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Senior People Programs Manager

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Whatnot

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United States , San Francisco

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Salary:

165000.00 - 195000.00 USD / Year

Job Description:

We’re looking for a Senior People Programs Manager to own and evolve our core talent and performance programs at Whatnot. This role sits at the center of how performance, growth, and feedback work here – from reviews and promotions to talent reviews and culture surveys.

Job Responsibility:

  • Own all performance cycles – Lead mid-year, year-end, and intern performance cycles from start to finish
  • Manage promotion, compensation, and performance workflows
  • Build and maintain talent review and retention programs
  • Run listening programs – Execute the Culture Survey and smaller, program-specific pulse surveys
  • Improve how things work for managers
  • Partner closely across the business
  • Continuously improve our programs
  • Deeply understand the business

Requirements:

  • 7+ years of experience owning or leading company-wide talent, performance, or people programs at rapidly growing companies
  • Deep experience supporting a global and distributed workforce
  • Strong attention to detail and high proficiency in Excel
  • Strong operational mindset
  • Comfortable being hands-on
  • Communicate clearly and simply
  • Take ownership when things don't go as planned
  • Can work through differences of opinion
  • Prefer progress over perfection

Nice to have:

  • Low ego
  • Growth mindset
  • Strong bias toward impact
What we offer:
  • Generous Holiday and Time off Policy
  • 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
  • Parental Leave: 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 18, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Remote work
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