Business Operations Senior Associate

Whatnot • San Francisco, CA

72d

About The Position

The Business Operations Sr Associate plays a significant role in building the functions to unlock growth and help the Company scale. Working directly with Whatnot's leadership team, this role will work cross-functionally to lead large, critical initiatives and solve complicated, unstructured problems. This role is a terrific introduction to Whatnot, and allows impactful individuals to learn about the business while contributing to a variety of high-impact, critical initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, or related field
• 3-5+ years experience in consulting, investment banking/private equity, or a fast-growing startup
• Eager for new opportunities and challenges
• Able to move remarkably fast with little structure, guidance
• Curious to learn about different parts of the business and how to pull certain levers to grow faster
• Ability to operate independently and go deep on projects while also building key cross collaborative relationships across the company
• Demonstrated ability to work and influence cross-functionally
• Proactive, great at communicating with different audiences and can bring stakeholders on-board
• Track record for driving change and impact in a fluid, unstructured working environment
• Demonstrated ability to solve ambiguous problems using data and process improvement

Nice To Haves

• Experience working on a marketplace or a two-sided platform
• Experience or passion for buying and selling in online marketplaces communities
• SQL & Dashboard experience

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic partner to leadership, driving high-impact business initiatives and collaborating closely with leadership to inform decision-making
• Lead and execute key cross-functional initiatives, to scale functions and build solutions
• Proactively identify inhibitors to growth
• Define and measure critical important metrics

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees