VP, Product, Commerce Experiences & Marketplace

Vice President, Product, Commerce Experiences

Location: New York, NY
Cond Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality content with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers in 32 territories through print, digital, video and social platforms. The company's portfolio includes many of the world's most respected and influential media properties including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, GQ, The New Yorker, Cond Nast Traveler/Traveller, Allure, AD, Bon Apptit and Wired, among others.
The Role
This leadership role is a member of the Technology Leadership Team. The Vice President, Product, Commerce Experiences is a senior leadership role accountable for defining and executing the product strategy that drives the evolution of Cond Nast's commerce ecosystem. This role will shape the future of commerce experiences across our brands, accelerating revenue growth, deepening consumer engagement, and leading the evolution of Conde Nast's commerce ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities
Cond Nast Core Affiliate Product Experience: Own and grow the affiliate commerce product as the foundation of the business, protecting and optimizing it as the current core commerce revenue surface
Cond Nast Commerce Evolution: Defining the future of commerce experiences across Cond Nast's brand portfolio, with particular focus on the next generation of marketplace operations inclusive of front-end AI powered discovery experiences, personalization, CRM capabilities and check-out experience
VETTE Platform Leadership: Define and execute the product vision for VETTE, our two-sided marketplace and creator storefront infrastructure, including the partner ecosystem, technology stack, and roadmap that supports its scale across brands and markets.
The VP will operate as a senior thought partner to the SVP Revenue Commerce, working across engineering, design, editorial, brand commerce leads, and external partners to bring a coherent product vision to life. This is a builder role with executive scope: the right candidate is fluent in both platform architecture and brand experience, comfortable moving between technical decisioning and brand-led storytelling, and credible across leadership, partner, and engineering conversations.
Required
12+ years of product leadership experience, with at least 5 years at a Director or VP level managing complex platform or marketplace products.
Demonstrated track record defining and scaling marketplace, platform, or e-commerce products, and leading large-scale product, platform, or business model transformation initiatives in environments with high editorial or brand sensitivity.
Deep understanding of customer experience, conversion optimization, personalization, and consumer engagement strategies within digital commerce environments.
Experience owning and optimizing an affiliate or performance-commerce product, including attribution, network integrations, and yield.
Deep technical fluency across APIs, headless commerce, integration architecture, and modern front-end frameworks; able to engage substantively with engineering leadership on architecture decisions.
Experience building and leading high-performing product organizations through periods of growth, transformation, and organizational change.
Track record launching and managing strategic third-party integrations and platform partnerships.
Strong commercial instincts: comfortable owning P&L conversations, monetisation models, and investment cases.
Excellent executive communication skills, with experience presenting to boards, executive committees, and external partners.
Consultative approach and the ability to partner deeply with business experts to formulate and drive strategic recommendations for their area(s).
Gravitas to work with all levels of the organization, including with C-Suite executives.
The expected base salary range for this position is from $270,000-$330,000. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to relevant skills, training, experience, and education.