Sr. Technical Program Manager, Ads

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The Advertising team builds products that help sellers grow their businesses while creating more relevant useful experiences for buyers. Our work sits at the intersection of commerce data and performance marketingturning high-intent marketplace moments into advertising opportunities that perform for advertisers and feel native to the eBay experience.

As a Senior Technical Program Manager in Ads you will lead complex high-impact programs end to end across this space. Youll work across both advertiser and buyer experiences and full-stack systemsfront end services data and platform capabilitiesand have a significant impact on driving Ads revenue and business outcomes. Youll partner closely with Product Engineering Data Science Design Product Marketing and Sales to ensure advertiser needs are reflected in both the experience and the systems behind it. Youll bring structure visibility and momentum to execution and serve as a trusted point of coordination across teams.

This role requires strong program leadership product intuition and comfort working across full-stack engineering and data systems. You dont need to write code but you should be fluent in the technical landscape and able to connect advertiser needs user experience delivery plans and Ads business metrics into cohesive programs.

• Own large Ads programs and lines of business from concept through launch with accountability for overall success execution delivery and business outcomes.

• Partner closely with Product to shape and refine roadmaps based on business priorities customer needs and platform opportunities.

• Work fluidly across Engineering UX and Product Marketing helping teams align around strategy tradeoffs timing and go-to-market readiness.

• Partner with engineering teams not only to deliver but also to assess dependencies oversee testing and improve scalability reliability and operational readiness.

• Help shape the experiences for both advertisers and buyers so Ads drive performance while feeling relevant and native within the eBay journey.

• Translate user problems into features and platform functions built to scale across products experiences and use cases.

• Serve as the connective tissue across teams by driving clear plans managing risks and dependencies and keeping execution moving with visibility and accountability.

• 810 years in technical program management leading complex cross-functional initiatives including at least 35 years in ads or ad tech.

• Formal program management background with a strong track record of shipping end user-facing products and platform capabilities that drive measurable impact for both users and the business.

• The ability to move comfortably between technical conversations with engineers and strategic discussions with UX Product Marketing leadership and other cross-functional partners.

• Strong user technical and business intuition with the ability to understand challenges identify the right opportunities and translate them into well-scoped scalable solutions.

• Excellent program management skills including planning scoping dependency management risk management structured execution and process optimization.

• Strong communication and influence skills with the judgment to drive alignment surface tradeoffs clearly and keep senior stakeholders informed without creating noise.

• A calm steady presence in ambiguous or fast paced situations with the ability to bring order to complexity and keep teams focused.

• An owner mentality systems-thinking approach and a collaborative styleplus a sense of humor and the resilience to see uncertainty as a challenge worth solving.

• Background in ecommerce is strongly valued especially where it helps connect marketplace dynamics customer needs and advertising opportunities.

• Familiarity with tools such as Airtable and Claude Code to improve efficiency increase visibility and reduce operational overhead.

Additional Details

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

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 RRSP eligibility 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.

This job posting relates to an existing vacancy within eBay.

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