Sr. Program Manager - Recommendations

Looking for a company that inspires passion, courage and creativity, where you can be on the team shaping the future of global commerce? Want to shape how millions of people buy, sell, connect, and share around the world? If you’re interested in joining a purpose driven community that is dedicated to crafting an ambitious and inclusive work environment, join eBay – a company you can be proud to be with.

The Advertising Team is reinventing advertising at eBay! We’re creating innovative ad-tech solutions to optimize the ad monetization and experience on eBay. Our goal is to create a valuable experience for both buyers and sellers, while also driving performance for advertisers. To that end, we are innovating rapidly in the ad-tech space and there is no shortage of new challenges for motivated individuals.

Read about some of our products and recent work here:

• Https://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/listing-and-marketing/promoted-listings.html
• Http://www.ebayads.com

We are looking for a Sr. Program Manager to join one of the fastest growing teams at eBay. Your focus will be on creating a strategy, leading and managing a complex program within our Advertising organization, ensuring the delivery of ambitious roadmaps from inception to implementation. You’ll get to partner with stakeholders horizontally and vertically within the organization - across product managers, engineers & technical leads, product marketing managers, sales and operations.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, understand, and take next steps based on your program's metrics and competitive landscape. Balance trade-offs between business needs with technical constraints; gaining consensus across partners along the way
• Influence, negotiate, unblock and make key decisions that will lead the teams to hit their targets
• Anticipate, assess, and manage issues and risks independently; perform as needed root cause analysis and recommend mitigation plans
• Communicate and collaborate effectively, at all levels, including executive updates and presentations, and program documentation and tracking
• Lead key operating rhythms within the advertising team and between partner teams; improve processes and help solve partner concerns, even through ambiguity. Lead quarterly and annual planning processes
• Act as a true leader and owner of your program by setting a strategy for the short and long-term success of the organization, ensuring optimal customer satisfaction
• Level up the organization through strong program management standards

Requirements

• Technical background with strong understanding of agile methodologies, scrum formation, and experimentation frameworks. Knowledge of Agile development practices and tools; prior experience with Lean and/or Six Sigma analytical technique. Ideally, possess operational mastery in an innovation / experimental 0-1 product team where speed is of the essence
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent; 10+ years of working experience with partners within Program/Product /Engineering/Sales/Ops organizations; Minimum 5+ years' operating as a project/program manager in a technical environment
• Manage multiple partners at various levels in the organization and working with them all equally, proactively, and transparently. Prioritize competing priorities without loss of efficiency or visibility. Ability to operate independently with very little to no guidance, showing initiative even under unfamiliar or ambiguous circumstances
• Experience leading operations teams in an innovation culture, highly experimental, learns and pivots flexibly
• Solid experience working in an end to end, cross functional environment with engineering, design, product, sales, ops, and project management counterparts to deliver products/services. Ability to work well as a member of a global and highly integrated team composed of both technical and non-technical members
• Strong background in program managing consumer-facing, highly-visible consumer software products at global scale
• Capable of leading through influence, negotiation and information management and remaining execution focused; holding stakeholders accountable to greater goals regardless of level of seniority
• Is comfortable in a culture where teams move with iterative velocity rather than multi-quarters
• Demonstrated track record of leading large-scale projects in a product environment from conception through completion. Willingness to be hands-on and do whatever is vital; while also training others on the team where additive to project success (ownership/apprenticeship mentality)
• Capable of helping solve escalations and problems and making plans in days or weeks, not months / quarters
• Experience with high-stakes product roadmap, able to align decisions and executives at the center of a large tech company
• Experience in Advertising, Merchandising or e-commerce
• Good understanding of applied research and machine learning methodologies
• Being clear and concise in both verbal and written communications including presentations (e.g., functional/technical specifications, status reports, etc.)
• Strong and positive culture, ethics and values, eager to show curiosity and learn from others

Benefits are an essential part of your total compensation for the work you do every day. Whether you’re single, in a growing family, or nearing retirement, eBay offers a variety of comprehensive and competitive benefit programs to meet your needs. Including maternal & paternal leave, paid sabbatical, and plans to help ensure your financial security today and in the years ahead because we know feeling financially secure during your working years and through retirement is important.

Here at eBay, we love creating opportunities for others by connecting people from widely diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and geographies. So, being diverse and inclusive isn’t just something we strive for, it is who we are, and part of what we do each and every single day. We want to ensure that as an employee, you feel eBay is a place where, no matter who you are, you feel safe, included, and that you have the opportunity to bring your unique self to work. To learn about eBay’s Diversity & Inclusion click here: https://www.ebayinc.com/company/diversity-inclusion/

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment in California, Washington, or New York City is expected in the range below.

$126,800 - $187,550

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.

eBay Inc. 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, veteran status, and disability, or other legally protected status. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [email protected]. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible. View our accessibility info to learn more about eBay's commitment to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. For more information see: EEO is the Law Poster and EEO is the Law Poster Supplement.

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