About the Role
eBay Live is a high-priority global live commerce platform aiming to redefine how buyers discover and connect with sellers. This role is pivotal in defining the strategic direction, decision-making principles, success metrics, and market intelligence for eBay Live, shaping it into a generational commerce platform.
Responsibilities
- Define eBay Live’s long-term global vision and articulate the business direction and rationale.
- Develop operating frameworks and trade-off logic for global decision-making.
- Design how eBay Live measures success, translating priorities into business outcomes and OKRs.
- Own the understanding of global buyers and sellers, synthesizing research and data into strategic implications.
- Track market dynamics, competitor moves, and live commerce trends to inform strategy.
- Identify consequential global opportunities and risks, structuring ambiguous problems into clear strategic choices.
- Develop well-reasoned recommendations to shape eBay Live's strategic bets and align executive leadership.
Requirements
- 8+ years in strategy roles with a track record of building strategy, not just executing it.
- Experience at a top-tier management consulting firm or investment bank is strongly preferred.
- Proven ability to build strategic frameworks from scratch.
- 8+ years of defining and conducting deep quantitative and qualitative research.
- Experience owning competitive landscapes, tracking market dynamics, and monitoring competitor moves.
- 5+ years operating within consumer retail, marketplace, or live commerce environments.
- Proven ability to align senior leaders behind a strategic direction without a reporting line.
- Mastery of influencing others through clear and compelling written and verbal communication.
- Operates with urgency, intrinsic focus on making impact, and a sense of extreme ownership, especially in ambiguous situations.
Skills
- Strategy
- Framework Development
- Consumer & Market Research
- Competitive Intelligence
- Marketplace or Consumer Technology Fluency
- Stakeholder Influence
- Communication
- Driven
Location
- San Jose, CA
Work Type
- On-site preferred
Experience Level
- 8+ years
About the Company
- eBay is a global ecommerce leader changing the way the world shops and sells.
- The platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in over 190 markets.
- eBay is committed to pushing boundaries and reinventing the future of ecommerce.
- The company values customer focus, authenticity, bold ideas, and inclusivity.
- eBay is dedicated to sustaining the future of customers, the company, and the planet.
- Join a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers to connect people and build communities for economic opportunity.
Equal Opportunity
- eBay is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability, or other legally protected status.
- If you have a need that requires accommodation, please contact us at talent@ebay.com. We will make every effort to respond to your request for accommodation as soon as possible.
- View our accessibility statement to learn more about eBay's commitment to ensuring digital accessibility.
