Sr. Director eBay Live Design
On-site · San Jose, California, United States
Job Summary
Sr. Director of Design for eBay Live responsible for defining and driving the end-to-end design vision for a real-time, social live-commerce platform. Lead and scale a multidisciplinary team of product designers and researchers, shaping strategy, architecture, and interaction models across buyers and sellers. Partner with executive leaders across Product, Engineering, Business, and Marketing to align vision to action, balance rapid experimentation with long-term coherence, and push for bold ideas while ensuring fast, high-quality execution. Establish design operations, processes, and rituals to support a fast-moving 0→1 environment, drive organizational health and cross-functional alignment, and influence roadmaps and investment decisions. Demonstrate strong leadership in building a world-class team, championing craft excellence, and delivering intuitive, scalable experiences that redefine live commerce and create economic opportunity for users.
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of experience in product design
- leadership at scale
- experience leading 0→1 product initiatives in ambiguous environments
- strong communication with executive stakeholders
- deep expertise in interaction design, systems thinking, and end-to-end experience design
- ability to solve complex problems and guide teams to actionable insights
- experience defining, building, and scaling design systems across complex ecosystems
- active exploration and application of AI in workflows
- passion for creating functional and emotionally engaging user experiences
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