Business Development Manager, Trading Cards & Collectibles - StockX Live
StockX · Detroit, MI · 3 wk ago
HybridBusiness Development$80k/yrFull-time
About the role
Help empower our global customers to connect to culture through their passions. This is a ground-floor role on a launch-stage product — the kind where your first 90 days of work will be referenced in the playbook for years to come. This is a hunter role centered on prospecting, outreach, presenting solutions, and closing new business across primarily Live and Listings product lines.
Responsibilities
- Supply & Seller Acquisition
- Build and own a robust pipeline of sellers, creators, and shops within StockX focus categories of trading cards
- Drive outbound outreach, qualification, and onboarding enablement for high-potential sellers
- Possess CRM pipeline discipline with rigorous activity tracking, forecasting, and handoff documentation
- Cultivate long-term relationships with strategic sellers and community leaders who anchor category supply
- Liv Commerce Evangelism & Onboarding
- Educate prospective sellers on the StockX Live format, economic opportunity, and what a successful show looks like
- Conduct product demos and first-show walkthroughs with sellers new to live commerce
- Partner with Account Management to ensure clean acquisition-to-activation handoffs and strong early seller performance
- Capture seller feedback and surface product, UX, and tooling gaps to the Live product team
- Culture & Community Presence
- Serve as a credible, authentic representative of StockX within category communities
- Engage deeply with community norms, vernacular, and cultural drivers to inform outreach strategy and seller pitch
- Build and leverage a personal network of category-relevant sellers, graders, breakers, and community influencers
- Represent StockX at events, trade shows, and community activations as needed
- Performance & Iteration
- Track and report on pipeline metrics: outreach volume, conversion rates, time-to-first-show, and category coverage
- Use data to diagnose acquisition bottlenecks, optimize outreach playbooks, and identify the highest-leverage seller segments
- Contribute to a repeatable, category-centric seller acquisition GTM engine that scales into new verticals
- Surface actionable insights to the Head of StockX Live and cross-functional stakeholders
Requirements
- 3-6 years, proven track record in Account management, B2B business development, sales, or a relationship-focused role
- Familiarity with collectibles/TCG culture specifically Sports Cards or Pokemon required
- Familiarity with the Live shopping experience and landscape
- Strong prospecting and outreach skills with the ability to open new conversations
- Confident presenting solutions and negotiating to close
- Disciplined CRM and pipeline management habits
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, especially in handing off to internal teams
Qualifications
- Personal experience selling on a live commerce platform
- Experience at a startup or 0-to-1 product — you know the difference between building a process and following one
- Comfort with CRM tools, sales pipelines, analytics dashboards, and seller performance metrics
- Marketplace experience across both supply and demand sides
Skills
- Exceptional communication and networking skills
- Ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
- Outstanding organizational and project management skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
Benefits
Includes health insurance, dental insurance, paid time off, and equity.
Pay
$80,000 base salary plus commission based on sales and opportunities for benefits.
Schedule
Full-time position.