Threat Intelligence & Investigations Lead

Whatnot Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 157,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Work From Home Support

Retirement 401k

Parental Leave

Job summary

Whatnot seeks a seasoned investigations professional to own and operate our corporate security program. You will build a case-management system, monitor threats, and coordinate with Trust & Risk, Legal, and People teams to protect the business.

You will manage vendors, use internal AI tools, and liaise with law enforcement when needed, while maintaining strict confidentiality and privacy standards. This role requires a hybrid in-office cadence in major hubs.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in corporate or government investigations and protective intelligence.
• Proven end-to-end investigations including workplace violence and insider risk.
• Experience building tooling with AI and internal AI systems.
• Familiarity with investigative and intelligence tools like Clear, OSINT, Ontic.
• Ability to determine escalation and engage law enforcement when appropriate.
• Strong privacy, data-handling, and confidentiality practices.
• Experience working with local and federal law enforcement agencies.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage Whatnot's investigations and case management system using internal AI tools.
• Monitor signals for threats and deliver concise intelligence products to stakeholders.
• Lead threat assessments and coordinate with Trust & Risk, Legal, and People teams.
• Oversee vendor onboarding, budgets, and tool usage policies.
• Collaborate on escalation criteria and incident response planning.
• Support events and high-profile activities with protective intelligence.

Skills

Investigations

Protective intelligence

Threat management

AI tooling

Law enforcement liaison

Privacy & data handling

Communication

Tools

Ontic

Clear

OSINT platforms

Claude AI

Job description

Whatnot seeks a seasoned investigations professional to own and operate our corporate security program. You will build a case-management system, monitor threats, and coordinate with Trust & Risk, Legal, and People teams to protect the business.

You will manage vendors, use internal AI tools, and liaise with law enforcement when needed, while maintaining strict confidentiality and privacy standards. This role requires a hybrid in-office cadence in major hubs.