Head of Community Growth

San Jose, CA (Hybrid)

$166K/yr – $222K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 20 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and drive eBay's social, influencer, and community strategy, building a scalable creator ecosystem and high-impact programs that turn enthusiasts into advocates and buyers.

  • Lead cross-functional collaboration with Live, Category, Product, Brand, and Growth Marketing.
  • Develop measurement frameworks to prove impact across engagement, retention, and revenue.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define and lead eBay's social, influencer, and community strategy across key initiatives, partnering with EU team to build out global framework.
  • Build and scale a creator and influencer ecosystem that drives awareness, engagement, and participation across eBay and eBay Live.
  • Develop community-led growth loops that convert enthusiasts into advocates, creators, sellers, and repeat buyers.
  • Create and implement programs that deepen engagement with collectors, hobbyists, and enthusiast communities both on and off platform.
  • Partner closely with eBay Live, Category, Product, Brand, and Growth Marketing teams to drive audience acquisition and demand generation.
  • Establish scalable frameworks for creator recruitment, onboarding, activation, retention, and performance management.
  • Lead the development of social-first content strategies that authentically connect with enthusiast audiences across key platforms.
  • Develop measurement frameworks and critical metrics across community growth, engagement, creator performance, audience development, and business outcomes.
  • Hire, mentor, and develop a high-performing team while fostering a culture of experimentation, innovation, and continuous learning.
  • Stay at the forefront of creator economy, social commerce, and live commerce trends to identify new growth opportunities.

Requirements

  • Proven experience across social media, influencer marketing, community building, creator partnerships, or related fields.
  • Demonstrated success building and scaling social, creator, or community programs for consumer, marketplace, commerce, media, or enthusiast-focused brands.
  • Experience creating community growth strategies that drive measurable engagement, retention, advocacy, and commercial outcomes.
  • Strong understanding of the creator economy, influencer ecosystems, social platforms, and emerging community-building models.
  • Experience leading teams and influencing senior partners across complex, matrixed organizations.
  • Strong analytical capabilities with experience using data and insights to optimize programs and demonstrate impact.
  • Excellent communication, storytelling, and relationship-building skills.
  • Flexibility required in working hours and travel to be able to support key events in person

Benefits

  • 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)
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eBay

At eBay, we create pathways to connect millions of sellers and buyers in more than 190 markets around the world. Our technology empowers our customers, providing everyone the opportunity to grow and thrive — no matter who they are or where they are in the world. And the ripple effect of our work creates waves of change for our customers, our company, our communities and our planet.

Founded in 2022
San Jose, CA, US
16K employees (1,572 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$166K/yr – $222K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$1.2B
Last Raise
$1.2B
Post IPO Debt, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2022
    Post IPO Debt • $1.2B
  • Jan 1998
    Series Unknown
  • Jun 1997
    Series Unknown • $6.7M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
884K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.6%
Direct
40.2%
Referral
12%
Social
16.1%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~18K

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Head of Community Growth

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