Business Operations Manager/Sr Manager - German or French Speaking

Whatnot – Business Operations Manager / Senior Manager The Business Operations Manager / Senior Manager plays a significant role in building the functions to unlock growth and help the Company scale. Working directly with Whatnot's leadership team, this role will work cross-functionally to lead large, critical initiatives and solve complicated, unstructured problems. This role is a terrific introduction to Whatnot, and allows impactful individuals to learn about the business while contributing to a variety of high-impact, critical initiatives. Responsibilities Take Whatnot global: Help launch and scale Whatnot across international markets, partner with Product and Engineering to ensure needs are built into scalable, global solutions, conduct primary research to identify high-impact opportunities across product, pricing, incentives, and own key metrics that define success in each market including buyer and seller funnels, growth, marketing investments, and margin dynamics. Scale our marketing engine: Bring business-side rigor to marketing capital deployment and measurement, deep‑diving into complex channel decisions, building nascent capabilities, and ensuring the organization and hiring roadmap keeps pace with ambitions. Build a great business: Partner with StratFin and Data to build a healthy, durable business, lead analyses across key margin levers and growth investments, inform pricing decisions, and translate findings into concrete recommendations for leadership. Help Whatnot run better: Build tooling to serve as a single source of truth for tracking progress against aggressive goals, highlight key metrics, resource allocation, and blockers, and help teams stay lean and iterate faster. Deliver for our users: Pressure‑test new products and capabilities, partner with Product, Engineering, and Operations to translate learnings into initiatives that improve the buyer and seller experience, and own resolution of high‑impact issues end‑to‑end when things go wrong. You Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, or related field. 5‑6+ years experience in consulting, investment banking/private equity, or a fast‑growing startup. Professional fluency in German or French, with strong written and verbal communication skills. Able to move remarkably fast with little structure or guidance. Curiosity to learn about different parts of the business and how to pull certain levers to grow faster. Ability to operate independently and dive deep on ambiguous projects. Demonstrated ability to work and influence cross‑functionally, proactive communication, and a proven track record for driving change and impact in a fluid, unstructured environment. Fluency in using AI tools to enhance problem‑solving, analysis, and execution across a wide range of business challenges. Nice to Have Experience working on a marketplace or two‑sided platform. Experience or passion for buying and selling in online marketplace communities. Proficiency with SQL and dashboards. Compensation For London‑based applicants: £131,000 /year – £175,000 /year + benefits + stock options. The salary range may be inclusive of several levels applicable to the position. Final salary will be based on level, relevant prior experience, skills, and expertise. This range is only inclusive of base salary, not equity or benefits. Benefits Flexible time‑off policy and company‑wide holidays (including summer and winter breaks). Health insurance options including medical, dental, and vision. Work‑from‑home support Home office setup allowance. Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet. Care benefits Monthly wellness allowance. Annual allowance toward childcare. Lifetime benefit for family planning (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 dog‑food the app. Parental leave 16 weeks of paid parental leave plus one month gradual return to work (company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements, which take precedence). Equal Opportunity Employer 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr