Category Manager Art

Summary

Join Catawiki's Secondary Market division as a leader to elevate its online art destination. Lead a team of international Art Experts, designing and scaling a trusted online offering for artworks. Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and Tech teams to deliver high-performing auctions and fuel seller growth. Monitor key business metrics to guide improvements. Coach and develop your team, setting clear goals and fostering accountability. Work with cross-functional teams to enhance user experience and expand global reach. This is a growth challenge for someone ready to define the future of the online art market. The role is based remotely in Europe or in offices in the Netherlands, Portugal, and France.

Requirements

• Visionary with a Commercial Edge: You combine business acumen and market instinct. You can translate long-term ambition into actionable growth strategy, and you thrive on turning vision into results
• Deep Art Market Expertise: You bring a robust understanding of the international Art ecosystem—galleries, collectors, institutions—with a sharp eye for quality, pricing and positioning in the Secondary Market
• P&L-Minded Operator: You are fluent in business levers like GMV, seller contribution, conversion and user acquisition. You understand how to pull the right growth and efficiency levers to maximise value
• Leader of Experts: You are a people leader who empowers experts. You foster accountability, clarity, and high performance while championing a culture of ownership and excellence
• Cross-Functional Navigator: You move fluidly across commercial, product and marketing functions. You’ve worked in matrixed organisations and know how to align diverse stakeholders behind a shared mission
• Global Communicator: You are at ease in international contexts. You communicate clearly in English, and can engage senior stakeholders, sellers, partners and colleagues across cultures and disciplines
• Data-Driven, Quality-Obsessed: You love data, but never lose sight of the human experience. You pair analytical rigour with uncompromising standards for authenticity, curatorial value and customer delight

Responsibilities

• Own the Art Secondary Market strategy: Lead and evolve the category strategy for Secondary Market Art, ensuring it aligns with Catawiki’s vision, business goals, and user expectations
• Curate exceptional auctions: Drive the creation of highly relevant, commercially strong and thematically engaging auctions by collaborating closely with your team of in-house Art Experts
• Maximise seller relationships and growth: Partner with Sales to acquire, develop and retain high-potential sellers, from galleries to individual collectors, ensuring continuous supply of quality lots
• Drive data-informed decision making: Monitor key business metrics (GMV, conversion, lot quality, buyer engagement) and use insights to guide improvements in selection, pricing, and curation practices
• Lead and empower a high-performing team: Coach and develop your team of Experts by setting clear goals, giving actionable feedback, and fostering ownership and accountability across the category
• Collaborate cross-functionally for impact: Work with Marketing, Product, and Operations teams to improve user experience, launch innovative initiatives, and expand the reach of your category globally

Benefits

• Create a Visible Impact by working at scale in a global organisation that serves millions of customers across 80+ categories. In our flat structure, every role has a broad scope that directly impacts both our customers and the business
• Learn and Grow with Us through our Learning & Development initiatives, which include clear development plans and mentorship programmes designed to support your career progression
• A Culture of Connection defines us. We’re a passionate, diverse and collaborative team of 800+ Catawikains and 60+ nationalities, all coming together to build a one-of-a-kind marketplace. We foster an inclusive and queer-friendly work environment, committed to making every Catawikian feel welcomed and empowered. Whatever your story, we encourage you to bring your unique perspective to our team
• Celebrate Life’s Moments with us at Catawiki. When you join us, you’ll receive a €100 Catavoucher, and on each birthday, you'll get a €50 Catavoucher to celebrate. Enjoy an extra day off each year to "Pursue Your Passion". We also recognise significant work anniversaries (3, 5, 8, 10 years) with additional time off, plus extra leave for life’s big moments like marriage, engagements, or moving house
• The role is based remotely in Europe (work-from-home), or in our offices in the Netherlands, Portugal and France