Sr. Staff Product Designer - eBay Live

Lead design strategy and architecture for eBay Live seller experiences, focusing on retention and growth. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize workflows and deliver scalable solutions for sellers and buyers.

Responsibilities

• Lead design strategy, architecture, and vision for eBay Live seller experiences, enabling retention and growth in a competitive live commerce landscape
• Drive end-to-end product design, championing service-design methodologies to define and elevate the Live seller journey (onboarding, pre-stream, in-stream, post-stream, business management)
• Collaborate with senior design, product, engineering, content, and research leadership to align roadmaps, optimize workflows, and deliver scalable solutions that benefit sellers and buyers
• Develop and iterate advanced design prototypes and narratives that bring innovative concepts to life for testing and refinement in partnership with Research and Content teams
• Partner deeply with content and research peers to ensure seller perspectives, data, and storytelling inform UX strategy and execution across live commerce touchpoints
• Drive executive-level presentations, storytelling, and crafting of design narratives that clearly communicate opportunities, solutions, and results to senior leadership and stakeholder audiences
• Advocate for sellers by synthesizing research findings, competitive insights, and internal priorities into actionable UX strategy and design execution
• Facilitate workshops, user testing, and field research to uncover seller needs, validate hypotheses, and inform design directions
• Serve as a primary design lead and mentor for cross-team collaboration, contributing to Figma file development, service-design documentation, and process improvement initiatives

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional product design experience, with deep expertise in live commerce, marketplace, or high-velocity seller experiences
• Advanced mastery of Figma, prototyping tools, and interactive design methods
• Experience delivering compelling executive-level presentations, storytelling, and clear design narratives to influence senior leaders and drive alignment
• Demonstrated ability to architect holistic, scalable design systems and drive cross-domain alignment
• Advanced proficiency in journey mapping, service design documentation, and workshop facilitation
• Proven success influencing product vision, roadmap prioritization, and organizational advocacy for seller needs in a high-growth environment
• Track record of building strong partnerships with content and research peers, and collaborating effectively across cross-functional design, product, engineering, and stakeholder communities
• Experience leading design thinking activities, user-centered research, and qualitative validation within cross-functional squads
• Inclusive, collaborative approach—building trusted relationships and coaching others to foster innovation within and across teams
• Commitment to ongoing learning, mentoring, and advancing design excellence
• Background or deep interest in streaming, live commerce, video-first platforms, or game design

Key Skills

• Figma, prototyping tools, and interactive design methods
• Executive-level presentations, storytelling, and clear design narratives
• Holistic, scalable design systems and cross-domain alignment
• Journey mapping, service design documentation, and workshop facilitation
• Design thinking activities, user-centered research, and qualitative validation

Benefits

• 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)