Director, Design Program Management

Socket.dev; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 225,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

Job summary

eBay seeks a Director, Design Program Management to partner with Design GMs and leadership, translating vision into prioritized programs, investments, and measurable outcomes. You will steer cross-functional priorities across Design, Product, Technology, and business teams, champion AI-driven improvements, and build executive alignment to drive decisive action.

You will lead a small DPM team, evolve program management as a core capability, and shape an operating system that scales across the

Qualifications

• 12+ years experience in Design Program Management or related fields.
• Trusted partner to senior executives translating strategy into priorities and actions.
• Exceptional systems thinking and operational judgment.
• Proven success leading high-impact cross-functional programs in complex environments.
• Strong analytical skills to assess tradeoffs, risk, and decisions.
• Experience building and mentoring program management talent.
• Forward-looking view on AI, automation, and new ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Translate Design vision into clear priorities, plans, investments, and measurable outcomes.
• Lead cross-functional priorities aligning Design, Product, Technology, and business teams.
• Champion AI and transform processes for better planning and decision-making.
• Build executive alignment, drive accountability and action across stakeholders.
• Anticipate risks and opportunities before blockers occur.
• Lead and develop a small DPM team with a high impact mindset.
• Evolve Program Management into a core capability across Build.

Skills

Design PM

Senior executive partner

Systems thinking

Cross-functional leadership

AI & automation mindset

Program leadership

Analytical rigor

Job description

At eBay, we're more than a global ecommerce leader — we’re changing the way the world shops and sells. Our platform empowers millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. We’re committed to pushing boundaries and leaving our mark as we reinvent the future of ecommerce for enthusiasts.

Our customers are our compass, authenticity thrives, bold ideas are welcome, and everyone can bring their unique selves to work — every day. We're in this together, sustaining the future of our customers, our company, and our planet.

Join a team of passionate thinkers, innovators, and dreamers — and help us connect people and build communities to create economic opportunity for all.

About the team and the role:

eBay’s Design organization creates seamless, end-to-end experiences that connect millions of buyers and sellers globally. We work across Product, Engineering, and the business to solve complex problems and deliver important customer and business impact.

As Director, Design Program Management, you will serve as a strategic and operational partner to one of six Design GMs, shaping how the organization sets priorities, makes decisions, and delivers against its most meaningful ambitions.

You will lead a small, high-impact Design Program Management team and orchestrate Design’s most complex, cross-functional initiatives. More broadly, you will shape the operating system for your Design team—connecting strategy to execution, creating clarity across priorities and investments, and transforming how the organization works at scale.

The ideal leader is a systems thinker and change agent who sees around corners, brings clarity to ambiguity, and turns bold ideas into action.

What you will accomplish:

• Partner with the Design GM and leadership team to translate Design’s vision into clear priorities, operating plans, investment choices, and measurable outcomes. Turn complex portfolio information into insights, tradeoffs, and decisions that move the organization forward.

• Lead Design’s most complex, cross-functional priorities, aligning Design, Product, Technology, and business teams around shared outcomes, dependencies, risks, and decisions.

• Champion AI and drive transformation, challenging legacy ways of working and introducing simpler, more effective approaches that fundamentally improve how Design plans, collaborates, makes decisions, and delivers.

• Build alignment at the executive level, navigating competing priorities and perspectives to drive decisions, accountability, and action.

• Anticipate what’s next, identifying emerging risks, opportunities, and organizational needs before they become blockers.

• Lead and develop a small, high-performing DPM team, establishing the benchmark for critical thinking, execution, and organizational impact.

• Evolve Program Management into a core capability, building practices and systems that develop leverage across the broader Build organization.

What you will bring:

• 12+ years experience in Design Program Management, Design Operations, Product Operations, Business Operations or a related subject area within a complex product or technology organization.

• A track record as a trusted partner to senior executives, translating strategy into priorities, decisions, and coordinated action.

• Exceptional systems thinking and operational judgment, with the ability to see across teams and subject areas and solve for the organization, not just the program.

• Demonstrated success leading high-impact, cross-functional programs and transformations in complex, ambiguous environments.

• Strong ability to understand business and apply analytical rigor, with the capacity to assess tradeoffs, manage risk, and help leaders make high-quality decisions.

• Experience building and developing high-performing program management talent while driving impact well beyond the size of your team.

• A forward-looking perspective on how AI, automation, and new ways of working can reshape the effectiveness of creative and product organizations.

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Additional Details

The base pay range for this position is expected in the range below:

$224,800 - $300,100

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). Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, employees will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Remote roles are not eligible for U.S. visa sponsorship.

eBay is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and disability, or other legally protected status.If you have a need that requires accommodation, please contact us at [e-mail]. We will make every effort to respond to your request for accommodation as soon as possible. View our accessibility statement to learn more about eBay's commitment to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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