Vinay Kumar Narasimhan

Group Engineering Manager — Growth | Marktplaats Multi-Team Leadership | Platform & Identity Systems | Engineering Strategy

Engineering leader with over two decades of experience across platform development, identity systems, trust & safety, and growth-focused product domains. Currently leading multiple engineering teams at Marktplaats, supporting revenue growth, customer operations, platform trust, and organic acquisition.

I focus on aligning engineering execution with business priorities, strengthening delivery predictability, and developing engineering managers and senior engineers to operate effectively at scale.

Current Role — Group Engineering Manager, Growth

Marktplaats | 2025 – Present

Lead engineering across multiple product and platform domains tied directly to revenue and growth outcomes.
Mentor engineering managers and senior engineers, fostering ownership, engagement, and retention across teams.
Align engineering roadmaps with business priorities; manage cross-team dependencies and delivery efficiency.
Partner with senior stakeholders across Product, Data, Marketing, Analytics, and Operations.
Provide architectural oversight to ensure reliability, scalability, and long-term technical health.
Support budget planning, vendor management, and staffing across full-time and external partners.

Platform & Identity Leadership

Previously Senior Engineering Manager at Marktplaats / Adevinta, leading identity and shared platform capabilities across multiple marketplaces and regions.

Led localisation of a shared identity platform across multiple marketplaces while maintaining consistency, security, and reliability.
Defined transition strategies with technical and business stakeholders; facilitated scope and responsibility alignment workshops.
Provided programme governance through steering updates with clear risk and dependency visibility.
Guided engineers through organisational transitions and supported onboarding into newly formed teams.
Contributed to scaling high-traffic identity systems with improved operational stability.

Leadership Focus

Multi-Team Leadership: Developing engineering managers and building leadership depth.
Execution at Scale: Improving predictability, governance, and cross-team alignment.
Platform & Trust Systems: Identity, reliability, and shared capability scaling.
Business Alignment: Connecting engineering delivery directly to revenue and operational outcomes.
Organisational Change: Supporting transitions, onboarding, and sustainable ways of working.

Earlier Experience

Technical leadership roles at eBay (Identity), SDL Tridion, Oracle, Alterian, and Cognizant — progressing from senior engineer to architecture and distributed team leadership across global systems.

Contact

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Email: vinayknl.61@gmail.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/vinay2022