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Principal Tech Portfolio Manager

Germany, Berlin · Job Posted June 28, 2026
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Zalando is on a mission to become the leading pan-European fashion and lifestyle ecosystem. Our tech organizations—such as the Zalando eCommerce Platform—build the high-scale infrastructure, foundational data services, and core systems that power millions of customer and partner interactions daily. As a Principal Tech Portfolio Manager, you will operate as a strategic partner to our executive tech leadership. You will implement enterprise portfolio management standards, drive transparency into massive technical investments, and help navigate complex trade-offs to ensure our multi-stream engineering efforts directly map to Zalando’s overarching group strategy.

Job Responsibility

  • Run the tech portfolio management system
  • Connect strategy, planning, and execution
  • Drive prioritization and trade-off decisions
  • Own portfolio transparency, metrics, and executive reporting
  • Partner across Engineering, Product, Finance, and Business
  • Apply AI acumen to portfolio management and technology planning

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in technical portfolio management, technical program management, enterprise portfolio management, product operations, strategy & operations, or a related role in a complex technology environment such as e-commerce, marketplaces, SaaS, cloud platforms, infrastructure, retail media, fintech, or large-scale digital products
  • Managed portfolios across multiple engineering teams, product domains, or business units, and operated directly with senior technology leaders
  • Proven experience with portfolio intake, prioritization, sequencing, dependency tracking, capacity modelling, budget or investment tracking, and portfolio health reporting
  • Produce clear, structured senior-leadership materials, including decision papers, portfolio narratives, business cases, executive updates, and steering documents that combine data, judgment, and recommendations
  • Operate with high autonomy and strong judgment, turning ambiguous problems into clear structures, mechanisms, stakeholder alignment, and outcomes with limited guidance
  • Comfortable challenging senior stakeholders respectfully when the data or logic does not support the current direction, and helping the organization commit and execute once decisions are made
  • Strong working knowledge of portfolio and delivery tools such as Jira Advanced Roadmaps, Jira Align, ServiceNow SPM, Aha!, Asana, Linear, Productboard, Smartsheet, or similar
  • Confident working with data and metrics, including portfolio views, investment models, capacity models, prioritization scoring, risk indicators, leadership dashboards, and imperfect data sets
  • Fluent in English and communicate with precision, clarity, and confidence in writing and speaking

Nice to have

Experience with enterprise portfolio frameworks, agile-at-scale methods, or certifications such as PMI-PfMP, MoP, SAFe, RTE, PgMP, or similar

What we offer

  • Employee shares program
  • 40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Zalando Lounge, discounts from external partners
  • 2 paid volunteering days a year
  • Hybrid working model with up to 60% remote per week, actual practice is up to each team to best support their collaboration
  • Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year
  • 27 days of vacation a year to start
  • Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)
  • Family services, including counseling and support
  • Health and wellbeing options (including Gympass)
  • Mental health support and coaching available

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