Global Emerging Talent Dev PM
About The Position
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. About The Role We are seeking a Program Manager for our Emerging Talent team to develop, scale and lead our global emerging talent rotation programs for university hires! You will sit at the center of emerging talent strategy, partnering closely with recruiting, HR business leaders and our talent success teams to build structured, high impact experiences that develop future product and commercial leaders. This role requires both critical thinking and operational rigor, along with a passion for early career talent development! While the initial focus will be leading and scaling our global rotation programs, this role is developed to evolve over time to help build broader early career development initiatives aligned to long term workforce strategy. Why This Role Matters At eBay, Emerging Talent is a long term investment in leadership, product innovation and commercial growth. This role ensures we attract, develop and convert high potential emerging talent into impactful full time contributors and future leaders across our global business.
Requirements
- Dedication to working our Hybrid Model with 3 days per week onsite at our San Jose, Corporate Headquarters office.
- 5 to 7 years of experience in emerging talent, university recruiting, early career program management or talent development
- Experience building or scaling structured development programs for early career talent
- Strong understanding of the emerging talent hiring lifecycle and conversion driven program design
- Ability to influence across business leaders, HR and talent partners
- Experience managing programs across multiple regions or global markets
- Data driven mindset with strong project management capabilities
- Confident building new programs from scratch
Responsibilities
- Shape the Future of Emerging Talent Development
- Contribute to the long term vision for emerging professionals beyond rotations
- Find opportunities to build additional structured development experiences as business needs evolve
- Recommend scalable frameworks that strengthen our global junior talent pipeline over time
- Design and Build Early Career Programs
- Architect and launch a new Product Rotation Program for university and early career hires, including program structure, rotation design, learning outcomes and success measures
- Improve and modernize existing commercial rotation programs to ensure strong development pathways and successful full time conversion
- Align program design with future skill needs and workforce planning priorities
- Partner with Emerging Talent Recruiting
- Collaborate closely with campus recruiting teams to align hiring volumes, candidate profiles and program capacity
- Ensure flawless transitions from offer acceptance through onboarding and rotation placement
- Contribute insights to emerging talent hiring strategy based on program outcomes and workforce needs
- Own End to End Program Management
- Manage annual program planning across multiple regions
- Be responsible for orientation, rotation matching, host manager readiness, onboarding, performance checkpoints and conversion planning
- Build scalable playbooks and governance models to ensure program consistency globally
- Stakeholder and Executive Engagement
- Partner with business leaders to define relevant early career experiences tied to real business outcomes
- Provide clear reporting on retention, conversion, engagement and long term pipeline impact
- Serve as the primary point of contact for early career rotation stakeholders
- Measure and Improve
- Supervise key metrics such as retention, conversion to full time, performance progression and mobility
- Capture participant and manager feedback to continuously improve the experience
- Benchmark against industry standards in emerging talent development
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
