Marketplace Manager

Job Description

THE CARWOW GROUP

Carwow Group is driven by a passion for getting people into cars. But not just any car, the right car. That’s why we are building the go-to destination for car-changing. Designed to reach drivers everywhere with our trail-blazing portfolio of personality rich automotive brands; Carwow, Auto Express, evo, Driving Electric and Car Buyer.

What started as a simple reviews site, is now one of the largest online car-changing destinations in Europe - over 10m customers have used Carwow to help them buy and sell cars since its inception. Last year we grew over 50% with nearly £3bn worth of cars bought on site, while £1.8bn of cars were listed for sale through our Sell My Car service.

In 2024 we went big and acquired Autovia, doubling our audience overnight. Together we now have one of the biggest YouTube channels in the world with over 1.1 billion annual views, sell 1.2 million print copies of our magazines and have an annual web content reach over 350million.

WHY JOIN US?

We are winners of the prestigious Culture 100 award that recognises the most loved and happiest tech companies to work for! We have just raised $52m in funding led by global venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners (an early backer of LinkedIn and Shopify) to accelerate our growth plans!

As pioneers, we’re always driving for new territory and positive change, so our work as a group is never done. Where others see difficulty, it’s our responsibility to see possibility – building new experiences, launching new titles and listening to drivers.

Being a part of Carwow Group means championing drivers and the automotive industry, acting as a disrupter and never being afraid to fail (but learning fast when we do!).

Our team of 500 employees across the UK, Germany, Spain and Portugal are revolutionising car-changing and we are fast expanding our mission across every single brand and country we operate in, so jump in!

ABOUT THE ROLE

The UK Marketplace Manager drives local marketplace performance and revenue growth, by bridging overall business strategy with local needs and ensuring excellence in daily execution.

You will work with senior leaders, collaborating across functions, rapidly diagnosing and spotting trends, growth opportunities, quickly solving problems, and bringing new valuable insight to help the commercial leadership to make the right decisions.

You will liaise and align with your international counterparts to learn quicker and share best practice across our 3 markets, driving the commercial success of the business.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

You will execute a wide range of analytical, operational & strategic actions, initiatives and projects critical to Carwow’s growth and business success, working closely with all teams within the business (Commercial, Product, Marketing and Data) to maximise short to mid-term value.

• Marketplace Health: closely monitor and deep dive into key performance indicators for the UK marketplace, track and quickly react to trends, manage the execution of key tactical levers, and initiate projects to improve marketplace health at scale
• Supply: advise the commercial teams on supply acquisition requirements, analysing data to determine priority targets and the biggest opportunities for rapid growth. Driving the quality of our supply by ensuring we have strong pricing and offering on all models.
• Merchandising: ensuring consumers have access to our best deals across the carwow website. Collaborating with Commercial, growth marketing and CRM to drive alignment to tacticaly put our strongest offers in front of consumers and maintain our market leading new car proposition.
• Marketing: feed market-specific insights back into marketing discussions, leading analysis to highlight opportunities and threats, and act upon the team’s findings. Proactively partner with the marketing team to determine what levers to pull to drive demand off the back of improved supply.
• Product: act as one key interface to the Global Product teams, providing them with local context, understanding drivers of product conversion identifying improvement potential, and working together with the teams to drive performance
• Performance Tracking: becoming the internal expert on the UK market - thinking holistically about drivers of over/under performance, and how we respond to them

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• Very strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional, strategic actions, initiatives and projects
• Experience working in a Marketplace business model and overall interest in the automotive industry
• Passion for data analysis and natural aptitude for problem-solving, with the ability to mould this output into a clear storyline
• Willingness to quickly learn, adapt and apply new skills
• A creative, entrepreneurial mentality that enjoys experimentation and is willing to take risks
• Bias for action - attitude to get things done quickly
• Intermediate SQL skills

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

• Hybrid working
• Competitive salary to fund that dream holiday to Bali
• Matched pension contributions for a peaceful retirement
• Share options - when we thrive, so do you!
• Vitality Private Healthcare, for peace of mind, plus eyecare vouchers
• Life Assurance for (even more) peace of mind
• Monthly coaching sessions with Spill - our mental wellbeing partner
• Enhanced holiday package, plus Bank Holidays
• 28 days annual leave
• 1 day for your wedding
• 1 day off when you move house - because moving is hard enough without work!
• For your third year anniversary, get 30 days of annual leave per year
• For your tenth year anniversary, get 35 days of annual leave per year
• Option to buy 3 extra days of holiday per year
• Work from abroad for a month
• Inclusive parental, partner and shared parental leave, fertility treatment and pregnancy loss policies
• Bubble childcare support and discounted nanny fees for little ones
• The latest tech (Macbook or Surface) to power your gif-sending talents
• Up to £500/€550 home office allowance for that massage chair you’ve been talking about
• Generous learning and development budget to help you master your craft
• Regular social events: tech lunches, coffee with the exec sessions, lunch 8 learns, book clubs, social events/anything else you pester us for
• Refer a friend, get paid. Repeat for infinite money

Diversity and inclusion is an integral part of our culture. We know that diverse teams are strong teams, so we welcome those with alternative identities, backgrounds, and experiences to apply for this position. We make recruiting decisions based on experience, skills and potential, so all our applicants are treated fairly and equally.