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At Catawiki, every day brings the extraordinary! Whether it’s Daniel Ricciardo’s Formula 1 Car, a Woolly Mammoth’s Skeleton, Lady Gaga's Jumpsuit or Usain Bolt’s running shoe, we encounter exceptional objects every day.
We're a one-of-a-kind marketplace for buying and selling special objects! Each week we offer over 75,000 unique items in auction, carefully curated by our passionate in-house experts.
Having sold over 20 million unique objects to date, we’re on a mission to become the world’s most popular destination for special objects. As a growing, diverse and sustainable scale-up, we proudly live by our core values:
- Taking ownership and driving impact
- Being open to change and feedback
- Being passionate about our mission and our customers.
If these values resonate with you, we’d love to explore how you can join us on this exciting journey!
About the role and team
Catawiki is building one of the most dynamic online destinations for exceptional objects. Our Galleries & Art Dealers Market division plays a central role in this ambition.We are seeking a proven leader with strong management and analytical skills to drive this category forward.
In this role, you’ll oversee a diverse international team of experts, ensuring that their specialized knowledge translates into scalable, high-quality offerings.Your mission is to design and execute a category strategy that delivers measurable growth, grounded in data insights, operational excellence, and strong cross-functional collaboration.You will work closely with Sales, Marketing, Product, and Technology to optimize performance, improve user experience, and expand reach.
As part of Catawiki’s leadership community, you will also contribute to company-wide initiatives and innovation.This is a growth challenge for someone who thrives on turning strategy into impact and empowering teams to achieve ambitious goals.
What You’ll Do
• Own and evolve category strategy: Define and execute the Secondary Market strategy in line with Catawiki’s vision and business objectives, ensuring measurable impact.
• Drive performance through data: Monitor and interpret key metrics (GMV, conversion, lot quality, buyer engagement) and translate insights into actionable improvements across pricing, selection, and operations.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team: Provide clarity, coaching, and accountability to empower experts to deliver at scale and achieve clear, measurable outcomes.
• Maximise seller relationships and growth: Partner with Sales to acquire, develop, and retain high-potential sellers, ensuring a consistent flow of quality supply.
• Deliver operational excellence: Build processes that ensure consistency, scalability, and efficiency while keeping customer experience at the center.
• Collaborate cross-functionally for impact: Align with Marketing, Product, and Operations to launch initiatives, improve workflows, and expand global reach.
Who You Are
• Proven Leader: You have significant management experience, skilled at setting direction, building accountability, and developing high-performing teams.
• Data-Driven Operator: You excel at turning data into insights, using metrics to steer strategy and execution. You are fluent in growth and efficiency levers such as GMV, seller contribution, and conversion.
• Strategic and Commercial Thinker: You can balance short-term operational needs with long-term strategic growth goals.
• Cross-Functional Influencer: Experienced in working across matrixed organisations, aligning diverse stakeholders behind shared objectives.
• Clear Communicator: Comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and partners internationally, with excellent English skills.
• Quality and Customer Focused: You hold high standards for execution, user experience, and team delivery.
Where You’ll Be
The role is preferably based in the Netherlands, Portugal, or France and supports relocation. Remote work within Europe may be considered, although this is less desirable.
Why You'll Love Working with Us
- Create a Visible Impact by working at scale in a global organisation that serves millions of customers across 80+ categories. In our flat structure, every role has a broad scope that directly impacts both our customers and the business.
- Learn and Grow with Us through our Learning & Development initiatives, which include clear development plans and mentorship programmes designed to support your career progression.
- A Culture of Connection defines us. We’re a passionate, diverse and collaborative team of 800+ Catawikains and 60+ nationalities, all coming together to build a one-of-a-kind marketplace. We foster an inclusive and queer-friendly work environment, committed to making every Catawikian feel welcomed and empowered. Whatever your story, we encourage you to bring your unique perspective to our team.
- Celebrate Life’s Moments with us at Catawiki. When you join us, you’ll receive a €100 Catavoucher, and on each birthday, you'll get a €50 Catavoucher to celebrate. Enjoy an extra day off each year to "Pursue Your Passion". We also recognise significant work anniversaries (3, 5, 8, 10 years) with additional time off, plus extra leave for life’s big moments like marriage, engagements, or moving house.
Please note that benefits can vary by location. For specific information regarding what’s available in your country, please consult your recruiter.
Our Offices and Way of Working
Our vibrant offices in Amsterdam, Paris and Lisbon are designed to inspire and connect. Most Catawikians are within commuting distance of one of our offices and enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid work model. That said, some roles may be an exception: if the job description states that the position is fully remote or 100% office-based, that arrangement will apply instead.
Interested?
Apply directly with an English CV and cover letter by submitting your information at the bottom of this page. By submitting your application you agree to Catawiki’s Applicant Privacy Policy.
If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
We’re continually incorporating hybrid elements, while employees choose how they split their work between the office and home.
We strive to be an employer where your impact is meaningful, visible and rewarded.
