Whatnot is a livestream shopping platform and marketplace backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and CapitalG. We’re building the future of ecommerce, bringing together community, shopping and entertainment. We are committed to our values, whether working remotely or from one of our offices. We are building a team that has experience from top tech, retail and payments platforms in the world. We’re innovating in the fast-paced world of live auctions in categories including sports, fashion, video games, and streetwear.
As a People Business Partner Director, you will be a strategic partner to key Senior Leaders in support of the organization’s people strategy. In this role, you’ll partner with leaders in our global Go-to-Market department including Partnerships, Marketing and Operations, to understand our strategy, enable our teams to achieve their goals, and expand internationally. You’ll be a leader on a passionate team that drives People programs and processes, organizational design and development, and be a trusted advisor to high level leaders and management in support of empowering Whatnauts to do their best work as we continue to grow.
Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership and management coaching to help the team operate most effectively, ensure an exceptional employee experience, and support achievement of organizational goals
- Collaborate on people-related strategy and decisions including organizational design, planning, and development
- Drive diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout all of our people team programs and initiatives
- Provide ongoing guidance to managers for employee relations matters including complex performance and behavior management and investigations in addition to supporting and responding to employee complaints in a timely manner and partner with external legal counsel as needed
- Drive the People Processes for your organization including compensation cycles, feedback, talent management, and workforce planning
- Partner with the Centers of Excellence including Learning & Development, Total Rewards, and People Operations to provide input into design and delivery of people programs and processes
- Leverage data and relationships throughout the business to proactively identify and address talent issues before they impact the business, including attrition risk
- Own end-to-end change management process and planning associated with reorgs/role adjustments, leadership announcements, and changes to strategic direction
- Support Manager Development in the areas of inclusive behaviors, team effectiveness, and strategic management
- Design and lead org-specific people initiatives and projects
- Utilize engagement surveys and related people data to provide guidance and recommendations around strategy as it relates to culture, people growth and retention, performance, and org wide development opportunities
