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# Product Manager -  Paid Search / Acquisition at StubHub

- **Company:** StubHub
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Compensation:** $140k–$175k
- **Posted:** 2026-10-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-26
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/stubhubinc/jobs/5012911101

## Job description

StubHub is on a mission to redefine the live event experience on a global scale. Whether someone is looking to attend their first event or their hundredth, we’re here to delight them all the way from the moment they start looking for a ticket until they step through the gate. The same goes for our sellers. From fans selling a single ticket to the promoters of a worldwide stadium tour, we want StubHub to be the safest, most convenient way to offer a ticket to the millions of fans who browse our platform around the world.

StubHub is seeking a Product Manager, Paid Search / Acquisition to build and improve the systems that support acquisition across StubHub and viagogo. You will own the product roadmap, set backlog priorities, and coordinate delivery across Engineering, Data Science, Analytics, and Operations. Your work will help these systems make better decisions and improve business results at scale.

This role focuses on automated decision systems and internal platforms. You will turn complex business and technical problems into clear product requirements and delivery plans. You will need to understand data flows, system dependencies, and technical trade-offs, and connect product decisions to revenue, profit, and operating efficiency.

Location: Hybrid (3 days in office / 2 days remote) – New York, NY

About the Team:

The Acquisition team helps fans discover live events across StubHub and viagogo. Paid Search brings together Product, Data Science, Analytical Engineering, Software Engineering, and Operations.

We build the software, data, measurement, and workflows that support paid search across Google and Microsoft Advertising. Our work includes automated bidding, campaign management, experimentation, and attribution. We improve these capabilities through product development and measure their effect on business results.

What You'll Do:

- Own the product roadmap and backlog. Set priorities based on expected business impact, technical risk, effort, and team capacity.
- Coordinate delivery across Engineering, Data Science, Analytics, and Operations. Agree on owners and milestones, manage dependencies, resolve blockers, and keep teams informed.
- Develop the systems that automate bidding, campaign structure, keyword coverage, and ad assets. Use recurring operational problems to identify product improvements that work at scale.
- Define product requirements, acceptance criteria, and release checks with technical partners. Assess data flows, system interfaces, and failure cases when choosing an approach.
- Partner on attribution, data quality, measurement, and policy constraints. Trace how these affect system decisions and agree on how to validate a solution.
- Translate commercial goals into product priorities. Explain the expected benefit, cost, risks, and trade-offs of each major investment.
- Maintain clear records of product decisions, system behavior, and experiment findings. Make this knowledge easy for teams to find and use.
- Plan experiments and define success measures with Analytics and Data Science. Assess whether system changes produce incremental business value and recommend what to expand, change, or stop.
- Improve dashboards, alerts, and operational workflows so teams can detect problems early, assess system health, and reduce manual work.

What You've Done:

- Required: Experience owning technical products, internal platforms, or automated decision systems. You can explain your product decisions, your delivery role, and the business results.
- Required: Ability to work through complex technical problems with Engineering and Data Science. You can trace data flows, discuss APIs and system dependencies, and assess implementation trade-offs.
- Experience managing a roadmap and backlog, setting priorities, and coordinating delivery across teams. You can balance business value, technical constraints, and available capacity.
- Strong commercial judgment. You can connect changes in system behavior to revenue, profit, cost, and operating efficiency, and use this evidence to guide product decisions.
- Strong analytical judgment. You can define useful metrics, assess experiment quality, and explain the limits of attribution and what the evidence supports.
- Clear written and verbal communication, strong organization, and reliable follow-through. You can resolve unclear ownership, make decisions explicit, and keep several teams aligned.
- Relevant experience may include advertising technology, attribution or measurement products, marketplace systems, pricing, or optimization platforms. You can show how your work improved business decisions and outcomes.
- Ability to learn a complex business domain and turn that knowledge into clear requirements. You take ownership of daily coordination, documentation, and delivery.
- Preferred: Experience with paid-search systems, Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising, or acquisition automation at scale. Direct campaign management experience is useful but is not required.

What We Offer:

- Accelerated Growth Environment: An environment designed for swift skill and knowledge enhancement, where you have the autonomy to lead experiments and tests on a massive scale.
- Top Tier Compensation Package: Competitive base, equity, and upside that tracks with your impact.
- Flexible Time Off: Enjoy unlimited Flex Time Off, giving you the flexibility to manage your schedule and take time to recharge as needed.
- Comprehensive Benefits Package: Prioritize your well-being with a comprehensive benefits package, featuring 401k, and premium Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance options.

The anticipated gross base pay range is below for this role. Actual compensation will vary depending on factors such as a candidate’s qualifications, skills, experience, and competencies. Base annual salary is one component of StubHub’s total compensation and competitive benefits package, which includes equity, 401(k), paid time off, paid parental leave, and comprehensive health benefits.

Salary Range $140,000—$175,000 USD

## About Us

StubHub is the world’s leading marketplace to buy and sell tickets to any live event, anywhere. Through StubHub in North America and viagogo, our international platform, we service customers in 195 countries in 33 languages and 49 available currencies. With more than 300 million tickets available annually on our platform to events around the world -- from sports to music, comedy to dance, festivals to theater -- StubHub offers the safest, most convenient way to buy or sell tickets to the most memorable live experiences. Come join our team for a front-row seat to the action.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity on our team. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

## About StubHub

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: StubHub is a leading global ticketing marketplace for live events, connecting fans, sellers, and partners to access an expansive catalog of events worldwide.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NYSE: STUB)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2000
- **Founders**: Eric Baker, Jeff Fluhr

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Live event ticketing, secondary ticket marketplace, e-commerce
- **Target customers**: B2C (fans attending live events), B2B (sellers, event organizers, content rights holders), and B2C (enterprise partnerships)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "To give everyone the freedom to access and connect through live experiences."

## Products & Services
- **StubHub Marketplace**: The core platform, a global two-sided marketplace for buying and selling tickets to live events (sports, music, comedy, dance, festivals, theater). It operates in over 200 countries and territories, supports over 30 languages, and accepts payments in over 45 currencies. [stubhub.com](https://stubhub.com)
- **Open Distribution (Direct Issuance)**: A new initiative allowing content rights holders to issue tickets directly through StubHub, improving the fan experience and unlocking new revenue streams. [investors.stubhub.com](https://investors.stubhub.com/news/news-details/2026/StubHub-Announces-First-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx)
- **Advertising Platform**: A new initiative to drive better outcomes for fans and content rights holders and unlock future revenue. [investors.stubhub.com](https://investors.stubhub.com/news/news-details/2026/StubHub-Announces-First-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx)
- **FanProtect Guarantee**: A promise ensuring a zero-breakage ticket-buying experience, guaranteeing that tickets are valid and delivered on time. [newsroom.stubhub.com](https://newsroom.stubhub.com/2026/03/30/understanding-ticketing-how-platforms-like-stubhub-work/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed as a standalone figure post-IPO; the company is publicly traded (NYSE: STUB).
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of $1.7B (2024) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/stubhub). For Q1 2026, Revenue was $446.0 million, up 12% year-over-year. Gross Merchandise Sales (GMS) for Q1 2026 was $2.2 billion, up 7% year-over-year. [investors.stubhub.com](https://investors.stubhub.com/news/news-details/2026/StubHub-Announces-First-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Parent company is viagogo Entertainment, Inc. Key investors in prior rounds include Stephens Group and Viagogo. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/stubhub)
- **Growth Signals**: 
    - Q1 2026 saw a 7% increase in GMS and a 12% increase in revenue year-over-year.
    - Adjusted EBITDA increased 50% year-over-year to $72.1 million, with margin expanding over 400 basis points to 16%.
    - Full-year 2026 outlook: GMS of $9.9B to $10.1B and Adjusted EBITDA of $400M to $420M.
    - Headcount grew 12.2% year-over-year to 851 employees.
    - In 2024, fans purchased over 40 million tickets from more than 1 million unique sellers.
    - New initiatives in open distribution and advertising are expected to unlock future revenue. [investors.stubhub.com](https://investors.stubhub.com/news/news-details/2026/StubHub-Announces-First-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Global Scale & Selection**: Operates in over 200 countries and territories, with an expansive catalog of events across sports, music, comedy, dance, festivals, and theater. [stubhub.com](https://stubhub.com)
- **Trust & Security**: The FanProtect Guarantee provides a zero-breakage ticket-buying experience, a key differentiator in the secondary market. [newsroom.stubhub.com](https://newsroom.stubhub.com/2026/03/30/understanding-ticketing-how-platforms-like-stubhub-work/)
- **Advanced Pricing Intelligence**: Uses data and technology to offer fair and transparent pricing for tickets.
- **Global Reach**: Supports 33 languages and transactions in 48 currencies, with a presence in over 90 countries and territories.
- **Strong Brand & Scale**: As a leading global marketplace, it has a massive network effect with over 1 million unique sellers and 40 million tickets sold in 2024.

## Strategic Focus
- **Global Expansion**: Continuing to grow its international footprint and make it easier for fans worldwide to access live events.
- **Open Distribution & Advertising**: Developing new initiatives like open distribution (direct issuance) and an advertising platform to create new revenue streams and improve outcomes for fans and content rights holders. [investors.stubhub.com](https://investors.stubhub.com/news/news-details/2026/StubHub-Announces-First-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx)
- **Profitability & Scale**: Focused on disciplined execution to grow globally while increasing profitability through greater scale, as evidenced by the 400+ basis point improvement in adjusted EBITDA margin in Q1 2026.
- **Debt Reduction**: Strengthening the balance sheet, with a $100 million debt reduction in May 2026. [investors.stubhub.com](https://investors.stubhub.com/news/news-details/2026/StubHub-Announces-First-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Mission**: StubHub's mission is to give everyone the freedom to access and connect through live experiences, which can be a motivating factor for employees passionate about live events and entertainment.
- **Growth & Scale**: The company is in a strong growth phase (12% revenue growth, 12% headcount growth), offering opportunities for career advancement and impact at a global scale.
- **Engineering & Innovation**: The company is investing in new initiatives like open distribution and advertising, and has a significant technical workforce (245 employees in technical roles). The tech stack includes modern tools like TensorFlow, Tableau, and MySQL. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/stubhub)
- **Work Environment**: StubHub has a hybrid work model with major offices in New York, Los Angeles, Aliso Viejo, and Atlanta. The company offers a range of roles from engineering to product, design, and business development. [job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/stubhubinc)
- **Notable Perks**: While specific perks are not detailed in the search results, the company's strong financial performance and focus on growth suggest a stable and well-resourced environment. The company has a significant presence in major tech hubs.
- **Employee Sentiment**: Employer rating on LinkedIn is 2.5/5.0 (909 reviews), with compensation rated 3.1/5.0 and culture rated 2.3/5.0. This suggests areas for improvement in work-life balance and culture, though compensation is viewed more favorably. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/stubhub)

## Sources
1. [StubHub Careers Page](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/stubhubinc)
2. [LinkedIn Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/stubhub)
3. [StubHub Q1 2026 Earnings Release](https://investors.stubhub.com/news/news-details/2026/StubHub-Announces-First-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx)
4. [CB Insights Company Profile](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/stubhub)
5. [StubHub Newsroom - Understanding Ticketing](https://newsroom.stubhub.com/2026/03/30/understanding-ticketing-how-platforms-like-stubhub-work/)

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