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StockX
Business Development Manager, Trading Cards & Collectibles - StockX Live
Job Description
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Business Development Manager is a key role at StockX, focused on growing the pipeline and securing new customers for the StockX Live platform. This is a ground-floor opportunity on a launch-stage product, where your first 90 days of work will have a lasting impact. As a hunter role, you will be responsible for prospecting, outreach, presenting solutions, and closing new business across primarily Live and Listings product lines.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
As a Business Development Manager, you will be responsible for the following key areas:
Supply & Seller Acquisition
- Build and own a robust pipeline of sellers, creators, and shops within StockX focus categories of trading cards
- Drive outbound outreach, qualification, and onboarding enablement for high-potential sellers
- Prospect across community channels to identify sellers with strong live potential
- Maintain CRM pipeline discipline with rigorous activity tracking, forecasting, and handoff documentation
- Cultivate long-term relationships with strategic sellers and community leaders who anchor category supply
Live Commerce Evangelism & Onboarding
- Educate prospective sellers on the StockX Live format, economic opportunity, and what a successful show looks like
- Conduct product demos and first-show walkthroughs with sellers new to live commerce
- Partner with Account Management to ensure clean acquisition-to-activation handoffs and strong early seller performance
- Capture seller feedback and surface product, UX, and tooling gaps to the Live product team
Culture & Community Presence
- Serve as a credible, authentic representative of StockX within category communities
- Engage deeply with community norms, vernacular, and cultural drivers to inform outreach strategy and seller pitch
- Build and leverage a personal network of category-relevant sellers, graders, breakers, and community influencers
- Represent StockX at events, trade shows, and community activations as needed
Performance & Iteration
- Track and report on pipeline metrics: outreach volume, conversion rates, time-to-first-show, and category coverage
- Use data to diagnose acquisition bottlenecks, optimize outreach playbooks, and identify the highest-leverage seller segments
- Contribute to a repeatable, category-centric seller acquisition GTM engine that scales into new verticals
- Surface actionable insights to the Head of StockX Live and cross-functional stakeholders
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- 3-6 years of experience in Account management, B2B business development, sales, or a relationship-focused role
- Familiarity with collectibles/TCG culture specifically Sports Cards or Pokemon required
- Familiarity with the Live shopping experience and landscape
- Strong prospecting and outreach skills with the ability to open new conversations
- Confident presenting solutions and negotiating to close
- Disciplined CRM and pipeline management habits
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, especially in handing off to internal teams
WHY REMOTE
As a remote employee, you will have the flexibility to work from anywhere and be part of a dynamic team that is passionate about empowering global customers to connect to culture through their passions.
BENEFITS
The base salary for this role is $80,000 plus commission based on sales and opportunities for