UK Ads – Growth Solutions Manager

eBay

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eBay Inc. is a global commerce company. Collectively, we connect millions of buyers and sellers around the world, empowering people and creating opportunity. Founded in 1995 in San Jose, Calif., eBay is one of the world’s largest and most vibrant marketplaces for discovering great value and unique selection.

The Advertising Team is reinventing advertising at eBay! We’re crafting innovative ad-tech solutions to optimise the ad monetization and experience on eBay. Our goal is to build a valuable experience for both buyers and sellers, while also driving performance for advertisers. To that end, we are innovating rapidly in the ad-tech space and there is no shortage of new challenges for motivated individuals.

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We are looking for an experienced business development professional to join one of the fastest growing teams at eBay to be based in London. We are seeking a target driven experienced strategy and execution driver with demonstrated capability to grow business in agile environment. This role would be responsible for building strategy and operationalizing forward looking opportunities in UK Ads business such as new products and untapped seller segments.

Ideally from an advertising or ecommerce background.

Responsibilities

• Own strategy and drive execution for delivering on Ads revenue growth targets for named UK seller segments
• Own driving growth of new Ads Solutions – Formulate strategy and vision and deliver on plan
• Own and build relationships with UK segment business leaders and teams to identify and deliver on opportunities for Ad business growth
• Bring thought leadership on pitching ebay ad products to sellers/customers in different verticals and segments.
• Partner with In-market Sales Leads, Partnerships Lead, Marketing, other GTM and Ads Product teams to find opportunities and execute plan in a matrixed set up for growing segment Ads revenue in UK

Requirements:

The ideal candidate will have:

• Extensive knowledge of digital media and retail media, including a minimum of 5+ years of some combination of Sales / Service/ business development leadership experience.
• Strategic business growth planning: Develops multi-quarter and year plans that reflect an understanding of emerging opportunities, segments, and the competition.
• Strong execution skills: A doer who can roll up the sleeves and jump into action for delivering on customer centric plans in a matrixed set up with dependencies and need to negotiate, influence and partner with stakeholders engaging with audience with different goals.
• Team leadership: Experience leading, coaching and growing high performing teams
• Strong Project Management Skills: A very matrixed organisational set-up with high dependency on stakeholders. This role needs someone with strong project management skills to ensure accountability and timely delivery of project plans.
• Target Driven: Proven track record of exceptional performance, high productivity and meeting deadlines in a sales leadership role
• Strong strategic thinker: Prior experience in developing and operationalizing joint business plans with customers. Demonstrates a deep understanding of the customer business and organisation, and works collaboratively to achieve solutions. Displays creative and reflective thinking and insight.
• Communication: Demonstrates skills to engage audiences of all kinds. A genuine passion to inspire and connect, in a manner that is easy to understand about a wide set of opportunities.
• Collaboration: Drives alignment across stakeholders via effective communication, measurement, organisation, and leadership.
• Ability to effectively navigate through ambiguity, of agile environment and complexities of a growing business
• Ability to travel up to 10%

Benefits are an essential part of your total compensation for the work you do every day. Whether you’re single, in a growing family, or nearing retirement, eBay offers a variety of comprehensive and competitive benefit programs to meet your needs. Including maternal & paternal leave, paid sabbatical, and plans to help ensure your financial security today and in the years ahead because we know feeling financially secure during your working years and through retirement is important.

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