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Sr. Director eBay Live Design

EBay


Job Location:

San Jose, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 19 June 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 16 September 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

At eBay were more than a global ecommerce leader were changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. Were committed to pushing boundaries and leaving our mark as we reinvent the future of ecommerce for enthusiasts.

Our customers are our compass authenticity thrives bold ideas are welcome and everyone can bring their unique selves to work every day. Were in this together sustaining the future of our customers our company and our planet.

Join a team of passionate thinkers innovators and dreamers and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all.

Location: San Jose CA
About the Team and the Role
eBay Live represents a bold step forward in reimagining commerce as a real-time interactive and social experience. It brings together community entertainment and transactionstransforming 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 timebringing 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 eBays most critical 01 betsmoving with speed conviction and a builders mindset to bring a new category of experience to life. This is not about incremental improvement; its 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 actionnavigating 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
Drive End-to-End Experience Strategy
  • Shape product and experience strategy through clear frameworks narratives and prototypes
  • Identify critical customer touchpoints and ensure cohesion across the live ecosystem
  • Guide 01 product development balancing rapid experimentation with long-term coherence
Lead and Build a World-Class Team
  • 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
Influence at the Executive Level
  • 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
Champion Operational Excellence and Scale
  • Establish effective design operations processes and rituals for a fast-moving 01 environment
  • Ensure high-quality execution while enabling speed and iteration
  • Drive organizational health clarity and cross-functional alignment
What you will accomplish:
Success in this role is measured by transformational impact across product organization and business:
  • 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 designs influence in shaping product strategy and company direction
  • Develop a high-performing team that consistently delivers innovative high-quality outcomes
Requirements
  • 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 01 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:

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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.

Remote roles are not eligible for U.S. visa sponsorship.

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