Product Manager Apprentice, Checkout

Job description

## Hi, we’re Back Market. We’re here to help **make tech reliable, affordable, and better than new**. We're a global marketplace for refurbished devices, helping lower our collective environmental impact by providing trustworthy, affordable tech with 92% less carbon emissions than new. Yep, you read that right. Turns out refurbished tech is way better for the planet than new. In fact, With every device purchased on Back Market, our positive impact on the planet grows. From our Customer Care representatives to our software engineer, every individual at Back Market cuts the planet — and consumers — a break. **Our mission is simple: to do more with what we already have.** Are you ready to join us? We are looking for a passionate and motivated Product Manager Apprentice to join our Customer Journey Team as part of the Checkout Squad. This apprenticeship offers a unique opportunity to improve our shopping funnel on web and app, ensuring it’s as seamless and delightful an experience as possible. You will do so by helping to run AB tests on the user interface to uncover the most impactful features. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including other Product Managers in the customer teams, Operations, Engineering, Content and Design, to drive impactful product initiatives. ## **YOUR MISSION (IF YOU ACCEPT IT): 🥇** - **Support Product Development**: Participate across the product lifecycle: solution ideation, prioritization, development, and launch. - **Handle Delivery Management**: Write detailed specifications and user stories, oversee the implementation of features with IT engineers and perform quality assurance (QA). - **Autonomously run AB tests** to optimize the conversion rate from product page to checkout. Scope the test, analyse and interpret the results to uncover the best solutions. - **Collaborate with Teams**: Work closely with PMs, designers and marketing to challenge and prioritize feature requests, ensuring that our features are adopted seamlessly and add value to users (customers, sellers). - **Monitor performances:** Ensure each feature’s performance can be measured, help estimate the impact and follow up the results post-launch. ## TOOLS YOU'LL USE: ⚒️ - Jira & Confluence: For Delivery management and Documentation - Slack & Google Suite: For internal communications and meetings - Amplitude Experiment and Analysis: for AB test setup and data analysis ## YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE IF: ⭐ - You have an interest in product management and always put the user at the center of your thoughts. - You have great analytical skills and a methodological approach. - You possess effective and precise communication skills. - You are curious, proactive, resourceful, and rigorous - Team spirit is essential for you. - You are fluent in spoken and written English, as we are an international team (MANDATORY). - Big plus if you are already familiar with working with software developers, working across multiple teams or Agile concepts - Big plus if you already have any experience in UX (user experience) or AB testing ## **ABOUT THE APPRENTICESHIP ℹ️** - Starting date: January 2027 - Duration: Ideally for 24 months (12 months to be discussed). - Location: Paris, France - Contract: You must already be enrolled in a work-study program in a French school (contrat d'alternance / d'apprentissage) ## RECRUITMENT PROCESS: 📅 - Product Sense Interview with Hiring Manager - Team/Cultural fit interview with 1 other member of the team - HR Interview with Campus Recruiter ## **WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN US ? ✌🏼** At Back Market, we’re committed to hiring and supporting diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives — it’s one of the reasons we’re such a high-scoring certified B Corp company (93.2). No matter your role and seniority level, you’ll enjoy impact-driven work with hands-on career development in an innovative, driven, and fast-paced environment — with benefits to match, like: - A mission driven work environment where your day to day makes an impact on the planet. Seriously. - Hybrid work environment, with 2 remote days a week and 1 remote work week per quarter, plus 3 flex days. - Employee Resource Groups, including mentorship programs, comprehensive accessibility policies, and cultural competency training. At Back Market, we strive to create a workplace that embodies the world we’re trying to change. We’ve embedded our diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into our DNA — from dedicated staff to employee resource groups to our company values. We know that the perfect background for a role doesn’t mean the perfect fit — we encourage you to apply for a role even if you think you may not have all the qualifications. If reasonable accommodations are needed for the interview process, please do not hesitate to discuss this with the Talent Acquisition Team.