Senior Technical Program Manager

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 ambitious 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

• Drive the engineering roadmap, strategy and execution of cross functional initiatives
• Define requirements & work with engineering, design and broader team to bring our programs to market at lightning speed
• Clearly communicate roadmap, progress, and insights to key teams and stakeholders
• Do whatever it takes to ensure the engineering team is operating effectively, unblock them and make sure they can move at a rapid pace
• Take ownership of any major blocker to the company’s success
• Drive strategic initiatives across the company as needed

👋  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.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related technical field
• 6+ years of experience in a product and program development, at a technology company
• Experience leading complex, multi-disciplinary, and highly visible technical and operational initiatives across the company
• Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments, identify trade-offs, and make decisions with limited information in high-pressure situations
• Proven ability to develop sound research methodologies and collect, synthesize, analyze, and interpret data
• Experienced in design, and hypothesis driven product development
• Entrepreneurial drive to achieve stretch goals in an innovative fast-paced environment
• Startup experience at a high-growth company (nice to have)

🙏  Nice to Have

• You previously founded a startup
• Have experience working on a marketplace or two-sided platform

🎁  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, internet, or co-working space
• Care benefits
  • $1,350 quarterly allowance on food
  • $1,500 quarterly allowance for wellness
  • 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave and gradual return to work
  • $20,000 for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
• 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.