At e Bay, 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.
The Company
Looking for a company that inspires passion, courage and creativity, where you can be part of the team shaping the future of global commerce? Want to shape how millions of people buy, sell, connect, and share around the world? If you’re interested in joining a purpose driven community that is dedicated to crafting an ambitious and inclusive workplace, join e Bay – a company you can be proud to be a part of.
With ~150 million active buyers across 190 countries and over 1 billion active product listings, e Bay is the world’s most vibrant and dynamic online marketplace. Founded in 1995, e Bay Inc. connects people around the world, enabling them to buy and sell online. e Bay Inc. is headquartered in San Jose, California. For more information about the company and its global portfolio of online brands, visit About The Team
We are responsible for setting the strategic direction of e Bay: our ambition, where we play, and how we win in the market. The corporate strategy has a reputation of solving the most challenging problems and coming up with innovative and out-of-the-box solutions,



with recommendations grounded in data.
We work very closely with senior leadership and have a high visibility. Team members can have a rapid-track career in strategy or move into the business after 1-2 years.
The team is responsible for deeply understanding the needs of our core buyers and sellers and crafting the strategies that will differentiate e Bay relative to our competitors. We work very closely with product, technology, and regional business teams to ensure the strategy is translated into action across the end-to-end customer experience. Our work can be divided into 3 main topics: 1) we develop e Bay Inc’s strategy together with e Bay’s executives, 2) we run strategic projects to solve key strategic issues supporting select executives at e Bay, 3) we closely monitor the competitive environment & trends.
The opportunity
The e Bay corporate strategy team is seeking a Principal, Corporate Strategy. Within this role, you will lead a cross-functional strategy project and a team of a few strategy team members. You will work with key stakeholders from all functions across the organization to craft strategies and drive structured and data-based recommendations to action. In this role, you will have the ability to influence key elements of e Bay’s strategy and to help shape the strategic direction of e Bay, working with e Bay’s senior executives. The ideal candidate has a track record of making pragmatic,



concrete recommendations with real world implementation experience. It is critical for the role that the candidate has strong analytic skills and is excellent in developing creative/ out-of-the-box and well-thought-out solutions for challenging business problems. You can either build a career in e Bay’s strategy team or use this as stepping stone into other business and product roles at e Bay.
Role Responsibilities
Project leadership: Lead cross-functional projects to solve strategic business problems, working with senior e Bay executives. Projects are usually 2-4 months long, staffed with 1-3 team members supporting the Principal. Topics can span e Bay’s overall strategy, category strategies, buyer/seller strategies or functional strategies (e.g., payments, ads) or other relevant strategic topics
Insights generation: Work with your team and analytics/ data science support to define smart analyses and generate new, compelling insights. Visualize in simple and compelling ways. Use the insights to develop key recommendations grounded in data
Strategy Development: Define and structure the core problem, understand status quo & competitive dynamics, define ambitions and value proposition and create recommendations for key actions to solve the problem
Communication: Develop compelling and concise storylines to communicate team’s recommendation; prepare and deliver presentations to senior leadership
People leadership: Develop a team of associates and managers to constantly improve and help them grow their career
Job Requirements
Intellectual curiosity
Skilled in project management and strategy development, including project prioritization, hypotheses development, financial and business

📌 Principal, corporate strategy (Toronto)
🏢 eBay
📍 Toronto