Market Manager – North America

Groupon•Chicago, IL

3d•$60,000 - $65,000

About The Position

The Market Manager for North America is responsible for conducting comprehensive market analysis, managing deal categories, optimizing inventory value growth, and ensuring strong supply quality within assigned territories. This role is focused on strengthening and optimizing existing inventory by identifying supply gaps and ensuring the assortment aligns with local demand. This position focuses on strategically curating offerings that deliver relevant, high-value experiences while maximizing overall market performance. This is a unique opportunity for a highly motivated, early-career professional to take real ownership of a business from day one. . You’ll gain hands-on exposure to how a marketplace business operates, learning how data, strategy, and execution come together to drive results at scale. This role offers meaningful responsibility early in your career—you won’t just analyze the business, you’ll help run it. You’ll work cross-functionally with Sales Managers, operations partners, and senior stakeholders, translating insights into action and helping guide key decisions that impact market performance.

Requirements

BA/BS in Finance, Economics, Marketing, Business, Data Analytics, or related fields.
1 to 3 years of experience in analytics, planning, consulting, finance, strategy, or similar roles.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; comfortable using data to guide decisions.
Basic SQL skills or strong willingness to learn quickly.
Strong communication skills and the ability to influence without authority.
Proactive, curious, and motivated to learn in a dynamic environment.
Ability to navigate both formal structures and informal networks.
English fluency, both written and spoken.

Nice To Haves

Good commercial understanding of e-commerce or marketplaces (preferred).
Familiarity with Salesforce, Tableau, Excel (VLOOKUPs, pivot tables), and Google Sheets is an advantage.

Responsibilities

Territory & Inventory Analysis
Analyze market and performance signals to assess territory health and local demand.
Identify priority neighborhoods and inventory gaps where coverage, category mix, or service depth can be improved.
Evaluate supply quality and performance to determine which services and categories should be scaled, refined, or deprioritized.
Deal Structure & Supply Optimization
Review and optimize deal structures to improve value, competitiveness, and financial performance.
Assess existing inventory to identify opportunities for restructuring, consolidation, or improvement.
Ensure deals align with territory needs, category strategy, and customer expectations.
Sales Partnership & Contract Optimization
Partner closely with Sales Managers to support and optimize sales contracts and Groupon deals in progress.
Provide guidance on category strategy, deal quality, and inventory balance to improve outcomes at close.
Act as a strategic advisor to Sales teams by translating market insights into clear, actionable recommendations.
Category Performance Insights & Enablement
Regularly share territory-level insights with Sales teams, including best- and worst-performing categories.
Highlight performance trends, gaps, and risks to inform sales planning and prioritization.
Support continuous improvement by enabling Sales with data-driven insights on what works—and what doesn’t—across the territory.
Use data, reporting, and SQL to refine lead targeting and bring the most relevant supply into the market.