Category Manager - Trading Cards

The role

The Category Manager will own the growth strategy for trading cards within a new commerce initiative. This person will manage category performance, recruit high-impact sellers, and act as an expert on the trading card ecosystem.

What you will do

• 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 knowledge of trading card culture, sellers, and market dynamics
• Build and own a pipeline of high-impact sellers
• Recruit and onboard flagship sellers, breakers, and comic shops
• Identify and orchestrate trading card-specific moments and campaigns
• Partner with Category Marketing to design activations
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to shape features and tools
• Document learnings, frameworks, and best practices

Required qualifications

• 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 ecosys
• Deeply embedded in trading card culture
• Comfortable owning outcomes
• Strong relationship builder
• Data-literate and commercially minded

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
• 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

About the company

StockX is a Detroit-based technology leader focused on the online market for sneakers, apparel, accessories, electronics, collectibles, trading cards, and more. The platform connects buyers and sellers of high-demand consumer goods using dynamic pricing mechanics.