--- title: Structure description: Eldorado’s organizational operating model, departments, teams and responsibilities. --- import ArchifyDiagram from '@site/src/components/ArchifyDiagram'; This operating model organizes Eldorado around six departments: **Product, Technology, Operations, Marketing, Finance & Accounting, and HR & Administration**. Leadership aligns their priorities around marketplace growth, customer trust and efficient delivery. ## Leadership | Role | Leadership | Responsibility | | --- | --- | --- | | Chief Executive Officer | Vladas Jurkevičius | Company direction, business performance, strategic priorities and executive alignment. | | Chief Operating Officer | Lukas Deksnys | Marketplace operations, customer service, resolution quality and operational performance. | Functional leaders translate company priorities into departmental plans. Team leads own execution, people development and service quality within their teams. ## Organization overview **Management coordinates the six departments.** Each department has a clear business responsibility and a set of teams that deliver it. ## Departments and teams ### Product **Purpose:** improve the buyer and seller experience and turn marketplace opportunities into valuable product capabilities. | Team | Responsibilities | | --- | --- | | Orders | Purchase and post-purchase journeys, order status, delivery experience, dispute flows, feedback and loyalty. | | Categories | Category experiences, including Boosting and Currency, discovery, conversion and category-specific user journeys. | | Sellers & Operations | Seller Portal, seller integrations, onboarding and verification, balances and withdrawals, invoicing and operational tooling. | | Data & Intelligence | Product analytics, experimentation, offer ranking, recommendations and decision support. | | Product Design | User research, interaction design, design consistency and accessible buyer and seller experiences across product teams. | Product Owners, Designers and Tech Leads work together on each product area. Product owns priorities and outcomes; Technology owns engineering execution and technical quality. ### Technology **Purpose:** build and operate a secure, reliable marketplace and improve the effectiveness of engineering. | Team / function | Responsibilities | | --- | --- | | Product Engineering | Develop and maintain marketplace capabilities in cross-functional product teams. | | Platform & Reliability | Shared platform services, delivery infrastructure, observability, availability and performance. | | Architecture & Security | Technical standards, system design, infrastructure security and secure engineering practices. | | Quality Engineering | Test strategy, automation, release quality and defect prevention. | | AI Enablement | AI-assisted engineering workflows, developer tools, adoption, standards and safe use of AI. | | Internal IT | Identity and access, employee devices, internal systems, software administration and joiner–mover–leaver processes. | The CTO owns technology direction. The Head of Engineering leads engineering delivery through Group Engineering Managers and Engineering Managers. The AI Architect coordinates AI enablement across engineering, working with Architecture & Security and team leaders. ### Operations **Purpose:** keep marketplace trading dependable and resolve customer issues fairly and efficiently. | Team | Responsibilities | | --- | --- | | Customer Support | Buyer and seller assistance, knowledge management, self-service and support workflow automation. | | Trust & Resolution | Disputes, appeals, refunds, warranties, chargebacks and complex customer cases. | | Risk & Fraud | Transaction and account risk, fraud prevention, investigations and operational controls. | | Operational Quality | Independent case reviews, quality standards, calibration, service accuracy and improvement tracking across operational teams. | The COO coordinates Operations. Team leads manage specialists and daily service delivery. Operational Quality reports directly to the COO and reviews quality across teams. ### Marketing **Purpose:** attract and retain customers, build the Eldorado brand and grow marketplace demand. | Team / workstream | Responsibilities | | --- | --- | | Brand & Community | Brand positioning, campaigns, organic social, community and brand partnerships. | | Creative | Campaign concepts, visual assets and performance creative. | | SEO | Organic discovery, search visibility and content performance. | | PPC & Affiliate | Paid acquisition, affiliate channels and return on marketing investment. | | Influencer | Creator relationships, influencer programs and campaign delivery. | | CRM | Customer lifecycle communication, retention, reactivation and campaign personalization. | The CMO coordinates Marketing. The Brand Team Lead owns Brand & Community, with shared support from Creative and the other marketing workstreams. ### Finance & Accounting **Purpose:** maintain financial control, support business decisions and keep marketplace money flows dependable. | Team / function | Responsibilities | | --- | --- | | Financial Planning & Analysis | Budgets, forecasts, profitability, management reporting and investment analysis. | | Accounting, Tax & Controls | Accounting, financial reporting, tax, audit coordination and internal controls. | | Treasury & Payment Operations | Cash management, reconciliation, payout oversight, payment-provider coordination and financial risk. | The CFO coordinates Finance & Accounting and works with executive leadership on business performance. Finance, Operations and Product share responsibility for effective payment and withdrawal processes, each within its own area of expertise. ### HR & Administration **Purpose:** help teams attract, develop and retain people and provide an effective working environment. | Team | Responsibilities | | --- | --- | | Talent Acquisition | Recruitment, candidate experience, hiring coordination and workforce demand support. | | People Operations | Employee onboarding, development, performance processes, policies and employee experience. | | Office & Administration | Workplace services, office operations and administrative coordination. | HR partners with department leaders on team capacity and development. People Operations works with Internal IT on employee onboarding, role changes and offboarding. ## Leadership and delivery structure The diagram shows management responsibility from leader to role or team: - **CTO → Head of Engineering → Group Engineering Managers → Engineering Managers → Product Engineering teams.** - **CTO → AI Architect**, coordinating engineering AI enablement. - **COO → Operational Quality**, providing independent quality oversight. - **CMO → Brand Team Lead**, leading Brand & Community. Product teams combine product ownership, design, engineering, quality and data expertise. Functional management develops people and professional standards; cross-functional teams deliver business outcomes. ## How the departments work together | Business outcome | Collaboration | | --- | --- | | Better buyer experience | Product defines improvements; Technology delivers them; Operations brings customer feedback; Data measures the result. | | Stronger seller experience | Product and Technology develop seller tools; Operations supports sellers; Finance manages financial processes. | | Safe and trustworthy trading | Risk & Fraud, Trust & Resolution, Architecture & Security, and Finance coordinate controls and incident responses. | | Sustainable growth | Marketing develops demand; Product improves conversion and retention; Finance measures profitability. | | AI-powered execution | AI Enablement supports engineering; Data & Intelligence develops marketplace intelligence; Operations improves service and quality workflows. | Department leaders remain accountable for outcomes, controls and service quality as AI becomes part of everyday work.