique talents and backgrounds are celebrated. Applicants from all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives are welcome to join us in our mission towards a more vibrant and inclusive future.