🚀 JOIN THE FUTURE OF COMMERCE WITH WHATNOT!
Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. Whether it's trading cards, fashion, electronics, or live plants, our sellers are building real businesses across hundreds of categories. We're building live commerce at a scale that's never been done in the West, and there's no playbook to copy. The people here are shaping how an entirely new industry develops.
As a remote co-located team, we're inspired by our values https://www.whatnot.com/careers and anchored in hubs across the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, Germany, and Australia. We move fast, stay close to our users, and focus on the work that drives the most impact.
We're one of the fastest growing marketplaces https://a16z.com/marketplace-100/ and were recently named the #1 Best Startup Employer in America http://google.com/search?q=%231+forbes+startup+employer&oq=%231+forbes+startup+employer&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRg9MgYIAhBFGD0yBggDEEUYQDIGCAQQRRhAMgYIBRBFGEDSAQg1NzM0ajBqMagCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 by Forbes. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news https://blog.teamwhatnot.com/ and engineering blogs https://medium.com/whatnot-engineering and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce.
💻 ROLE
Whatnot is one of the fastest growing marketplaces of all time. We’ll look to our Leadership Recruiter to bring us the best lighthouse talent that will lead us into our next phase of growth (and beyond). In this role, you’ll own recruiting for executive roles across Technology and Business – and make Whatnot a top destination for strong leaders to do the most meaningful work of their careers.
- Lead hiring for Director-level, VP/C-Suite leaders, and L8+ engineers, directly empowering Whatnot’s most critical technical and business teams.
- Create strong foundational executive recruiting processes – including talent landscape mapping, market calibration, referral strategies, and targeted outreach.
- Manage end-to-end leadership searches from kick-off to close, creating standout candidate experiences and shaping onboarding.
- Position Whatnot as an employer of choice for exceptional leaders and create a sustainable pipeline of executive talent.
- Partner closely with our Corporate Development team on acquihires, ensuring seamless integration of talent through strategic M&A activity.
- Leverage data and market intel create a forward-looking, high-impact executive recruiting function.
- Be a strategic advisor to executives by aligning leadership hiring with company growth objectives and succession planning.
- Collaborate with People Business Partners, Compensation, and leaders to ensure alignment of hiring goals with organizational needs.
- Work with external partners to tap into the right networks for executive talent.
Team members in this role are required to be within