Director Engineering, Retail Media – Marketplace

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Netherlands, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Establish the engineering vision across the Retail Media and Marketplace sectors.

• Determine the areas where the platforms should integrate or remain distinct.

• Lead an engineering team of approximately 40 engineers distributed across 5–7 teams.

• Cultivate Engineering Managers and their respective teams.

• Shape the organization as the domains progress.

• Foster an environment with clear ownership and autonomy.

• Take responsibility for delivery, reliability, architecture, and technical debt.

• Enhance engineering maturity and empower teams to operate swiftly without sacrificing quality.

• Collaborate on roadmaps with Product and Commercial teams.

• Align engineering priorities with take rate, advertiser ROAS, seller economics, and contribution margin.

• Manage engineering relationships with external platforms, integrators, and agencies.

• Make decisions on build/buy/partner strategies and supervise integrations, SLAs, and vendor performance.

• Report to the Executive Director of Engineering / VP of Engineering.

• Collaborate closely with Product and Commercial leadership.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 3 years of experience in leading multiple engineering teams through managers or leads.

• Proven track record of successfully guiding organizations through significant transitions, such as merging domains, introducing new scopes, or replacing platforms.

• Experience in developing commercial B2B platforms, such as marketplaces, retail media, ad tech, payments, or seller/partner platforms.

• Background in high-traffic and transactional systems.

• Strong technical judgment paired with commercial acumen.

• Ability to link engineering decisions to business outcomes.

• Confidence in collaborating with senior Product and Commercial stakeholders.

• Demonstrated measurable advancements in engineering excellence.

• Comfort in navigating ambiguity, external partnerships, and competing priorities.

• Proficient communication skills in English.

🏝️ Benefits

• Membership in Urban Sports Club (M) package.

• Flexible work-from-home policy, including up to 20 days per year anywhere in the EU.

• A variety of internal and external training opportunities.

• 30 days of paid vacation annually, plus an additional day on Rosenmontag.

• Option to take up to 10 days of unpaid vacation after one year of employment.

• Company pension scheme.

• Access to a dedicated external consultant for pension guidance and advice.