Risk Strategy Manager

At eBay, we’re more than a global e‑commerce 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 e‑commerce 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 Team

eBay Live is reinventing how people shop — merging live entertainment, community, and commerce into one experience. Sellers host interactive live‑streams where buyers watch, chat, and purchase instantly. eBay Live connects collectors, enthusiasts, and entrepreneurs in real time across categories like Fashion, Collectibles, Luxury, and Refurb.

We are the Risk Strategy team supporting eBay’s Live Shopping and interactive commerce experiences. Our mission is to enable safe, trusted, and engaging real‑time shopping at global scale. We ensure sellers and buyers can participate confidently in dynamic, community‑driven environments while maintaining marketplace integrity.

About the Role

As a Risk Strategy Manager, you will design and implement buyer risk strategies for eBay Live, owning key risk metrics and directly impacting business outcomes. This is a highly data‑driven role where decisions are grounded in thorough analysis and real‑time insights.

You will play a critical role in balancing growth and fraud, enhancing buyer experience while proactively handling fraud. By using advanced analytics and real‑time detection capabilities, you will help ensure safe, seamless, and trusted transactions in eBay Live.

This role is analytically intensive and highly cross‑functional. It is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, enjoys solving complex problems, and takes a hands‑on approach to execution. You will work closely with partner teams, contributing across the full lifecycle—from problem definition to solution implementation and optimization.

What You Will Accomplish

• Conduct deep‑dive analyses on risk trends, large incidents, near misses, and category‑specific behaviors to identify emerging risks and policy gaps.

• Design and implement risk policy frameworks to manage fraud and credit risk, product and portfolio threats.

• Contribute to risk strategy development for emerging payment methods and new financial products.

• Monitor the performance of risk strategies and proactively seek out opportunities for improvement in policy, operations and outputs.

• Partner with risk horizontal teams to deliver scalable global risk management policies through the buyer lifecycle.

• Establish collaborations in the regional businesses, product owners, engineering, incident management and risk operations organizations to set shared goals, influence prioritization and facilitate the implementation of important risk strategies.

What You Will Bring

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in risk management, data analytics, or a related analytical field.

• 3+ years of experience in marketplace risk, fraud detection, or trust & safety.

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with proficiency in SQL.

• Working knowledge of machine learning models and their application in risk detection.

• Experience collaborating with Product, Engineering, and Data Science teams.

• Proven ability to structure ambiguous problems, conduct analysis, and deliver actionable recommendations.

• Master’s degree in Statistics, Engineering, Mathematics, Operations Research, Risk Management, or a related field.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence diverse stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in risk or trust & safety within eCommerce, fintech, payments, or marketplace environments.

• Domain knowledge in payments risk is a strong plus.

• Experience supporting risk strategy for new product launches, especially in early‑stage or high‑growth contexts.

• Proficiency in Python.

Benefits

Benefits are an essential part of your total compensation for the work you do every day. 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.

We love crafting opportunities for others by connecting people from a diverse group of backgrounds, perspectives, and geographies. Diversity and inclusion are part of who we are and how we operate every day. We want to ensure that as an employee you feel safe, included, and able to bring your unique self to work.

Additional Details

Base pay range: $86,800 – $150,100.