Senior People Programs Manager
WhatnotSan Francisco, California, United States • Los Angeles, California, United States • Seattle, Washington, United States • New York, New York, United States
Posted January 28, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe, and is re-defining e-commerce by blending community, shopping, and entertainment into a community just for customers.
Job Description
Whatnot is looking for a Senior People Programs Manager to own and evolve core talent and performance programs at Whatnot. The role involves leading performance cycles, managing promotion, compensation, and performance workflows, building talent review and retention programs, and running listening programs.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience owning or leading company-wide talent, performance, or people programs at rapidly growing companies
- Deep experience supporting a global and distributed workforce
- Strong attention to detail and high proficiency in Excel
- Strong operational mindset and ability to keep complex work organized and simplified
- Ability to communicate clearly and simply, especially when explaining changes or decisions to managers and teams
Benefits
- Generous Holiday and Time off Policy
- Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
- Work From Home Support
- Home office setup allowance
- Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
- Care benefits
- Monthly allowance for wellness
- Annual allowance towards Childcare
- Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
- Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally
- Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
- Parental Leave (16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work)
