Senior Staff Design Program Manager
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About the team and the role:
As a Senior Staff Design Program Manager (DPM), you’ll play a key role in developing the next generation of eBay Services. You’ll shape strategy and drive alignment across design, product, engineering, and business teams to scale design systems, evolve operating models, and elevate product quality across key areas like global shipping and fulfillment. You’ll work across complex ecosystems, ensuring platform-level systems and global needs are considered from the start.
You'll use modern tools and AI to drive efficiency, velocity, and consistency across the product lifecycle from concept through launch. Our DPMs are embedded throughout the design process: defining outcomes, managing requirements, scoping releases, running the process, enabling iteration, and ensuring seamless cross-functional collaboration to deliver high-quality, customer-centered experiences.
This role is ideal for someone who’s energized by the future of online shopping, fluent in digital culture and social trends, and passionate about shaping the systems that power global commerce. Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills are essential. This is a hybrid role based in Toronto, requiring at least three in-office days per week.
What you will accomplish:
Strategic Leadership & Innovation
Lead the end-to-end design program strategy across a portfolio of eBay Services products, aligning customer experience vision with business priorities and platform capabilities.
Find opportunities to simplify, modernize, and innovate experiences for buyers and sellers across markets.
Translate ambiguous, complex problem spaces into clear program roadmaps, principles, and outcomes.
Influence executive team members through strong narrative, data, and insights dedicated to user experience.
Program Management & Execution
Lead multiple, highly interdependent design initiatives spanning international shipping, logistics, compliance, and localized experiences.
Partner closely with Design, Product Management, Engineering, Operations, Legal, and Global Markets teams to ensure cohesive execution.
Own and drive rituals and rhythms required to complete the design deliverables with high efficiency and quality
Establish and evolve program governance, operating rhythms, and decision frameworks appropriate for global scale.
Proactively manage dependencies, risks, and trade-offs across organizations and time zones.
Design Enablement & Craft
Enable design teams to do their best work by creating clarity, alignment, and momentum across complex work streams.
Ensure high-quality, consistent experiences across touchpoints while allowing for local market nuance.
Champion design excellence, customer empathy, and systems thinking throughout the product development lifecycle.
Organizational Impact
Mentor and influence other program managers, helping set a higher standard for program management at eBay.
Drive process improvements that increase velocity, transparency, and collaboration across the design org.
Serve as a trusted partner to senior design and product leadership on large-scale, cross-company initiatives.
What You Bring:
10+ years of experience in program management, with significant experience partnering with teams on complex products.
Proven track record of leading large-scale, cross-functional programs in global or platform environments.
Deep expertise managing ambiguity, evolving requirements, and highly interdependent workstreams.
Strong critical thinking skills paired with hands-on execution excellence.
Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, including the ability to influence senior executives.
Domain & Leadership Strengths
Experience working on global, international, or logistics-related products is strongly preferred.
Demonstrated ability to operate at senior level, influencing beyond direct authority.
Systems thinker with a customer-first attitude and strong business acumen.
Comfortable balancing innovation with operational rigor in a regulated, high-stakes domain.
Proficient in tools like Airtable, Google Workspace, and Figma, with a demonstrated ability to quickly learn and adapt to new systems to support program execution and team alignment.
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