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Location: San Jose, CAAbout the Team and the RoleeBay Live represents a bold step forward in reimagining commerce as a real-time, interactive, and social experience. It brings together community, entertainment, and transactions—transforming how people discover, engage with, and purchase products. This role is a rare opportunity to define an entirely new paradigm for commerce at global scale. You will shape how millions of people connect, engage, and transact in real time—bringing together community, creativity, and commerce in ways that redefine the eBay experience.As Sr. Director of Design for eBay Live, you will define and drive the end-to-end design vision for one of eBay’s most critical 0→1 bets—moving with speed, conviction, and a builder’s mindset to bring a new category of experience to life. This is not about incremental improvement; it’s about inventing the future of live commerce and shaping entirely new behaviors for buyers and sellers.You will lead and rapidly scale a high-performing team of designers and researchers, creating a culture of experimentation, accountability, and relentless focus on impact. You will operate as a hands-on leader, pushing for bold ideas while ensuring fast, high-quality execution.Working in close partnership with executive leadership across Product, Engineering, Business, and Marketing, you will align vision to action—navigating ambiguity, making decisive trade-offs, and accelerating from concept to reality.Responsibilities:Set Vision for the Future of Live Commerce- Define and articulate a clear, ambitious design vision for eBay Live across buyer and seller experiences
- Establish foundational interaction models, experience principles, and systems for real-time commerce
- Translate emerging behaviors in social, video, and creator ecosystems into product direction
- Shape product and experience strategy through clear frameworks, narratives, and prototypes
- Identify critical customer touchpoints and ensure cohesion across the live ecosystem
- Guide 0→1 product development, balancing rapid experimentation with long-term coherence
- Build, lead, and coach a multidisciplinary team of product designers and researchers
- Develop senior talent and establish a strong design leadership bench
- Support a culture of craft excellence, innovation, and accountability
- Partner with senior leaders across Product, Engineering, and Business to align priorities and drive outcomes
- Bring clarity to complex, ambiguous problem spaces through design-led thinking
- Influence roadmaps and investment decisions through compelling vision and insight
- Establish effective design operations, processes, and rituals for a fast-moving, 0→1 environment
- Ensure high-quality execution while enabling speed and iteration
- Drive organizational health, clarity, and cross-functional alignment
- Establish eBay Live as a category-defining, industry-leading live commerce platform
- Create intuitive, engaging experiences that drive buyer participation and seller success
- Build a cohesive, scalable design foundation for real-time commerce at eBay
- Elevate design’s influence in shaping product strategy and company direction
- Develop a high-performing team that consistently delivers innovative, high-quality outcomes
- Proven people leader with experience building, managing, and scaling high-performing, cross-functional teams
- 15+ years of experience in product design, including leadership at scale
- Demonstrated success leading 0→1 product initiatives in ambiguous environments
- Ability to solve complex problems and guide teams to deliver actionable insights
- Exceptional communication skills with a track record of influencing senior and executive stakeholders
- Deep expertise in interaction design, systems thinking, and end-to-end experience design
- Strong product judgment balancing user needs with business impact
- Experience defining, building, and scaling design systems across complex ecosystems
- Active exploration and application of AI in workflows
- Strong perspective on the future of social, live, and interactive experiences
- Passion for creating functional and emotionally engaging user experiences
Additional Details
The base pay range for this position is expected in the range below:
-Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a target bonus and restricted stock units (as applicable) in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as PTO and parental leave). Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
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Skills Required
- Proven people leader with experience building, managing, and scaling high-performing, cross-functional teams
- 15+ years of experience in product design, including leadership at scale
- Demonstrated success leading 0->1 product initiatives in ambiguous environments
- Ability to solve complex problems and guide teams to deliver actionable insights
- Exceptional communication skills with a track record of influencing senior and executive stakeholders
- Deep expertise in interaction design, systems thinking, and end-to-end experience design
- Strong product judgment balancing user needs with business impact
- Experience defining, building, and scaling design systems across complex ecosystems
- Active exploration and application of AI in workflows
- Strong perspective on the future of social, live, and interactive experiences
- Passion for creating functional and emotionally engaging user experiences
eBay Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about eBay and has not been reviewed or approved by eBay.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage begin on the date of hire, complemented by mental health resources, an EAP, disability coverage, FSAs, and wellness initiatives.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — A robust mix of PTO, paid holidays, flexible work styles, parental leave, and a four‑week paid sabbatical after five years supports work‑life balance.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Total compensation commonly includes stock components, with access to an employee stock purchase plan at a discount and stock awards enhancing overall packages.
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eBay Inc. is a global commerce leader that connects millions of buyers and sellers around the world. We exist to enable economic opportunity for individuals, entrepreneurs, businesses and organizations of all sizes. Our portfolio of brands includes eBay Marketplace and eBay Classifieds Group, operating in 190 markets around the world. We offer sellers the ability to grow a business with little barrier to entry regardless of size, background or geographic location. We never compete with our sellers. We win when our sellers succeed. Buyers who shop on our Marketplace and Classifieds platforms enjoy a highly personalized experience with an unparalleled selection at great value.
