Leadership Recruiter

Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot!

Whatnot is the largest livestream 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

Whatnot is one of the fastest growing marketplaces of all time. We'll look to our Leadership Recruiter to bring us the best lighthouse talent that will lead us into our next phase of growth (and beyond). In this role, you'll own recruiting for executive roles across Technology and Business – and make Whatnot a top destination for strong leaders to do the most meaningful work of their careers.

• Lead hiring for Director-level, VP/C-Suite leaders, and L8+ engineers, directly empowering Whatnot's most critical technical and business teams.
• Create strong foundational executive recruiting processes – including talent landscape mapping, market calibration, referral strategies, and targeted outreach.
• Manage end-to-end leadership searches from kick-off to close, creating standout candidate experiences and shaping onboarding.
• Position Whatnot as an employer of choice for exceptional leaders and create a sustainable pipeline of executive talent.
• Partner closely with our Corporate Development team on acquihires, ensuring seamless integration of talent through strategic M&A activity.
• Leverage data and market intel create a forward-looking, high-impact executive recruiting function.
• Be a strategic advisor to executives by aligning leadership hiring with company growth objectives and succession planning.
• Collaborate with People Business Partners, Compensation, and leaders to ensure alignment of hiring goals with organizational needs.
• Work with external partners to tap into the right networks for executive talent.

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

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 first in-house executive recruiter you should have 10+ years of recruiting experience, with at least 5+ years in-house focused on leadership hiring at high-growth startups, plus:

• You have a strong track record of hiring executives and leaders across Technical and Business teams. You enjoy the challenge of finding world-class talent for hard-to-fill roles.
• You've developed a deep network of executives, enabling you to navigate and recruit top talent with ease.
• You're a sourcer at heart. You enjoy sourcing for your positions and take pride in nurturing and building relationships with passive talent.
• You're comfortable with ownership. Whatnot is one of the fastest-growing startups in history, and hiring is key to our success. You should feel comfortable moving uncomfortably fast, managing multiple roles, and being accountable for your work.
• You know how to work with executives of any level. You know your markets, lead with data, and understand how to influence decisions amongst leaders and cross-functional teams.
• You provide an incredible candidate experience. You know that a job search can be nerve-racking and you prioritize providing a more human experience for everyone that interacts with Whatnot during a hiring process.
• You're extremely organized and can balance multiple competing priorities.

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
  • All Whatnauts are expected to develop a deep understanding of our product. We're passionate about building the best user experience, and all employees are expected to use Whatnot as both a buyer and a seller as part of their job (our dogfooding budget makes this fun and easy!).
• 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.