Whatnot
livestream shopping
PeopleOperationsPartner
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“People Operations Partner at Whatnot. Skills: People Operations infrastructure, compliance, auditing, reporting, core HR operations, payroll, time & attendance, Workday expert. Lead core People Ops operations. Own and execute key operational processes across the employee lifecycle, including job changes, departures, and compensation updates, ensuring accuracy and efficiency”
What You'll Achieve.
building scalable, compliant, and data-driven People Operations infrastructure; emphasis on accuracy, audit readiness, and operational excellence; strengthening our People infrastructure across compliance, auditing, reporting, and core HR operations; deliver accurate, scalable, and efficient operations across the employee lifecycle; ensure accuracy and efficiency; ensure ongoing compliance with policies and regulations; ensuring accuracy, controls, and a high-quality employee experience; provide actionable insights and support business and operational decision-making; ensuring alignment, clear milestones, and measurable outcomes; maintaining clean, audit-ready systems; improve accuracy, compliance, and user experience; improve efficiency and employee experience; contributing to a strong, scalable People Operations function
Industry & Context.
quickly understand existing workflows; identify gaps; drive improvements with minimal guidance; turning complex, messy processes into streamlined systems; identify issues proactively; identify gaps across workflows; design scalable, efficient solutions; identify trends
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3–5+ years of experience in People Ops, HR operations, or a similar role, ideally in a fast-growing environment, Workday power user, comfortable handling transactions, building reports, and proactively identifying data issues, Experience with compliance, audits, payroll, and/or time & attendance systems, Think in systems and enjoy improving processes, Comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy and driving projects end-to-end in ambiguous environments, Organized, proactive, and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, Communicate clearly and thoughtfully across teams, Take ownership and follow through, Care deeply about creating a great experience for every Whatnaut
Nice to Have
Familiar with tools like Google Workspace, Slack, Zendesk, Culture Amp, Navan, and Slab or Notion, and pick up new tools quickly
What You'll Do.
Lead core People Ops operations
Own and execute key operational processes across the employee lifecycle
including job changes
and compensation updates
ensuring accuracy and efficiency
Drive compliance and audit readiness
Maintain accurate records and documentation
Support internal and external audits
Strengthen processes to ensure ongoing compliance with policies and regulations
Partner on payroll and time & attendance operations
Work closely with Finance and Total Rewards to support payroll processes
time tracking systems
and a high-quality employee experience
Build and scale reporting & analytics
Develop and maintain Workday reports and dashboards that provide actionable insights and support business and operational decision-making
Manage People systems and data integrity
Act as a Workday expert
ensuring data accuracy
identifying issues proactively
and maintaining clean
Drive process improvement and systems design
Identify gaps across workflows and design scalable
efficient solutions that improve accuracy
Improve the People Ops helpdesk
Respond to Tier 1 and Tier 2 questions
Enhance self-service resources to improve efficiency and employee experience
Support the team and ensure continuity across People Ops workflows
Flex across onboarding
and compliance work as needed
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner cross-functionally to deliver accurate, scalable, and efficient operations across the employee lifecycle; Work closely with Finance and Total Rewards to support payroll processes, time tracking systems, and issue resolution; Drive complex, cross-functional work from problem definition through execution, ensuring alignment, clear milestones, and measurable outcomes; Communicate clearly and thoughtfully across teams
Communication Scope
Communicate clearly and thoughtfully across teams
Process & Methodology
Lead cross-functional People Ops initiatives and projects, Drive complex, cross-functional work from problem definition through execution, ensuring alignment, clear milestones, and measurable outcomes, Driving projects end-to-end in ambiguous environments
Full 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. Whether it's trading cards, fashion, electronics, or live plants, our sellers are building real businesses across hundreds of categories. We're building live commerce at a scale that's never been done in the West, and there's no playbook to copy. The people here are shaping how an entirely new industry develops. As a remote co-located team, we're inspired by our values https://www.whatnot.com/careers and anchored in hubs across the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, Germany, and Australia. We move fast, stay close to our users, and focus on the work that drives the most impact. We're one of the fastest growing marketplaces https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/business/dealbook/whatnot-livestream-shopping-fundraise.html and were recently named the #1 Best Startup Employer in America https://www.forbes.com/lists/americas-best-startup-employers/ by Forbes. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news https://blog.teamwhatnot.com/ and engineering blogs https://medium.com/whatnot-engineering and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce. People Operations Partner We’re looking for a People Operations Partner to help shape and scale the employee experience at Whatnot. This role goes beyond keeping things running — you’ll improve the systems, programs, and processes that support our team as we grow. This role is focused on building scalable, compliant, and data-driven People Operations infrastructure, with a strong emphasis on accuracy, audit readiness, and operational excellence. You’ll focus on strengthening our People infrastructure across compliance, auditing, reporting, and core HR operations like payroll and time & attendance. You’ll partner cross-functionally to deliver accurate, scalable, and efficient operations across the employee life
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