Director & Chief of Staff-Design

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About the role

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. As Chief of Staff and Head of Business Operations, you will serve as a strategic partner to the VP, Head of Design and as a key operational leader for the broader Design organization. You will oversee and run the organization’s staff, business, and strategy operations—creating the clarity, systems, and operating rhythms that enable Design to focus on its highest-impact work. As a member of the Design Leadership Team, you will help shape how the organization operates at scale, anticipate emerging needs and risks, and turn strategy into coordinated action. The ideal leader is a trusted advisor and systems thinker who brings exceptional judgment, integrity, and organization to complex and ambiguous environments. You are equally comfortable operating at the strategic level and getting into the details required to make things happen. You will lead a small, high-impact Operations team and design and operate simple, lightweight processes and programs across budgeting, staffing, planning, execution, strategy, and employee engagement. You will also serve as a critical connector across Design and partners in Finance, People, Recruiting, Communications, Product, Engineering, and the broader business, helping drive alignment, synchronization, and sound decision-making across the organization. What you will accomplish : • Partner with the VP, Head of Design and Design Leadership Team to translate strategy into execution, establishing clear priorities, operating rhythms, plans, and decision-making mechanisms that keep the organization focused on its most important ambitions. • Lead Design’s business operations and investment strategy, including headcount and capacity planning, staffing forecasts, budget allocation, procurement, and resource prioritization in partnership with Finance, Recruiting, and central planning teams. • Serve as a primary operational partner across the company, connecting Design with Finance, People, Recruiting, Communications, Product, Engineering, and other critical functions to drive alignment and coordinated action. • Orchestrate complex, cross-functional priorities and initiatives, bringing leaders together around shared outcomes, dependencies, risks, tradeoffs, and decisions. Shape communications that clearly articulate Design’s vision, strategy, impact, and progress to executive, internal, and external audiences. • Run and continuously improve Design’s operating cadence and organizational programming, including leadership meetings and offsites, all-hands, communications, enablement, recognition, and other forums that strengthen alignment and engagement. • Anticipate organizational needs and champion new ways of working, using AI, automation, data, and employee insights to simplify operations, increase leverage, and help the organization navigate change. • Lead and develop a high-performing Operations team, setting a high bar for strategic thinking, operational excellence, judgment, and organizational impact. What you will bring: • 12+ years of experience in Design Operations, Design Program Management, Product Opera

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