Director, Product Merchandising
Description
The Opportunity
The Ziff Davis Shopping team is seeking a visionary and strategic Director, Product Merchandising to define and scale the future of our commerce content. In this senior level role, you will champion the intersection of data-driven automation and high-caliber editorial storytelling. You will own the overarching product curation strategy, lead high-performing teams, and spearhead the integration of AI and next-generation tooling to maximize both operational efficiency and business growth. Are you ready to own the strategy for our next-generation shopping experience?
Key Responsibilities:
- Organizational Scaling & Transformation: Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing product merchandising organization. Transition the department toward highly efficient, tech-enabled, and automated workflows.
- AI & Operational Excellence: Champion the strategy to streamline 90% of manual merchandising tasks through smart automation and AI integration, shifting the team’s focus from task completion to high-impact strategic growth.
- Editorial Innovation: Collaborate cross-functionally with senior editorial leaders to define and safeguard the critical 10% of human editorial input—the domain expertise and storytelling—that drives a superior user experience and distinct brand voice.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner directly with Product, Engineering, and Data Science teams to refine automated product selection, personalization, and promotion logic.
- Business & Data Optimization: Own the performance metrics, revenue outcomes, and conversion optimization strategies for product discovery, balancing data-driven efficiency with editorial excellence.
- Culture of Performance: Foster a culture of continuous learning, mentoring the management team to prioritize high-value human touchpoints that distinguish our commerce content from competitors.
Job Qualifications:
- 10+ years of digital commerce/e-commerce experience, with at least 5+ years of proven success in a director-level or senior people-management role leading multi-disciplinary teams.
- Deep, dual background combining e-commerce product merchandising with professional digital editorial content strategy.
- Natural, highly developed "eye" for compelling product deals, with a history of success navigating fast-moving, high-volume digital publishing or retail environments.
- Proven track record of successfully designing, deploying, and leveraging AI tooling, automation, and modern digital workflows to drive operational efficiency at scale.
- Demonstrated ability to utilize advanced commerce data analysis to drive executive decision-making, while maintaining uncompromised editorial standards.
- Extensive experience leading large-scale, cross-functional initiatives and collaborating with technical product teams to build or improve internal tools.
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration, or a related field (Master’s degree or equivalent advanced experience preferred).
About Ziff Davis Shopping
Our portfolio unites the most trusted brands in tech, shopping, savings, and lifestyle to help people and businesses thrive. The CNET Group stands as the leader in tech media, offering expert editorial, insights, communities, and solutions that reach 81 million unique visitors each month. Complementing this, Ziff Davis Shopping serves as the most trusted purchase companion, delivering exceptional user and partner experiences. We connect brands to large, contextually-aligned audiences and help users find the best offers, cash back rewards, seasonal deals, and expert content for all their shopping needs. Together, we provide a comprehensive destination for expert guidance, from critical tech decisions to everyday purchase solutions.
About Ziff Davis
Ziff Davis (NASDAQ: ZD) is a vertically focused digital media and internet company whose portfolio includes leading brands in technology, shopping, gaming and entertainment, connectivity, health, cybersecurity, and martech. Today, Ziff Davis is focused on seven key verticals – Technology, Connectivity, Shopping, Entertainment, Health & Wellness, Cybersecurity and Marketing Technology. Its brands include IGN, Mashable, RetailMeNot, PCMag, Humble Bundle, Spiceworks, Ookla (Speedtest), RootMetrics, Everyday Health, BabyCenter, Moz, iContact and Vipre Security.
Our Benefits
Ziff Davis offers competitive salaries in addition to robust, health and wellness-focused benefits, including comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as life and disability benefits. Our employees enjoy Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), a 401(k) with company match, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
We are committed to work-life balance with Flexible Time Off, Volunteer Time Off, and paid holidays. We offer family building and caregiving support and generous Family Care and Parental leave, when you need it. We also provide Fitness Reimbursement and access to wellness programs, ensuring our team stays healthy both physically and mentally.
At Ziff Davis, we remain dedicated to creating an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to succeed. We offer Employee Resource Groups, company-sponsored events, and regular opportunities for professional growth through educational support, mentorship programs, and career development resources. Our employees are recognized and celebrated through employee engagement programs and recognition awards.
If you're seeking a dynamic and collaborative work environment where you can see the direct impact of your performance and thrive both personally and professionally, then Ziff Davis Shopping is the place for you.
Compensation Range
Ziff Davis provides a range for the base pay. Factors that may be used to determine your actual pay may include your specific job related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographic location. The salary compensation for this role is $135,000 to $150,000. Individual pay within the compensation range for this business unit specific role is determined based on a variety of factors including experience, scope of the role, capabilities to perform the role, education and training, as well as business and company performance.
Ziff Davis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. At Ziff Davis, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) has always been about fairness, equal opportunity, and belonging. DEI enables us to attract and retain the best talent, regardless of background or circumstances, while enabling our thousands of employees worldwide to thrive. "Doing Is Greater Than Talking" is the call to action that unites our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts across Ziff Davis. By bringing our employees together in community, amplifying their voices, and clarifying our hiring, engagement, education, and giving efforts, we continue to work toward a diverse workforce where all feel they belong and can learn and build great careers.
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