Brief info about Vinted Our mission is to make second-hand the first choice, and we're looking for people who want to help us get there. Every day, we work together to help our members buy and sell pre-loved clothing and lifestyle items, giving each piece a second life – or even a third. The Vinted Group is made up of three business units that support this mission:Vinted Marketplace is Europe’s leading platform for second-hand fashion and a go-to destination for all kinds of pre-loved items, with a growing range of categories. Our platform connects millions of members across 20+ markets, helping great items find a new life.Vinted Go enhances the shipping experience with a vast network of over 500,000 pick-up and drop-off points, partnering with more than 60 carriers across Europe, with added services like item verification for peace of mind on high-value pieces.Vinted Pay is the newest part of the Vinted Group, dedicated to bringing secure, reliable payments to buyers and sellers across Europe. Seamlessly integrated into the Vinted app, it helps keep every transaction safe, efficient, and easy for our members.Founded in 2008 in Lithuania, Vinted began as a way for friends to find new homes for clothes they no longer needed. In 2019, we became Lithuania's first unicorn! Today, our headquarters remain in Vilnius, and we've grown with offices across Europe, supported by a team of over 2,000 people. Our backers include Accel, EQT Growth, Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sprints, and TPG. Information about the position We’re looking for a Director of Data Science & Analytics to lead DSA for the Buyer domain. The Buyer domain sits at the heart of the marketplace experience, shaping how millions of members discover relevant items and make confident purchase decisions. Vinted operates at scale as a two-sided C2C marketplace, where supply is constantly changing and every item is unique. The Buyer scope spans search, navigation, recommendations, ranking and personalisation – some of the most important, visible, and technically demanding problem spaces at Vinted to match each member with the items most relevant to them. We’re also an experimentation-driven organisation. Product development at Vinted is grounded in testing, measurement, and evidence, and DSA plays a central role in helping teams make better decisions with confidence. In Buyer, that means combining strong experimentation practice with product insight, analytical thinking, and high-impact ML to continuously improve the member experience. The Buyer DSA organisation numbers 30 people in total and is embedded directly into cross-functional product teams. In this role, you’ll directly lead experienced managers and senior experts and will set direction, strengthen capabilities, and form the domain leadership team with Product, Engineering, and Design leaders. You will shape the future of the buyer experience at Vinted together. You will report to the Senior Director of Data Science & Analytics. This is an opportunity to lead a strategically important data team at Vinted, bringing together leadership, product impact, and advanced machine learning to improve the experience of millions of members across Europe. In this position, you’ll Set the direction for Buyer DSA and ensure the organisation is focused on the opportunities with the greatest potential impact Lead and develop a senior group of managers and individual contributors, shaping a strong organisation with clear priorities and accountability Lead DSA teams consisting of Decision Scientists (responsible to drive data-driven decision making), Data Scientists (responsible for production-grade ML opportunities), and Analytics Engineers (responsible for data curation) Be part of the Buyer domain leadership with Product, Engineering, and Design leaders to influence strategy, improve decision-making and align execution around measurable outcomes Guide the application of ML and analytics across discovery, retrieval, ranking, recommendations, and personalisation Strengthen the domain’s approach to experimentation, measurement, and causal reasoning Contribute to the development of DSA at Vinted through stronger standards, leadership and cross-domain alignment About you We’re looking for a leader who combines analytical thinking, product sense, technical depth, and organisational leadership. You’ll likely be successful in this role if you: Have led senior Data Science, Analytics, Applied Science, or Machine Learning teams in product-led organisations Have experience leading managers and senior experts, and know how to scale impact through organisational design, coaching, and clear direction Bring strong experience with production ML systems, ideally in areas like recommendations, ranking, search, personalisation, or optimisation Have deep expertise in experimentation, product analytics, and decision-making under uncertainty Can connect product strategy, technical possibilities, and business outcomes in a clear and practical way Are highly effective in cross-functional environments and can influence senior stakeholders across technical and non-technical disciplines Work perks The opportunity to benefit from our share options programme 25 days of paid annual leave Newest MacBook models Digital mental and emotional health support and Employee Assistant Program (EAP) Frequent team-building events Home office support: we provide IT workstation equipment and a personal budget of up to €540 for home workplace furniture Lunch benefit per working day Access to a discounted gym membership plan A personal monthly budget for shopping on Vinted Collective Defined Contribution Pension plan NS Business Card for your commute to the office by public transport The opportunity to spend up to 90 days per year - 21 of which can be spent working outside of the EU - on workation A dog-friendly office Working at Vinted Individual Learning Budget We invest in your professional growth! As part of our commitment to continuous learning, we offer an annual learning budget to support your personal and career development through courses, certifications, workshops and more. Hybrid Work We’ve adopted a hybrid workplace model where 2 days in the office are recommended but not enforced. It’s up to you and your team to decide on the exact days you’ll spend working together in person. Equal Opportunity The Vinted Group is committed to building an inclusive workplace where people from all walks of life feel a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and life experiences. At Vinted, all applicants are treated fairly without regard to their race, age, religion or belief, sex, national origin, citizenship, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic. The annual gross salary range for this position is: €107.000—€144.800 EUR