Supply Expansion Lead

Supply Expansion Lead WE POWER PEOPLE’S PROGRESS. At Preply, we’re all about creating life-changing learning experiences. We help people discover the magic of the perfect tutor, craft a personalised learning journey, and stay motivated to keep growing. Our approach is human-led, tech-enabled - and it’s creating real impact. We’ve just reached unicorn status with a $150M Series D, accelerating our vision to transform education through human-led, AI-enhanced learning. Today, 100,000+ tutors teach 90+ languages to learners in 180 countries - and we’re only getting started. As a category-defining company, we’re shaping what the future of learning looks like at global scale. Every Preply lesson sparks change, fuels ambition, and drives progress that matters. Joining Preply means helping define the future of education at global scale, and building something that truly matters for millions of people, every day. MEET THE TEAM! Preply has one of the largest and most diverse tutor communities in online learning. As we expand into new markets, new subjects, and new learner segments, we’re focused on building the Supply foundations that make expansion work in practice - so tutors can be discovered, matched, and succeed through a clear lifecycle and high-quality experience. As an Expansion Lead within Supply Operations, you’ll own the Supply side of Expansion end-to-end, working in close partnership with the Expansion squad and representing Supply in cross-functional planning and decisions. You’ll collaborate with Product, Data, Growth, and other Supply teams to build the foundations that make expansion work in practice - liquidity, categorisation and matching, quality definitions, and tutor lifecycle improvements for new verticals like non-language subjects and segments like kids. WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING: - Own the Supply side of Preply’s expansion agenda end-to-end across new markets, verticals, and segments, with a focus on liquidity, tutor quality, and lifecycle readiness - Represent Supply in the Expansion squad and cross-functional planning, ensuring Supply implications shape priorities, sequencing, and launch requirements - Structure ambiguous expansion problems into clear plans, workstreams, and decisions, coordinating Supply teams and key partners - Lead cross-functional delivery with Product, Data, Growth, and Supply Ops to make expansion launches supply-ready for students and workable for tutors - Identify the biggest supply gaps and opportunities for each expansion bet, and drive the right solutions - Improve foundations for new verticals (e.g., categorization, discoverability, matching) to improve learner and tutor experience - Evolve tutor quality standards for new verticals and segments, including requirements, criteria, and checks where needed - Review the end-to-end tutor lifecycle for new verticals and work with teams to strengthen it over time - Set clear success metrics and build dashboards for expansion supply health (e.g., liquidity/coverage, quality signals, funnel health) - Propose new expansion opportunities by challenging assumptions, testing new approaches, and bringing ideas that unlock growth and improve tutor experience WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED: - 6–8+ years of experience in strategy & operations, consulting, marketplaces, or high-growth tech roles - Proven track record leading cross-functional initiatives end-to-end, with clear examples of shipping outcomes - Strong problem structuring skills: can break down ambiguous topics into a clear goals, options, and roadmaps - Excellent program/project management: structured planning, dependency management, risk mitigation and follow-through across multiple workstreams - Strong stakeholder management and influence: able to align senior partners, drive decisions, and handle trade-offs - Data-driven and analytical: can size opportunities, define KPIs, interpret results, and turn insights into actions (Excel/Sheets required; SQL is a plus) - Hands- ... (truncated, view full listing at source)