GM, UK Collectibles - Mat Cover

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About the Role and team:

eBay are recruiting a GM for the UK Collectibles team. The UK Collectibles team is a specialised group dedicated to enhancing eBays presence in the collectibles market. The team play a crucial role in supporting eBays historic strengths in areas such as Trading Cards Toys Stamps Coins and Bullion while also focusing on building traction in the Arts and Antiques sectors. They work on expanding eBays footprint in the UK collectibles market and collaborates closely with their European and global colleagues to align strategies and efforts effectively. Their efforts aim to leverage the existing market reach and tap into new opportunities within this vibrant sector. Please note that this is a hybrid fixedterm maternity cover role until 31st May 2026.

What you will accomplish:

• Lead train and recruit for Collectables and UK Live teams to set them up for success

• Line manage category managers and Live Ops team providing ongoing feedback support and mentorship; conduct midyear and annual reviews in line with company expectations

• Bring category and market expertise to develop the strategy and vision for the Collectables Vertical

• Responsible for meeting UK targets & achievements

• Contributing to global reporting cadences across WBRs MBRs UK Customer Board Sessions and ad hoc review sessions with leadership

• Steer Trading approach for team leaning into horizontal initiatives/moments & pushing higher return on investment activities

• Responsible for inputting to UK Collectables annual planning contributions and collaborating with global colleagues on priorities

• Handle BU expense budget and provide commentary for forecasting with Finance

• Partner with crossfunctional teams e.g. Product Marketing C2C Finance to advocate for resource and launch improvements and features to support the category strategy & the Collectables customer

• In collaboration with the team deliver an assortment plan meeting our strategic priorities partnering with Business Development on execution

• Develop event/community strategy with category managers aligned with strategic priorities making sure inperson events are appropriately resourced and within budget

• Partner closely with the marketing site merchandising PR and social teams to craft impactful marketing campaigns both onsite and offsite that drive consideration traffic and conversion for the category while building brand

• Represent vertical at UK eBay events e.g. eBay Open

Live specific:

• Partner closely with UK Live GM to scale at pace eBay Live in the UK across Collectables

• Influence Live programming for Collectables to align with Collectables strategy

• Work closely with the UK Live GM on resourcing requirements & operational improvements

• Provide Senior Leadership with updates on progress in various forums e.g. MBR ad hoc senior collaborator meetings

• Drive casebreaks strategy for UK

What you will bring:

• A strategic problemsolver with a strong background of driving commercial results

• Ability to analyse data and build actionable insights from this data

• Strong communicator both verbally and in the building of presentations

• Partner management

• Project management

• Operating with agility and easily adapting to change

• Experience in the Collectibles and/or Toys market & Live commerce desirable

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