Category Manager - Trading Cards

StockX is the world’s leading marketplace for current culture, built at the intersection of commerce, community, and credibility. Trading Cards are foundational to StockX. We are expanding how Trading Cards culture shows up on StockX through creator-driven, community-oriented commerce experiences that blend storytelling, expertise, and transaction. The Trading Cards Category Manager is the single-threaded owner of collectibles category growth within a new, high-priority commerce initiative, responsible for translating expertise into supply growth, engagement, and GMV.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the growth strategy for trading cards within the platform; Own category-level performance across supply, engagement, and revenue; Establish quarterly goals, leading indicators, and operating rhythms; Maintain deep, current knowledge of trading card culture; Serve as the internal voice of the trading cards community; Build and own a pipeline of high-impact sellers; Personally recruit and onboard flagship sellers, breakers, comic shops, etc.; Develop seller strategies that balance credibility, storytelling, and commerce; Identify and orchestrate trading card-specific moments, campaigns, and formats; Partner with Category Marketing to design culturally authentic activations; Experiment with new approaches (live breaks, expert drops, themed auctions, etc.); Work closely with Account and Partnerships Managers to scale seller acquisition; Collaborate with Product and Engineering to shape features and tools; Provide clear, actionable insights from the market to influence roadmap prioritization; Document learnings, frameworks, and best practices; Support hiring and onboarding as the trading card category team grows

Requirements

Deeply embedded in trading card culture; 5+ years of experience in category management, partnerships, marketplace growth, brand, dealer, or operator roles within trading cards, sports cards, comics, toys, coins, or adjacent enthusiast ecosystems; Comfortable owning outcomes, not just strategy; Strong relationship builder with credibility among collectors, breakers, shop owners, graders, dealers, and community members; Data-literate and commercially minded; Entrepreneurial, scrappy, and energized by building something from the ground up

Nice to have

Existing network of card breakers, LCS owners, comic shops, grading submitters, toy dealers, or coin specialists; Experience buying, selling, grading, or operating within collectibles marketplaces; Familiarity with grading ecosystems (e.g., card and comic grading workflows, condition standards, population reports); Experience with content-driven commerce, live selling, or enthusiast communities; Experience working cross-functionally with product and engineering teams; Experience running your own collectibles business, shop, or online storefront

Benefits

medical; dental; equity; discretionary bonuses