🚀 Whatnot

Whatnot is a livestream shopping platform and marketplace backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and CapitalG. We’re building the future of ecommerce, bringing together community, shopping and entertainment. We are committed to our values, whether working remotely or from one of our offices. We are building a team that has experience from top tech, retail and payments platforms in the world.

We’re innovating in the fast-paced world of live auctions in categories including sports, fashion, video games, and streetwear. The platform couples rigorous seller vetting with a focus on community to create a welcoming space for buyers and sellers to share their passions with others.

And, we’re growing. Whatnot has been the fastest growing marketplace in the US over the past two years and we’re hiring forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas.

📈 Opportunity Size

Retail disruption is one of the largest opportunities in the startup space today. Livestream shopping is taking off around the world – a $300B GMV market in China that’s grown 100% YoY. Whatnot is bringing it to the world through a community-first approach, starting in the U.S. where retail is a $5T market opportunity!

About the People Team

The Whatnot People Team seeks to empower Whatnauts (what we adoringly call our Whatnot employees!) to be their authentic selves, do their best work, and continuously develop in pursuit of ensuring Whatnot achieves our ambitious goals. We relentlessly prioritize the Whatnaut people experience to enable autonomy, create a safe, inclusive environment, and empower their success.

💻 Role

As our first L&D Lead, you’ll partner with Business leaders and the People Team to develop company-wide learning and development programs and initiatives as well as talent management processes. In this role you’ll join a passionate and scrappy People Team and be a trusted advisor to leaders in support of empowering Whatnauts to do their best work as we continue to grow.

• Diagnose and build programs designed to increase manager and leadership capabilities internally including coaching and organizational development initiatives
• Design and own performance management processes and drive initiatives to create a culture of continuous feedback
• Embed diversity and inclusion into all aspects of talent management and talent development and partner with ERGs to develop programs targeting advancement of underrepresented talent
• ​​Develop and facilitate manager and IC trainings and implement an LMS system to support organizational learning objectives 
• Create career development tools to be leveraged across functions and levels
• Develop global talent planning strategy and processes including performance reviews to support merit and promotion decision-making 
• Create playbooks to support distributed teams - team offsites, individual career development
• Partner with People Operations to drive strategy and initiatives designed to increase employee engagement, satisfaction, and retention
• Leverage People data and analytics to develop insights and measure impact of these processes, programs, and initiatives on organizational goals

👋 You

Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and high impact goes a long way here.

As our next Senior Learning & Development Partner, you should have 8+ years of experience in HR, with 4+ in Talent Management or Org Development at a high growth startup, plus:

• Experience partnering across multiple corporate functions on L&D initiatives, including EPD,  Go-To-Market, People, or Operations/G&A
• Able to translate vision and strategy into clear, actionable goals and design and operationalize end-to-end supporting processes 
• Strong communication and analytical skills
• Demonstrated ability to effectively partner with cross-functional leadership and people partners
• Highly adaptable and can successfully work in a fast-paced environment
• Leverage HR tech to drive engagement and efficiency
• Strong bias for action and self-starter

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive base salary and stock options
• Unlimited Vacation Policy and Company-wide Holidays (including a spring and winter break)
• Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short term disability & Long term Disability
  • Whatnot covers 99% of employee premium costs, and 75% of dependent care premiums for Medical
  • Dental and Vision sponsored 100% by Whatnot for employees and dependents
• Work From Home Support
  • Laptop provided by Whatnot and home office setup allowance
  • $450 work-from-anywhere quarterly allowance for cell phone and internet
• Care benefits
  • $1,350 quarterly allowance on food
  • $1,500 quarterly allowance for wellness
  • 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave and gradual return to work
  • $5,000 annual allowance towards childcare
  • $20,000 lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
  • Professional Development
    • $2,000 annual benefit to invest in your professional development
  • 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts provided by Betterment
    • Employer matching contributions of 100% of up to 4% of contributions on base salary

💛 EOE

Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law. We believe that our work is better and our company culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce.