team: merchant operations
why this role exists
polopan is building the infrastructure that connects shoppers with fashion brands.
great partnerships bring merchants onto the platform.
great operations make them want to stay.
this role exists to make sure every merchant can trust what happens after they install polopan.
their catalog should be accurate.
their products should appear correctly.
their attribution should be explainable.
their revenue should make sense.
we care less about responding to problems quickly, and more about building systems where those problems rarely happen in the first place.
what you’ll be responsible for
1. owning merchant operations
ensure every merchant has a smooth operational experience after onboarding
investigate issues methodically and communicate clearly
work across product, engineering, and partnerships to resolve operational bottlenecks
become the person the team relies on whenever something doesn’t look right
2. maintaining catalog quality
review product imports and catalog health
identify issues with variants, images, attributes, categories, and metadata
ensure merchants’ products are represented accurately across the platform
work with engineering to improve catalog quality at scale – not one merchant at a time
3. ensuring operational accuracy
verify attribution and merchant reporting
assist with revenue reconciliation and payout validation
identify inconsistencies before merchants discover them
build confidence in the operational systems behind the product
4. making operations scalable
document recurring issues and create playbooks
identify repetitive work that should be automated
improve internal tools and workflows
help build an operations function that grows without becoming more complicated
what we care about (more than responsiveness)
we don’t measure this role by:
tickets closed
emails answered
hours spent resolving issues
we measure it by:
how rarely merchants experience operational problems
how quickly the team can understand and resolve unexpected issues
how much manual work disappears because of better systems
how confidently merchants trust the platform behind the scenes
sometimes urgent situations will exist – not because everything is broken, but because reliability matters.
what we’re looking for
you’ll likely resonate if you:
enjoy bringing order to messy systems
notice details that others overlook
like investigating problems until you understand the root cause
care about building processes that eliminate future work
stay calm when something unexpected happens
take ownership without waiting for instructions
experience that helps (not all required):
working with Shopify or ecommerce platforms
merchant operations or marketplace operations
catalog management or product operations
working with structured datasets and spreadsheets
basic technical troubleshooting
strong written communication
you don’t need years of operations experience.
good judgment, curiosity, and attention to detail matter far more.
what this role is not
not customer support
not account management
not partnerships or sales
not simply forwarding problems to engineering
this is a foundational operations role.
the systems you improve today will determine how reliably thousands of merchants can use polopan tomorrow.
how success looks (first 90 days)
merchant operations become predictable and well documented
catalog quality improves with fewer recurring issues
attribution and revenue reporting become trusted internally and by merchants
common operational problems become increasingly automated or eliminated
the partnerships and engineering teams spend less time firefighting and more time building
final note
we’re building this company deliberately.
we believe the best operations are almost invisible.
when merchants don’t have to think about catalog issues, reporting discrepancies, or operational complexity, we’ve done our job.
if you enjoy solving operational puzzles, building dependable systems, and creating clarity where others see chaos, we’d love to talk.