San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Seattle, WA Hybrid Employment

Whatnot is hiring a Senior People Business Partner, Tech

About the Role

This role involves partnering with technology leaders to enhance team effectiveness, drive engagement, and support organizational growth through people-focused strategies and scalable HR practices.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with engineering leadership to align people strategies with business goals
  • Guide teams through organizational design and structural changes
  • Support performance management processes including underperformance situations
  • Coach managers on employee development and career progression
  • Lead change initiatives with a focus on transparency and inclusion
  • Identify trends in people data to inform proactive interventions
  • Advise on promotions, leveling, and compensation recommendations
  • Facilitate team offsites and leadership meetings
  • Develop onboarding programs tailored to technical teams
  • Drive engagement through regular team check-ins and pulse surveys
  • Manage complex employee relations with confidentiality and fairness
  • Collaborate with HR programs to scale best practices
  • Support merger, acquisition, or integration-related people efforts
  • Promote a culture of continuous feedback and recognition
  • Ensure compliance with employment laws and company policies
  • Partner with recruiting to improve candidate experience
  • Analyze headcount planning and workforce forecasting
  • Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
  • Provide guidance during high-impact business decisions
  • Escalate systemic issues to central HR functions
  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of HR trends in tech
  • Balance employee advocacy with organizational needs
  • Support leadership development programs for managers
  • Foster psychological safety within engineering teams
  • Align people metrics with business outcomes

Compensation

Competitive salary and equity package

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Team

Part of the People team supporting the engineering organization

Why This Role Matters

The Senior People Business Partner plays a critical role in shaping how engineering teams operate and grow. By aligning people strategy with technical objectives, this position helps maintain a healthy culture during periods of rapid change.

What You’ll Work On

You will partner closely with engineering leaders to solve organizational challenges, improve team dynamics, and scale HR practices. This includes advising on structure, performance, and development while ensuring initiatives are inclusive and data-informed.

Available for qualified candidates

About company
Whatnot
Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe where users can buy, sell, and discover items across hundreds of categories such as trading cards, fashion, electronics, and live plants. The company enables sellers to build real businesses and is pioneering live commerce at scale in the West.
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Job Details
Department People
Category other
Posted 3 months ago