Job Description
Whatnot is seeking a Category Manager to launch and own a priority category in France. This role involves strategizing ways to scale efforts, building relationships with influencers, and organizing events. The Category Manager will also build a pipeline of sellers, advise them on growth strategies, and gather user insights for the product team. They will utilize data to inform category plans and drive strategic projects.
Responsibilities:
- Launch and own a priority category in France
- Build relationships with influencers
- Organize and execute events
- Build a pipeline of sellers
- Advise sellers on growth strategies
- Gather user insights for the product team
- Utilize data to inform category plans
- Drive strategic projects
Requirements:
- 4+ years of experience in a client-facing role
- Experience in business development or partner-facing role
- Fluent French and English speaker
- Familiarity with the French market
- Experience building and executing against a pipeline of targets
- Scrappy and flexible in a fast-paced startup environment
- Strategic and creative thinker
- Passion for creator communities or expertise in Whatnot product categories
- Experience at a high-growth startup, marketplace, or creator-focused platform
- Proficiency in SQL is a plus
- Experience buying and selling in online marketplaces a plus
What Whatnot Offers:
- Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays
- Health Insurance options
- Work From Home Support
- Home office setup allowance
- Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
- Care benefits
- Monthly allowance for wellness
- Annual allowance towards Childcare
- Lifetime benefit for family planning
- Retirement; 401k 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