🚀 Whatnot

Whatnot (YC W20) is a livestream shopping platform and marketplace backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and CapitalG. We’re one of YC’s top companies and one of the fastest growing marketplaces ever. We’re laser focused on creating an exceptional software company, team, and place to work. You can read our principles here.

Our mission: enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce. We’re building the future of ecommerce; an interactive community where creators can make a living off their passion.

Did we mention we’re high growth? In January 2021, Whatnot had 10 employees. Today, the Whatnot team is 120+ employees and will exceed 300 by year end. We’re hiring forward thinking problem solvers across all functional areas. We recruit thoughtfully, can adapt quickly, and are scaling fully remotely.

📈 Opportunity Size

The ecommerce experience has been static for 20+ years and is one of the largest opportunities for disruption in the startup space today. Livestream shopping is a $170B GMV market in China and has grown 100% YoY. Retail is a $5T market opportunity!

🏎 About the Go-to-Market Team

The Go-to-Market team at Whatnot is responsible for the expansion of our category suite and the continued growth of sellers and buyers on the platform. New Verticals identifies, launches, and fully owns all sides of new high-potential product verticals.

💻 Role

• Ingrain yourself in the streetwear community, becoming our authority on the nuances of products, seller/buyer dynamics, and existing community channels and influencers
• Build and execute on a pipeline of flagship sellers and influencers to ensure strong launch supply 
• Devise events and campaigns to generate buzz in your category, acquire new buyers, and ensure healthy demand as the category develops
• Once established, help build out a category team or transition to a new vertical

👋 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. For this role, you'll need:

• at least 4 years of experience working in a fast-paced, client-facing role, and a track record of working quickly and iteratively
• to be scrappy and flexible enough to work in a fast-paced, ambiguous startup environment with limited guidance
• to be a problem solver with strong project management skills and the ability to fully own strategy and execution on both sides of an emerging marketplace
• to have business acumen, and be deeply analytical and comfortable understanding and manipulating data to gain and take action on business insights

🙏 Nice to Have

• Experience at a high-growth startup, marketplace, or creator-focused platform
• Proficiency in SQL
• Passion for creator communities and/or new product categories that are uniquely suited to live ecommerce
• Experience buying and selling in online marketplaces

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive base salary and stock options
• Unlimited Vacation Policy and No Meeting Holidays
• 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, internet, or co-working space