Background

Founded in 2019, this marketplace now has a live community of 700 seamstresses and makers across London, with around 10,000 more in the waitlist for when they launch in global markets.

The platform allows consumers to access a curated community of seamstresses for repairs, alterations & projects so they can book somebody trusted that is local to them. The brand values their sustainable approach to fashion and is proud to encourage consumers to make the most of their items.

They also work with some well-known brands with large scale partnerships coming up. They are currently building a white label platform for their partners which is essentially their booking platform branded with the partner logo, images and copy - but not only this, each version is fully customisable too. Product requests could cover checkout options, how they capture customer info, how they display results or any other aspect of the platform. One example use case is for the ability to scan a QR code in store to book alterations.

This is a small, busy startup environment, with 8 in the team working in Shoreditch including the Founder, CTO, CPO, Head of Design, UX dev, community manager and an offshore dev team in India consisting of front and back end developers and QAs.

Responsibilities 

Your role as Product Manager will be responsible for gathering and translating user requirements into use cases and technical specifications, then managing the development team through their tasks and ensuring the workflows suggested are fit for purpose. Most requirements will come from the founder or Head of Design.

Collaboration is handled via Jira and Mural and you will manage the daily and 2-weekly work sprints. An understanding of Javascript is preferred, or at least some exposure to it. You will need to have technical conversations with the dev team so a technical background is needed. Their tech stack is MERN, experience with this is ideal but not essential.

MongoDB - document database

Express(.js) - Node.js web framework

React(.js) - a client-side JavaScript framework

Node(.js) - the premier JavaScript web ser

You will ideally come from a startup or small team environment. Experience working with DTC and B2B platforms is preferred but not essential.

A passion/interest in sustainability in general is preferred.