Business Operations Senior Associate
Content + Source + Freshness • 18 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
Very high value suggesting lucrative compensation aligned with significant organizational impact and growth potential.
- High base salary: $135,000-$150,000/year
- Lead critical operations initiatives with strong company backing
- Opportunity to impact a rapidly growing commerce platform
- Emphasis on high performance and initiative
Pros
- Salary range up to $150,000, competitive for business operations roles
- Opportunities to lead critical business initiatives
- Dynamic environment with high visibility among leadership
Cons
- High performance expectations may lead to stress
- Navigating ambiguous projects can be challenging
- Work may involve long hours to meet deadlines
Who it's for
Senior / Experienced • Hybrid / Flexible
Good fit
- Senior-level operations professionals
- Individuals with consulting or financial backgrounds
- Candidates with a passion for innovative business models
Not recommended for
- Newcomers to the field seeking entry-level positions
- Those preferring structured roles without ambiguity
- Individuals less inclined towards leadership responsibility
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
Location
San Francisco, CA
Employment Type
Full time
Department
Business Operations
Compensation
- $135K – $150K • Offers Equity
The salary or hourly rate range may be inclusive of several levels that would be applicable to the position. Final salary or hourly rate will be based on a number of factors including, level, relevant prior experience, skills, and expertise. This range is only inclusive of base salary or hourly rate, not benefits or equity.
🚀 Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot!
Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re re-defining e-commerce by blending community, shopping, and entertainment into a community just for you. As a remote co-located team, we’re inspired by innovation and anchored in our values. With hubs in the US, UK, Germany, Ireland, and Poland, we’re building the future of online marketplaces –together.
From fashion, beauty, and electronics to collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants, our live auctions have something for everyone.
And we’re just getting started! As one of the fastest growing marketplaces, we’re looking for bold, forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news and engineering blogs and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business, and bring people together through commerce.
💻 The Role
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.
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
👋 You
Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and high impact goes a long way here.
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. You are proactive, great at communicating with different audiences and can bring stakeholders on-board. You seek out and have a 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 Have
Experience working on a marketplace or a two-sided platform.
Experience or passion for buying and selling in online marketplaces communities
SQL & Dashboard experience
💛 EOE
Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, and we 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. We believe that our work is better and our company culture is improved when we encourage, support, and respect the different skills and experiences represented within our workforce.
Compensation Range: $135K - $150K
