🚀 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 growing? In January 2021, Whatnot had 10 ambitious employees. We started 2023 with 350+ employees and are continuing to grow. 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 e-commerce 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 $300B GMV market in China and has grown 100% YoY. Retail is a $5T market opportunity!
💻 Role
We are looking for a forward-thinking, strategic Senior Total Rewards Manager who will thrive in our pursuit to attract and retain exceptional talent by ensuring we have competitive pay and benefits offerings that keeps up with US and International market trends.
- Be responsible for all aspects of the company’s compensation and benefits programs, including compensation structures (salary & equity ranges, bonus / incentive plans, employee recognition), and employee benefits (medical, fringe benefits, etc).
- Own total rewards analytics, present data, findings, and recommendations to the People and Senior Leadership teams.
- Partner with the People team, Finance, and Senior Leadership to evaluate our current state of compensation & benefits and develop a winning long-term strategy. Utilize industry and comparable company analysis to inform this evaluation and create an ongoing capability to regularly benchmark Whatnot vs. other world class companies.
- Proactively identify opportunities for improvements in both delivery and impact of our processes.
Act as an internal compensation consultant to key stakeholders across the business as we scale for growth. Ensure that compensation & benefits structure is externally competitive and internally equitable. - Own the relationships with outside vendors to ensure we are optimizing support provided and implementing any new programs and processes that require their participation.
- Work closely with Finance and People teams on audits including 401k and pay equity.
- Keep apprised of federal, state, and local laws and regulations impacting employee compensation and benefits (e.g., ACA, COBRA, ERISA, state paid leave laws).
- Prepare periodic RFPs to evaluate business partners and ensure we are maximizing efficiencies, minimizing costs, and are competitive in the market.
👋 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 Total Rewards Manager you should have 7+ years of expert-level experience in Compensation and Benefits , plus:
- Demonstrated experience designing compensation programs and acting as a consultant to the business
- Capability to collaborate and communicate effectively with business leaders and senior management
- Experience working in a fast-paced, hyper growth organization with a track record of being action-oriented and working iteratively
🎁 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.