Senior Business Partner, GTM + G&A

Senior Compensation Business Partner, GTM + G&A

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$ / yr – $ / yr

Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe. We blend community, shopping, and entertainment to create a unique marketplace experience. As a global, remote‑first team with hubs in the US, UK, Germany, Ireland, and Poland, we’re building the future of online marketplaces.

We are seeking a Senior Compensation Business Partner to drive compensation strategy across our business‑facing teams — including Finance, Legal, People, Operations, Category Management, Sales, Marketing, and other business functions. This role shapes how Whatnot attracts, rewards, and retains top business talent across varied disciplines.

• Act as the primary compensation advisor to Business leaders, translating business strategy into compensation frameworks and organizational design recommendations.
• Develop innovative, business‑aligned compensation programs that strengthen retention and support long‑term objectives.
• Develop compensation strategies for diverse roles — from analytical and operational to legal, finance, and emerging leadership categories.
• Drive adoption of consistent leveling, job families, and pay structures across highly varied business functions.
• Lead semi‑annual compensation cycles for G&A + Sales, ensuring alignment with Finance, strong governance, clean data, and cohesive cross‑functional communication.
• Strengthen systematic compensation governance — documenting standards, introducing decision frameworks, and ensuring consistency in offers, promotions, and pay decisions.
• Evaluate pay equity, pay compression, flight risk indicators, role criticality, and ROI of compensation investments.
• Build models to forecast cost impacts, scenario‑plan organization changes, and ensure financial discipline across business functions.
• Own compensation system workflows for G&A + Sales teams, ensuring data accuracy, clarity of ranges, and intuitive reporting.
• Create and deliver training to improve manager and leader compensation literacy, particularly for non‑People, non‑technical teams.

• 7+ years of compensation or total rewards experience, ideally partnering with commercial or G&A functions.
• Strong expertise in variable incentive design, job architecture, benchmarking, and compensation philosophy.
• Analytical and financial mindset, translating data into actionable business insights.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, advising senior leaders across different disciplines.
• Strong operational instincts with the ability to simultaneously drive strategy, systems, and high‑quality execution.

• 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 on food and wellness, annual allowance towards childcare, lifetime benefit for family planning such as adoption or fertility expenses
• Retirement: 401(k) 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 leave plus one month gradual return to work (company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements)

Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and 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.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

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