About the company
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, and as a remote-first team, we operate out of hubs within the US, Canada, UK, and Germany today. 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.
Job Summary
Role
📍Launch your category 📍Launch and own an entirely new category in France 📍Strategize the best ways to scale your efforts to make the category successful 📍Create community-defining moments 📍Build relationships with influencers, planning and executing activations to bring their audiences onto Whatnot 📍Organize and execute on-app and in person events connected to the most exciting products, moments, and fandoms related to your category 📍Build our seller community 📍Build and pursue a pipeline of sellers in your category across individual resellers, influencers, and shops 📍Identify and bring on board high-potential sellers managing ongoing relationships and day-to-day communications 📍Advise sellers on ways to grow their businesses on Whatnot. Create the next generation of top sellers in your category 📍Stay close to sellers and buyers in the ecosystem to understand user needs and provide the product team with key user insights and problems to solve. 📍Use data and strategic thinking to propel your category forward 📍Utilize large sets of data efficiently in order to inform category & project plans, as well as track and report on outcomes 📍Be able to jump in, ramp up quickly, and independently drive strategic projects both in your own category and across partnerships when needed 📍Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of our London, UK 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 next Partnerships Manager, France, you should have 4+ years of full-time experience working in a fast-paced, client-facing role in high output environments, such as Strategy Consulting, Private Equity, or partnerships at a fast-paced tech company, plus: 📍Experience working in a business development or partner-facing role 📍Fluent French and English speaker, and familiarity with the French market 📍You have experience building and executing against a pipeline of targets 📍You are scrappy and flexible enough to work in a fast-paced startup environment with limited guidance, and are comfortable pivoting quickly as needed 📍You are a strategic and creative thinker who can turn research and data into actionable plans 📍Passion for creator communities and/or expertise in existing Whatnot product categories (e.g. vintage clothing, collectibles) 📍Experience at a high-growth startup, marketplace, or creator-focused platform a plus 📍Proficiency in SQL a plus 📍Experience buying and selling in online marketplaces a plus





