Brand Merchandising Manager

The role

The Marketplace Growth Manager, Merchandising will drive visibility and growth across the impact.com Marketplace. This role involves curating and promoting brands, products, publishers, and creators while using AI and automation to reduce manual work.

What you will do

• Own merchandising end-to-end across brands, products, publishers, and creators
• Build and manage editorial calendars for in-app placements, mailers, and notifications
• Lead automation and scaling of merchandising operations using AI and automated workflows
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, Data Science, Engineering, and Operations
• Curate high-fit partner lists to support recruitment and growth
• Analyze partner performance data and browsing behavior to optimize placement strategy
• Design and run A/B tests for messaging, creative formats, and audience targeting
• Translate product knowledge into merchandising strategies
• Set goals and meet metrics including partner discoverability and activation lift
• Communicate findings and recommendations to leadership and stakeholders

Required qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a growth, merchandising, editorial marketing, or partnerships role within a marketplace, e-commerce, or SaaS environment
• Hands-on experience with AI tools and automation platforms
• Proficiency in data analysis
• Experience designing and executing merchandising initiatives (in-app, email, notifications)
• Strong understanding of marketplace dynamics and two-sided or multi-sided platform ecosystems
• Comfort with A/B testing and iterative experimentation
• Strong written communication skills
• Ability to work cross-functionally and present insights to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Familiarity with team management and collaboration tools (Google Workspace, Confluence, Jira, Slack)
• Willingness to learn and adapt quickly in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Bachelor's degree

Benefits

• Responsible PTO policy
• Up to 12 fully covered therapy/coaching sessions per year
• Monthly gym reimbursement policy
• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) with a 3-year vesting schedule
• Free Coursera subscription
• PXA courses
• 26 weeks of fully paid leave for the primary caregiver
• 13 weeks fully paid leave for the secondary caregiver
• Technology stipend for home office setup
• Monthly allowance for internet expenses

About the company

impact.com is a commerce partnership marketing platform that enables businesses to discover, manage, and scale partnerships. It serves over 5,000 global brands through its Performance, Creator, and Advocate products.