Legal Operations Manager, Whatnot
$165-230k
+ Stock options
Live stream platform & marketplace for collectibles
Posted today
Live stream platform & marketplace for collectibles
501-1000 employees
Posted today
$165-230k
+ Stock options
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Whatnot missions is to enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in legal operations or related roles, preferably in a fast-paced technology company
- Adept at automation and AI; extensive experience with Slack, Google Suite, and other software tools (e.g., Zapier, Notion, legal intake tools, e-billing platforms, vendor management platforms, and CLM platforms (Ironclad and Zip a plus!))
- Strong knowledge of legal processes, contracts management, and legal technology solutions
- Experience in developing and executing strategic plans for a legal department, aligning department goals with broader organizational objectives
- Proven track record of driving process improvements, optimizing work processes, and implementing efficiency gains within a legal department
- Familiarity with knowledge management systems and best practices for knowledge sharing and collaboration within a legal team
- Strong project and program management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
What the job involves
- Whatnot is seeking a Legal Operations professional to help optimize their legal processes as they continue to scale
- This is an exciting opportunity for a paraprofessional or legal operations professional who is eager to join a fast-growing company and create the Legal Operations function
- Overall: Lead change management initiatives related to legal operations, such as process improvements, technology implementations, and organizational restructuring
- Identify opportunities for process optimization, cost reduction, and efficiency gains within the legal department
- Implement a culture of continuous improvement and drive initiatives to enhance operational effectiveness
- Contract management: Take day-to-day lead on contracts management processes, working closely with Whatnot’s commercial teams to ensure an organized contract lifecycle process and up to date processes and policies across all of our business teams
- Assist with the management of procurement processes and vendor review
- Legal records: Develop and maintain a comprehensive knowledge management system to store and organize legal documents, templates, and resources
- Implement best practices for knowledge sharing and collaboration within the legal team
- Tech implementation/automation: Identify and implement technology solutions to streamline legal processes, improve efficiency, and enhance the overall effectiveness of the legal team
- Track, compile and analyze metrics on contracts, product review and legal workflow processes
- Legal budget: Optimize and manage the Legal team’s financial processes, including budgeting and forecasting, financial reporting and analysis, expense administration, e-billing, and matter management
- Legal requests: Managing the workflows, data-gathering processes, and external communications for legal requests
- Other: Depending on background and interest, you may also assist with corporate paralegal matters, stock administration, and other projects supporting the Legal team
- Assist with various corporate documents and legal filings, including preparation of entity formation documents or state filings
Our take
The collectible toy market is large, and Whatnot has built a unique social platform that enables sellers to use livestreams to showcase their products and reach more buyers. The company’s focus is on collectible toys, some of which are rare and can cost thousands of dollars, and has also expanded to sports cards.
The idea of Whatnot was led by buyer trends. Instagram's live feature became a popular place for selling toys and trading cards, but of course was not set up to facilitate bidding or handling payments after a sale occurs. Whatnot combines live showcasing with follow-up sale capabilities, thus serving the community in a more novel way than established collectibles market players such as eBay.
The company has grown fast. It was established in 2019 and has already expanded from its original category - Funko Pop figurines - to Pokemon cards, pins, sports cards, and many more. There is still plenty of scope for expanding into new categories, as the company aims to establish itself as the go-to for this large niche, which will be facilitated by the strong levels of funding that Whatnot has raised.
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Insights
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54% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Hard working team
"Everyone here puts in the work. It's refreshing to work on a team where everyone is carrying their weight and lifting each other up. The work ethic..."
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2025
$265m
SERIES E
Jul 2022
$260m
SERIES D
Total funding: $749.2m
Company benefits
- Wellness: Health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans. We also cover some of the cost for your dependents as well.
- Compensation: Full-time Whatnauts receive equity, a WFH stipend to support your remote workspace and a monthly stipend to dogfood the app.
- Recharge: Flexible Time Off policy, holiday week off at the end of year, and paid parental leave after 1 year with us.
- Flexibility: Remote-first work culture. We provide a working environment where you're in charge of your time and schedule.
Company values
- Always listen to customers
- Move uncomfortably fast
- Prioritize impact ruthlessly
- Own everything and nothing
- Set crazy goals
- Provide extreme transparency
- Optimize for the upside
- Team over ego
- Figure it out
- Deeply understand why
- Have fun & be nice
Company HQ
Marina del Rey, CA
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Leadership
Grant LaFontaine
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Product Marketing Manager at Google, Project Manager at Facebook. Also co-founded Kit.
Logan Head
(Co-Founder)Experience in Engineering, including at Maker's Row, Factr, and Flight Club. Former Senior Product Manager at GOAT.
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