- Employment
- Full-time
- Seniority
- Mid-Level
- Compensation
- $80,000–90,000/year
- Department
- E-Commerce, Digital & Data Analytics
- Posted
- Nov 10, 2026
About Sotheby's
Sotheby’s is an auction house founded in London in 1744. Its specialists work across fine art and collecting categories including jewelry, watches, handbags, wine, design, and classic cars. The house connects collectors through live and online auctions, private sales, and fixed-price purchases. Its work spans specialist research and cataloging, client services, marketing, technology, finance, and operations, supporting the preparation, sale, and movement of objects across its international network.
The Product Manager owns and drives the roadmap for critical internal workflows in Sotheby's proprietary tools, partnering with stakeholders, design, and engineering to deliver efficient solutions. Responsibilities include product execution, strategy, user research, stakeholder collaboration, and adoption of new tools; proposed base salary is $80,000–$90,000, with discretionary bonus eligibility and a competitive benefits package.
Role & Responsibilities
- Build and maintain an end-user-focused product roadmap aligned with the manager’s roadmap, and communicate delivery and impact on company goals to stakeholders.
- Work with design, engineering, quality assurance, and other product teams to map requirements and deliver clear solutions incrementally to complex business problems.
- Prioritize work and manage requests by evaluating costs and benefits while maintaining positive, candid stakeholder relationships.
- Conduct user research and interviews, using data to inform decisions and priorities.
- Collaborate with business partners to drive adoption of new tools and product features.
- Build strong working relationships with business sponsors, stakeholders, and product users; understand their needs, use data to prioritize requests, and persuasively deliver appropriate user outcomes.
Qualifications
- Experience building software solutions for complex business workflows, or a deep understanding of auction-house property inbound processes.
- Write clear feature specifications, including user stories, acceptance criteria, and related documentation or support materials such as comparables, wireframes, and flowcharts.
- Identify when and how to collaborate with design to define problems and include design in ideation and solution development.
- Work with cross-functional technology and business teams, making recommendations that deliver maximum value to end users as quickly as possible.
- Ensure all parties share an understanding of the problem domain and proposed solution.
- Understand the strategic direction of the product pillar and company, and contribute meaningfully through product work.
- Clearly articulate how project goals support broader team goals.
- Develop a near-term product roadmap aligned with the broader Product Management team and company goals.
- Proactively gather feedback from stakeholders or team members at relevant stages of work.
- Distill user feedback into recommendations for future product enhancements.
- Understand the art auction market and its dynamics.
Skills
Workplace
The successful candidate will be located in New York, New York, USA.
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Compensation
The base compensation for this position ranges from USD 80,000 to USD 90,000 per annum.
Benefits
Discretionary bonus eligibility and a competitive benefits package.
Culture
Sotheby’s describes its culture in terms of client service, specialist knowledge, curiosity, collaboration, and ethical conduct. Its careers materials emphasize working across disciplines and encouraging employees to explore internal opportunities.
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