Director of Product, Ad Marketplace

About the role

At eBay, we're looking for a visionary leader to join our Ad Marketplace team. The Director of Product, Ad Marketplace will own the development of key systems including ad serving, bidding, targeting, and auction dynamics. This role involves guiding the approach for the core ad stack, championing innovation in AI, and driving impactful changes in advertiser budgets and ROAS.

Responsibilities

• Drive product and business strategy
• Lead the end-to-end product vision, strategy, and roadmap for full ad serving capabilities, auction mechanics, and core marketplace infrastructure
• Guide the approach for the core ad stack, encompassing bidding algorithms, budget management, targeting, and goal-based optimization tools such as Target ROAS
• Promote innovation in AI, generative models, automation, and intelligent defaults to transform the advertiser journey
• Partner closely with commercial and finance teams to align technical roadmaps with overarching business strategy
• Deliver AI-aided impact
• Leverage AI/ML to optimize core ad serving, improving incremental sales velocity, advertiser ROAS, and budget utilization
• Push product and engineering teams to pioneer breakthroughs and lead innovations within the broader ad tech community
• Cultivate a culture of progress driven by applying rigorous experimentation, A/B testing, and deep data analysis
• Lead a High-Performing Team
• Hire, mentor, and scale a team of world-class product managers
• Foster a product culture grounded in rapid experimentation, deep seller empathy, and a hunger for growth
• Advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the team and the wider organization
• Operate as a Strategic, Cross-Functional Leader
• Align closely with executive leaders across Product, Engineering, Commercial, Finance, and Legal
• Represent your product area in executive forums, seamlessly translating complex technical strategies into clear business impacts
• Collaborate with program and operations teams to guarantee detailed roadmap execution and timely delivery

Qualifications

• 10-15 years of experience in technology product management, with 8-10 years of dedicated experience in digital advertising
• Strong proficiency in core ad tech, focusing on ad serving systems, auction mechanics, and essential ad stack frameworks within marketplaces, e-commerce, or high-traffic consumer platforms
• Deep technical proficiency with a validated ability to understand how innovative backend systems drive product metrics
• Outstanding analytical capability with a data-first approach and outstanding experimentation skills
• Hands-on experience developing products powered by artificial intelligence, including direct exposure to generative AI technology and deep learning models
• Over 5 years of experience in leading people, demonstrating a history of guiding and growing high-achieving teams
• Excellent storytelling and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence executive collaborators and cross-functional partners