Senior Recruiter, Operations (6 month contract)

🚀 Whatnot

Whatnot is a livestream shopping platform and marketplace backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and CapitalG. We’re building the future of ecommerce, bringing together community, shopping and entertainment. We are committed to our values, whether working remotely or from one of our offices. We are building a team that has experience from top tech, retail and payments platforms in the world.

We’re innovating in the fast-paced world of live auctions in categories including sports, fashion, video games, and streetwear. The platform couples rigorous seller vetting with a focus on community to create a welcoming space for buyers and sellers to share their passions with others.

And, we’re growing. Whatnot has been the fastest growing marketplace in the US over the past two years and we’re hiring forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas. 

📈 Opportunity Size

Retail disruption is one of the largest opportunities in the startup space today. Livestream shopping is taking off around the world – a $300B GMV market in China that’s grown 100% YoY. Whatnot is bringing it to the world through a community-first approach, starting in the U.S. where retail is a $5T market opportunity!  

We’re looking to hire a Senior Recruiter (Contract) to manage end-to-end recruiting for our Operations teams (including Customer Experience, Trust & Safety and Business Operations). You’ll have the opportunity to: 

• Own end to end recruiting process for various Operations roles at Whatnot.
• Identify talented candidates. You'll partner with recruiting managers, recruiters and hiring managers to identify a high caliber of candidates and reach out efficiently to potential candidates.
• Emphasize diversity and inclusivity. You'll look for traditional and non-traditional methods to increase the likelihood we can bring new perspectives to the team.
• Screen candidates. You'll serve as the filter of the top of the funnel to maximize the hiring team’s time and focus on interviewing the best candidates.
• Assist with developing job posts, hiring plans, and rubrics when needed. You'll work with the Recruiting Manager, Business and hiring manager to tighten up job descriptions, screening rubrics, and manage the hiring process along the way.
• Iterate on candidate feedback. You'll smooth rough edges in the hiring process by iterating on feedback from candidates or other signals.
• Nurture relationships with individuals and groups. You'll help build personal relationships through introductions, references, or by facilitating participation with community groups.

👋 About 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, but here are a few criteria we're looking for in this role:

You have proven experience recruiting for operations roles. Your roots are in identifying and evaluating candidates for a variety of operations/business roles, and you enjoy the challenge of finding (and helping your team to find) outstanding talent for hard-to-fill positions from early career to Director-level roles.

You are a leader and a builder at heart. You bring 4-5+ years of recruiting experience and get energy from building foundational processes and principles. You set strategy, you lean in and get into the weeds and you inspire your team to do their best work.

You are a champion for diversity hiring & inclusive interview practices. At Whatnot, we believe hiring and fostering a diverse team is the key to building a successful business. You should be passionate about these initiatives and have experience creating a strategy for building diverse teams.

You are comfortable with ownership. Whatnot is one of the fastest-growing startups in history, and hiring is critical to our success. You should feel comfortable moving uncomfortably fast and being responsible for your work.

You provide an incredible candidate experience. You sweat the small stuff but keep the big picture in mind. You know that a job search can be an overwhelming and complicated journey for candidates, so you prioritize providing a more human experience for everyone that interacts with Whatnot during a hiring process.

You are data-focused. You track pipeline health to balance your priorities and set hiring manager expectations.

💛 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,