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Whatnot hires Project Program Managers to drive cross-functional initiatives across its live shopping platform, and the company has a track record of sponsoring work visas for this function. If you're on a work visa or approaching an OPT deadline, Whatnot is worth targeting.
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🚀 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.
THE ROLE
The Business Operations Manager / Senior Manager plays a significant role in building the functions to unlock growth and help the Company scale. Working directly with Whatnot's leadership team, this role will work cross-functionally to lead large, critical initiatives and solve complicated, unstructured problems. This role is a terrific introduction to Whatnot, and allows impactful individuals to learn about the business while contributing to a variety of high-impact, critical initiatives.
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Take Whatnot global: Our team helped launch Whatnot across the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Canada, and is now focused on helping these markets scale — partnering with Product and Engineering to ensure international needs are built into scalable, global solutions, conducting primary research to identify high-impact opportunities across product, pricing, and incentives, and owning the key metrics that define success in each market including buyer and seller funnels, growth, marketing investments, and margin dynamics.
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Scale our marketing engine: As Whatnot dramatically scales its investment in marketing, bring business-side rigor to how capital is deployed, measured, and prioritized — deep-diving into complex channel decisions, building nascent capabilities, and ensuring the org and hiring roadmap keeps pace with our ambitions.
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Build a great business: Partner with StratFin and Data to ensure we are building a healthy, durable business — leading analyses across our key margin levers and growth investments, informing pricing decisions, and translating findings into concrete recommendations and actions for leadership.
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Help Whatnot run better: Build tooling to serve as a single source of truth for tracking progress against aggressive goals, highlighting key metrics, resource allocation, and blockers — helping teams stay lean and iterate faster.
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Deliver for our users: Be among the first to pressure-test new products and capabilities Whatnot is building, partnering with Product, Engineering, and Operations to translate what we learn into initiatives that improve the buyer and seller experience — and owning resolution of high-impact issues end-to-end when things go wrong.
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.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, or related field
- 5-6+ years experience in consulting, investment banking/private equity, or a fast-growing startup
- Able to move remarkably fast with little structure, guidance
- Curious to learn about different parts of the business and how to pull certain levers to grow faster
- Ability to operate independently and go deep on ambiguous projects
- Demonstrated ability to work and influence cross-functionally. You are proactive, great at communicating with different audiences and can bring stakeholders on-board. You seek out and have a track record for driving change and impact in a fluid, unstructured working environment
- Fluency in using AI tools to enhance problem-solving, analysis, and execution across a wide range of business challenges
NICE TO HAVE
- Experience working on a marketplace or a two-sided platform
- Experience or passion for buying and selling in online marketplace communities
- Proficiency with SQL & dashboards
COMPENSATION
For US-based applicants: $167,000/year - 215,000/year + benefits + stock options. The salary range may be inclusive of several levels that would be applicable to the position. Final salary will be based on a number of factors including, level, relevant prior experience, skills and expertise. This range is only inclusive of base salary, not equity in the form of stock options, or benefits (more details below).
BENEFITS
- Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays (including a summer and winter break)
- Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Work From Home Support + Home office setup allowance + Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
- Care benefits + Monthly allowance on 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
- 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.
Compensation Range: $167K - $215K
INTRODUCTION
🚀 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.
THE ROLE
The Business Operations Manager / Senior Manager plays a significant role in building the functions to unlock growth and help the Company scale. Working directly with Whatnot's leadership team, this role will work cross-functionally to lead large, critical initiatives and solve complicated, unstructured problems. This role is a terrific introduction to Whatnot, and allows impactful individuals to learn about the business while contributing to a variety of high-impact, critical initiatives.
-
Take Whatnot global: Our team helped launch Whatnot across the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Canada, and is now focused on helping these markets scale — partnering with Product and Engineering to ensure international needs are built into scalable, global solutions, conducting primary research to identify high-impact opportunities across product, pricing, and incentives, and owning the key metrics that define success in each market including buyer and seller funnels, growth, marketing investments, and margin dynamics.
-
Scale our marketing engine: As Whatnot dramatically scales its investment in marketing, bring business-side rigor to how capital is deployed, measured, and prioritized — deep-diving into complex channel decisions, building nascent capabilities, and ensuring the org and hiring roadmap keeps pace with our ambitions.
-
Build a great business: Partner with StratFin and Data to ensure we are building a healthy, durable business — leading analyses across our key margin levers and growth investments, informing pricing decisions, and translating findings into concrete recommendations and actions for leadership.
-
Help Whatnot run better: Build tooling to serve as a single source of truth for tracking progress against aggressive goals, highlighting key metrics, resource allocation, and blockers — helping teams stay lean and iterate faster.
-
Deliver for our users: Be among the first to pressure-test new products and capabilities Whatnot is building, partnering with Product, Engineering, and Operations to translate what we learn into initiatives that improve the buyer and seller experience — and owning resolution of high-impact issues end-to-end when things go wrong.
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.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, or related field
- 5-6+ years experience in consulting, investment banking/private equity, or a fast-growing startup
- Able to move remarkably fast with little structure, guidance
- Curious to learn about different parts of the business and how to pull certain levers to grow faster
- Ability to operate independently and go deep on ambiguous projects
- Demonstrated ability to work and influence cross-functionally. You are proactive, great at communicating with different audiences and can bring stakeholders on-board. You seek out and have a track record for driving change and impact in a fluid, unstructured working environment
- Fluency in using AI tools to enhance problem-solving, analysis, and execution across a wide range of business challenges
NICE TO HAVE
- Experience working on a marketplace or a two-sided platform
- Experience or passion for buying and selling in online marketplace communities
- Proficiency with SQL & dashboards
COMPENSATION
For US-based applicants: $167,000/year - 215,000/year + benefits + stock options. The salary range may be inclusive of several levels that would be applicable to the position. Final salary will be based on a number of factors including, level, relevant prior experience, skills and expertise. This range is only inclusive of base salary, not equity in the form of stock options, or benefits (more details below).
BENEFITS
- Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays (including a summer and winter break)
- Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Work From Home Support + Home office setup allowance + Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
- Care benefits + Monthly allowance on 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
- 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.
Compensation Range: $167K - $215K
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Frame your PM credentials around live commerce
Whatnot operates in fast-moving live shopping, so position your program management experience around product launches, vendor operations, or marketplace scaling. Generic project management credentials won't differentiate you the way retail-tech context does.
Target roles tied to platform growth initiatives
Whatnot regularly posts Project Program Manager openings connected to seller experience, fulfillment, or new category expansion. Roles aligned to active growth areas are more likely to move quickly through hiring and into sponsorship paperwork.
Clarify your visa timeline before your first interview
If you're on F-1 OPT, know your exact expiration date before conversations start. Whatnot sponsors H-1B and E-3, but a cap-subject H-1B petition requires filing in April, so timing your offer relative to the USCIS lottery window matters significantly.
Ask directly about in-house immigration support
During the offer stage, confirm whether Whatnot handles sponsorship through in-house counsel or an outside firm. Companies with dedicated immigration support move faster from offer to petition filing, which reduces risk if your OPT or grace period is tight.
Use Migrate Mate to filter open roles by visa type
Whatnot posts Project Program Manager positions across multiple levels. Use Migrate Mate to filter specifically for roles at Whatnot that align with your visa category, so you're not applying blind to positions that may not support your sponsorship situation.
Verify Whatnot's E-Verify enrollment before accepting an offer
F-1 OPT STEM extension and cap-gap protection both require your employer to be E-Verify enrolled. Confirm Whatnot's active enrollment status through the DOL's E-Verify employer search before accepting any offer if you're relying on OPT continuity.
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Find Project Program Manager at Whatnot JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Does Whatnot sponsor H-1B visas for Project Program Managers?
Yes, Whatnot sponsors H-1B visas for Project Program Manager roles. The H-1B is a cap-subject visa, meaning your employer must file a petition during the April registration window and selection depends on the USCIS lottery. If you're already on H-1B status with a different employer, a transfer to Whatnot avoids the lottery entirely.
Which visa types does Whatnot commonly sponsor for Project Program Manager roles?
Whatnot sponsors several visa categories for this role, including H-1B, E-3 for Australian citizens, TN for Canadian and Mexican nationals, and F-1 OPT and CPT for current students. They also support EB-2 and EB-3 immigrant visa pathways for longer-term employees pursuing permanent residence. J-1 sponsorship has also been part of their hiring.
How do I apply for Project Program Manager jobs at Whatnot?
Applications go through Whatnot's careers page, where roles are listed by team and level. Tailoring your resume to reflect Whatnot's live marketplace context, specifically around cross-functional coordination, seller or buyer operations, or platform scaling, strengthens your application. You can also browse and filter open Project Program Manager positions at Whatnot on Migrate Mate to find roles that match your visa category.
What qualifications does Whatnot expect for Project Program Manager candidates?
Whatnot typically looks for candidates with experience managing complex, cross-functional programs in a fast-paced technology or marketplace environment. Familiarity with agile methodologies, stakeholder alignment across engineering and operations teams, and exposure to e-commerce or retail workflows strengthens a candidacy. A bachelor's degree in a relevant field is standard, and prior experience at a consumer marketplace or platform company is a common differentiator.
How do I think about timing my application around visa sponsorship at Whatnot?
If you need a cap-subject H-1B, the USCIS lottery runs in March with an April 1 start date, so securing an offer by late February gives your employer enough runway to file. For F-1 OPT holders, factor in your remaining authorization window and whether you qualify for the STEM extension, which requires active E-Verify enrollment on Whatnot's part. E-3 and TN applicants face fewer timing constraints since those visas aren't lottery-based.
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