Senior Compensation Analyst

Whatnot; San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles (CA, NY, CA); Remote; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Whatnot, a leading livestream shopping platform, seeks a Senior Compensation Analyst to design and manage global compensation programs. This role will involve collaborating with stakeholders to develop compensation strategies, conducting market analysis, and ensuring efficient program execution, all while thriving in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Flexible Time off Policy

Health Insurance options (Medical, Dental, Vision)

Work From Home Support

Care benefits and Childcare allowance

401k with employer match

Parental Leave (16 weeks paid)

Qualifications

• 5+ years of compensation experience at a fast-paced company.
• Experience managing global compensation initiatives.
• Strong ability to toggle between strategic planning and hands-on operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of global compensation programs.
• Conduct market benchmarking for job architecture.
• Collaborate with recruiting on offer approvals and optimize processes.

Skills

Change management

Interpersonal communication

Operational excellence

Job description

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. We’re re-defining e-commerce by blending community, shopping, and entertainment into a community just for you. As a remote co-located team, we’re inspired by innovation and anchored in our values . With hubs in the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, and Germany, we’re building the future of online marketplaces—together.

From fashion, beauty, and electronics to rare collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants, our live auctions have something for everyone.

And we’re just getting started! As one of the fastest growing marketplaces , we’re looking for bold, forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas. 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.

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

Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of our New York City, NY, Los Angeles, CA or San Francisco, CA hubs.

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

For US-based applicants: $160,000/year to $210,000/year + benefits + equity.

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 benefits (more details below) or equity.

• Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays (including a spring and winter break)
• Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
• Work From Home Support
  • Home office setup allowance
  • Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
• Care benefits
  • Monthly allowance for 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
  • All Whatnauts are expected to develop a deep understanding of our product. We're passionate about building the best user experience, and all employees are expected to use Whatnot as both a buyer and a seller as part of their job (our dogfooding budget makes this fun and easy!).
• 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.

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