EMEA - Mitch Park, Director of Product: People of Pattern

With more than 1,200 employees across 10 global locations, Pattern’s team is made up of some of the world’s brightest, most data-driven, and partner-obsessed minds. Our #PeopleofPattern series shines a light on our people – their responsibilities, achievements, and why they choose to work at Pattern. This week we spoke with Mitch Park, Director of Product in Pattern’s HQ in Lehi, Utah.

Could you tell me a bit about your role and experience working at Pattern?

I work on the Product team. We essentially try to make sure that we understand who our customers are and what they need, we build technology to fulfill those customer needs. I get to work with customers every day to understand how our technology can help them accelerate their global ecommerce. I also get to work with our amazing technical teams to build those things and bring them to real life.

I joined Pattern 18 months ago, in September 2020. Moving to and working at Pattern has been a great experience. Since I have joined, our team has grown quite a bit. Now we have a much larger team and are able to solve more problems. We have also expanded our development team, with heavy emphasis in hiring in our India office. Today we have around 89 people in our office in Pune, and they have just been wonderful. Having that team has been very helpful. We’ve been able to ramp up the velocity of technology that we’re able to deliver. Having that additional bandwidth has been game-changing to our approach to building things out.

I know you were recently in Pattern’s India office, how was your trip?

We’ve been working with the team in India for just over a year now. We had been working with this great team and growing this team in the last year, but I hadn’t met any of them in person. So, a handful of us from the US office went to visit the office there and it was wonderful. The people are amazing and do great work there, they’ve really bought into the vision that we’re trying to build here at Pattern. They are very crucial to our success. Going to India was a really great experience of getting to know our people, sharing a bit more about that vision, and finding ways to work more closely together.

That’s great to hear. Why do you choose to work at Pattern?

I had some experience in the ecommerce world before joining Pattern. I worked as a seller on Amazon for a few years and I also spent a short stint at Amazon while I was in graduate school. This meant I had some experience in the ecommerce world and was excited to get back into it.

What I was really looking for was a company that was growing quickly, so that I could experience that rapid growth stage. And that’s exactly what I’ve gotten here at Pattern. Our revenues have grown substantially since I’ve been here, as has our team, and so are the problems that we’re solving for our brands. Just being in an environment where you get to work with great people, I’d say the top 10% of employees and thinkers, is exciting. Getting to work with great people, solving important, big challenges, and ultimately driving results that matter to our brand partners is why I choose to work at Pattern.

What has been the most rewarding part of working at Pattern for you?

The most impactful, rewarding thing is being able to take an idea and see it benefit our partners. An example is how we handle our Amazon bids on the advertising side. When we can make a small change to those bids and see that change cascade across hundreds of millions of dollars for our partners, that’s extremely rewarding. We’re really living up to the vision of driving ecommerce for partners.

Last question, why would you recommend working at Pattern?

Pattern is great for people who are looking for an exciting, dynamic environment. Pattern is great because I get to work cross-functionally, with different teams, and I also get to work globally. This is new for me and something that I really wanted. Pattern is a great fit if you are driven, partner obsessed and looking to make a big difference. Pattern has limitless opportunities for game-changing types of people.

Pattern has been a fantastic experience for me. I chose Pattern because I wanted an experience with a true growth-stage company. I wanted challenges of rapid growth, and I feel that my experience has more than lived up to my expectations. What I love about Pattern is that the leadership gives people the opportunity to make a difference, innovation can come from all levels of the company. That part of the experience has been really rewarding as well.

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