Senior Compensation Analyst, Whatnot
$160-210k
+ equity
Live stream platform & marketplace
Job no longer available
Live stream platform & marketplace
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$160-210k
+ equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Whatnot's mission is to enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce.
Role
Who you are
- 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 next Senior Compensation Analyst, you should have 5+ years of compensation experience at a fast-paced company, plus:
- Experience managing the design and implementation of large-scale compensation initiatives and programs, globally
- Experience with job analysis, benchmarking, and market pricing. Experience with Radford and Pave is a plus
- Strong ability to toggle between strategic planning, customer focused, and hands-on operational excellence
- Strong change management experience, navigating communications and training across a global organization
- Excellent interpersonal communication, personally accountable and promotes a documented process-oriented approach
- Comfort working in a fast-paced environment with an eagerness to build, learn, and grow
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced Senior Compensation Analyst to help design, build, and manage our global compensation programs
- You’ll be a key partner of the Total Rewards team to launch/implement new compensation programs, provide insights and analysis, and serve as a subject matter expert to our cross-functional stakeholders and employees
- Lead and support the design and implementation of our global compensation programs, including salary, variable, and equity-based programs
- Leverage compensation expertise to collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and senior leadership to develop effective compensation strategies
- Conduct market benchmarking to refine our job architecture and determine pay ranges to support business growth
- Manage the setup and execution of our compensation planning cycles, with emphasis on stakeholder engagement and employee training
- Collaborate with the Recruiting team on offer approvals, process optimization, and gathering competitive insights and analysis
- Drive clarity, transparency, and understanding of compensation at Whatnot
- Develop and maintain tools to enhance efficiency of programs
Our take
The collectable 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 collectable toys, some of which are rare and can cost thousands of dollars. It's also expanded to sports cards, coins, comics and more.
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.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
54% employee growth in 12 months
Company
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: Generous compensation, including a competitive base salary and equity. Whatnot offers monthly reimbursement for internet and phone costs, along with a one-time home office set-up allowance. Whatnot offers a pension plan and matches employee contributions of up to 4% of the employee’s base salary.
- Recharge: Whatnot gives you the freedom to take time off as you see fit. And, we take company-wide Winter and Summer breaks so we can recharge. Whatnot provides a monthly allowance for wellness expenses. We know that to take care of our customers, we have to take care of ourselves. Supplemental health and life insurance coverage comes standard at Whatnot. 16 weeks of paid parental leave, and an additional one-month gradual return-to-work period.* Plus an additional childcare allowance, and a lifetime allowance for family planning, including adoption and fertility expenses. *The leave allowances provided by Whatnot may be dictated / informed by your country’s legal requirements,
- Flexibility: As a remote co-located team, we’re inspired by innovation and anchored in our values. With hubs in the US, UK, Germany, Ireland, and Poland, we’re building the future of online marketplaces –together.
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 kind
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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