About the Position Our client, a large e-commerce firm is seeking a Senior Category Manager. Within this role, you’ll lead the strategy, planning, and execution for a high-potential product category (Wedding, Kids & Baby, and Pets). This role is both strategic and hands-on—equal parts market analyst, merchant, and cross-functional collaborator. You’ll develop a deep understanding of what makes your category thrive and partner cross functionally to build programs that drive growth and deepen buyer engagement. Responsibilities • Develop a scorecard to assess and maintain the overall health of your category, leveraging it to drive insight and action. • Build robust reporting frameworks to surface trends, flag opportunities, and measure impact across key programs. • Conduct and continuously refine target customers and competitive analyses to inform strategy. • Identify and prioritize opportunities to accelerate GMS growth and increase category share. • Craft and champion end-to-end strategies based on category-specific opportunities and work cross-functionally with partners across Business Development, Marketing, Product, Strategy & Operations, Research, and Legal to bring them to life. • Develop a merchandising strategy that brings your category to life across our Merchandising toolkit and lead a small team in executing key merchandising efforts across: landings, promotions, programming, and algotorial placements. • Collaborate with Product to identify and expand “human qualitative review” initiatives that unlock inventory attributes and support category growth. • Measure and evaluate the impact of your initiatives; experiment with incremental tactics, refine approaches based on learnings, and continuously shift focus to maximize scaled impact across marketing and on-site channels. • Partner with the Brand Strategy team to define clear, compelling positioning for your category and informs annual buyer programming—across flagship campaigns to long-tail evergreen moments. About You • 6+ years of relevant experience in category management, merchandising, brand strategy, or marketplace growth, ideally in a consumer-facing, multi-sided platform or ecommerce environment. • Deep curiosity and intuition about customers—you’re comfortable turning insights into action. • Strong analytical acumen; you can translate complex data into business narratives and decisions. • Proven ability to develop and execute strategic plans across multiple stakeholders and functions. • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence across levels and disciplines. • Experience leading and mentoring teams toward clear goals.