Work Hard EverywhereJob Description
Headquarters: Remote, USA
Help empower our global customers to connect to culture through their passions.
Why you’ll love this role:
StockX is the world’s leading marketplace for current culture, built at the intersection of commerce, community, and credibility. Sneakers are foundational to StockX - not just as a category, but as a culture, an economy, and a global community.
We are expanding how sneaker culture shows up on StockX through creator-driven, community-oriented commerce experiences that blend storytelling, expertise, and transaction. To do this well, we need category leaders who don’t just understand the sneaker market - they live inside it.
The Sneakers Category Manager is the single-threaded owner of sneaker category growth within a new, high-priority commerce initiative. This person is the in-house expert on sneaker culture, people, economics, and moments - and is responsible for translating that expertise into supply growth, engagement, and GMV.
You will act as:
- The internal authority on the primary and secondary sneaker ecosystem
- The external face of StockX to sneaker sellers, creators, and community leaders
- The architect of the sneaker go-to-market / growth playbook for this new initiative
This role blends deep cultural fluency, strategic ownership, and hands-on execution. Early on, you will own everything related to sneakers within this initiative. As the category scales, you will grow into a leader overseeing a broader sneaker portfolio and team.
What You’ll Do:
Own the Sneakers Category End-to-End
- Define and execute the growth strategy for sneakers within the platform
- Own category-level performance across supply, engagement, and revenue
- Establish quarterly goals, leading indicators, and operating rhythms
Be the Market & Culture Expert
- Maintain deep, current knowledge of sneaker culture, including:
- Key sellers, creators, collectors, and resellers
- Sub-segments (hype vs. GRs, vintage, performance, regional...
Help empower our global customers to connect to culture through their passions.
Why you’ll love this role:
StockX is the world’s leading marketplace for current culture, built at the intersection of commerce, community, and credibility. Sneakers are foundational to StockX - not just as a category, but as a culture, an economy, and a global community.
We are expanding how sneaker culture shows up on StockX through creator-driven, community-oriented commerce experiences that blend storytelling, expertise, and transaction. To do this well, we need category leaders who don’t just understand the sneaker market - they live inside it.
The Sneakers Category Manager is the single-threaded owner of sneaker category growth within a new, high-priority commerce initiative. This person is the in-house expert on sneaker culture, people, economics, and moments - and is responsible for translating that expertise into supply growth, engagement, and GMV.
You will act as:
- The internal authority on the primary and secondary sneaker ecosystem
- The external face of StockX to sneaker sellers, creators, and community leaders
- The architect of the sneaker go-to-market / growth playbook for this new initiative
This role blends deep cultural fluency, strategic ownership, and hands-on execution. Early on, you will own everything related to sneakers within this initiative. As the category scales, you will grow into a leader overseeing a broader sneaker portfolio and team.
What You’ll Do:
Own the Sneakers Category End-to-End
- Define and execute the growth strategy for sneakers within the platform
- Own category-level performance across supply, engagement, and revenue
- Establish quarterly goals, leading indicators, and operating rhythms
Be the Market & Culture Expert
- Maintain deep, current knowledge of sneaker culture, including:
- Key sellers, creators, collectors, and resellers
- Sub-segments (hype vs. GRs, vintage, performance, regional...