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Whatnot

Strategy & Operations Manager, Compensation

new york, NY

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About this opportunity

Whatnot lists this Strategy & Operations Manager, Compensation opportunity in new york, New York. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot!

Whatnot is the largest live 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 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 and were recently named the #1 Best Startup Employer in America by Forbes. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news and engineering blogs and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce.

Role

As a Strategy and Operations Manager, Compensation, you will be responsible for translating our sales strategy into tangible goals for the team. You will own the compensation model for our incentive-based employees and develop plans for new functions as we grow the organization.

Use forecasting, in-depth analyses, and input from RevOps, Sales leadership and Finance to build sales compensation models and inform OKR-setting

Serve as a trusted partner to Sales Leadership and People Team in rolling out new sales plans/quotas quarterly

Drive the sales planning cycle by setting and tracking quota targets across various Sales teams that align with growth strategy and goals

Build net new compensation structures for new partnerships and customer segments

Build dashboarding for compensation tracking and payouts that informs improvement of the sales commission model each quarter

Collaborate with Finance to facilitate accurate and timely commission payouts

Drive standardization and automation of all processes related to commission-setting and tracking

Support broader RevOps needs such as conducting strategic analyses, building performance monitoring, and taking on special projects

Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of our Los Angeles, San Francisco, or New York City hubs.

You

Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that embodying a low ego, growth mindset, and high-impact drive goes a long way here.

You have a passion for our mission at Whatnot - you live and breathe the needs of our communities and work relentlessly to improve their experiences on Whatnot

You are scrappy and flexible enough to work in an ambiguous environment with coaching and guidance, especially when it comes to building something 0 to 1

You have 4-5 years of experience working in a fast-paced organization, and a track record of working quickly, iteratively, and cross-functionally

You have prior experience working with sales organizations and on sales compensation models

You have business acumen, are deeply analytical, detail-oriented, and comfortable understanding and manipulating data to take action on business insights

Your deep analytical experience includes using SQL and dashboarding tools as part of your day to day work

Nice to Have

Proficiency in Sigma, Hex and Salesforce

Experience at a high-growth startup, marketplace, or creator-focused platform

Passion for creator communities and/or new product categories that are uniquely suited to live ecommerce

Experience buying and selling in online marketplaces

Benefits

Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays (including a spring and winter break)

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

We expect all employees to actively use the product!

Parental Leave

16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work *company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence.

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.

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Worksite address

new york, NY, 10261, US

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