Recruiting Manager, International (London or Dublin)

🚀 Whatnot

Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re building the future of ecommerce, bringing together community, shopping and entertainment. We are committed to our values, and as a remote co-located team, we operate out of hubs within the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, and Germany today.

We’re innovating in the fast-paced world of live auctions from fashion, beauty, electronics to collectibles like trading cards, comic books, and even live plants. Whatnot has something for everyone.

And, we’re growing. Whatnot has been one of the fastest growing marketplaces and we’re hiring forward-thinking problem solvers across all functional areas. 

💻 Role

• Act as the subject matter authority on all things International recruiting and more! You can act as a guide in what motivates and drives the team to hire the best talent to the these opportunities and can make recommendations to hiring managers & fellow recruiters to drive success.
• Identify passionate candidates. This is a player coach role-you will always have at least a couple of key roles you're running to stay close to the work.
• Empower your team to find or build new sources of talent. LinkedIn might be a great tool, but you'll always look for new and outstanding ways to source versatile folks.
• Set the pace for and drive your team to successfully juggle a variety of roles at once. At any given time, individuals on your team could be working on filling 8-10 (or more at times) open roles.
• Manage team's work with regard to developing job posts, hiring plans, and rubrics. You'll work with the VP of Talent to help further operationalize and build many of these founding processes.
• Emphasize diversity and inclusivity. You'll lead your team in identifying traditional and non-traditional methods to increase the likelihood we can bring new perspectives to the team.
• Empower your team to iterate on the candidate hiring process. You'll smooth rough edges in the interview process by analyzing data and presenting solutions to the team.
• Cultivate senior relationships with individuals and groups. You'll help build personal relationships through introductions, references, or by facilitating participation with community groups.

Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of our London or Dublin Hubs.

👋 About 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, but here are a few criteria we're looking for in this role:

You have proven experience recruiting for International roles as well as managing a recruiting team. Your roots are in identifying and evaluating candidates for a variety of functions and roles, and you enjoy the challenge of finding (and helping your team to find) outstanding talent for hard-to-fill positions from early career to Director-level roles.

You are a leader and a builder at heart. You bring 6+ years experience leading recruiting pods and you get energy from building foundational processes and principles. You are experienced in giving direct feedback and helping to grow and empower a team. You set strategy, you lean in and get into the weeds and you inspire your team to do their best work.

You are a champion for diversity hiring & inclusive interview practices. At Whatnot, we believe hiring and fostering a diverse team is the key to building a successful business. You should be passionate about these initiatives and have experience creating a strategy for building diverse teams.

You are comfortable with ownership. Whatnot is one of the fastest-growing startups in history, and hiring is critical to our success. You should feel comfortable moving uncomfortably fast and being responsible for your work.

You provide an incredible candidate experience. You sweat the small stuff but keep the big picture in mind. You know that a job search is can be an overwhelming and complicated journey for candidates, so you prioritize providing a more human experience for everyone that interacts with Whatnot during a hiring process.

You are data-focused. You track pipeline health to balance your priorities and set hiring manager expectations.

💰Compensation

The salary range may be inclusive of several levels that would be applicable to the position. Final salary will be based on a number of factors including, level, relevant prior experience, skills and expertise. This range is only inclusive of base salary, not benefits (more details below) or equity.

🎁 Benefits

• Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays (including a spring and winter break)
• Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
• Work From Home Support
• Home office setup allowance
• Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
• Care benefits
• Monthly allowance on both food and wellness
• Annual allowance towards Childcare
• Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
• 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
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work *company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence.

💛 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.

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