Product Manager, Ads & Promos

Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot!Whatnot is the largest livestream 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, Ireland, Poland, and Germany, we’re building the future of online marketplaces—together.From fashion, beauty, and electronics to rare 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. RoleWe are looking for an experienced Product Manager to lead the strategy and execution for Ads & Promos teams, which are essential growth tools for our sellers. You will play a critical role in guiding the next phase of growth for these suite of marketing tools that empower sellers to to grow on Whatnot and drive tangible business impact.You will drive product development across all Ads & Promo tools, while also partnering with engineering, design & other partners to help improve user experience, seller ROAS and drive retention & adoption. Your work will help sellers make smarter investments, increase visibility, and drive conversion that ultimately grows their business. We are looking for someone who has a strong bias towards action, is excited to work in a domain specific problem space, and wants to build 0 → 1 solutions and systems from scratch.You will:Design and lead the product roadmap and strategy for Ads & Promos tools, balancing short and long-term goals.Engage regularly as a trusted advisor with leadership to understand their strategies, pain points, and priorities to inform product strategy, while providing transparency into roadmaps and managing expectations.Roll up your sleeves to define product requirements & work with engineering, design and broader team to bring our roadmap to market at lightning speed.Deeply understand and own the Ads & Promos ecosystem that include seller budgeting strategies, ROI/ROAS, attribution, pricing, auction dynamics, and best practices to inform product strategy and execution.Drive development of core ad systems including ad ranking algorithms, bidding, targeting engines, pricing mechanisms, and impression supply forecasting.Deliver actionable metrics & dashboards to help sellers adopt & optimize marketing spend across Ads & Promos.Lead global expansion of Ads & Promos tools, with emphasis on adoption and ease-of-use.Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of our New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA, or Los Angeles, CA hubs. YouCurious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that low ego, a growth mindset, systems thinking and high impact goes a long way here.You have 7+ years of product management experience, with a focus on ads or monetization, plus:Experience working in the ads (e.g. native advertising) and/or promotions (e.g. Coupons, Incentives, etc) domain, especially in an ecommerce marketplace.Experience leveraging AI and ML to build products that deliver outsized impact for users/marketers. You are comfortable designing for real-time systems like streaming data pipelines, event-driven triggers, and live experimentation environments.Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments, identify trade-offs, and make decisions with limited information in high-pressure situations.Proven ability to develop sound research methodologies and collect, synthesize, analyze, and interpret data.Experienced in design, and hypothesis driven product development.Deep empathy for users and a passion for delivering outstanding user experiences. BenefitsFlexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays (including a spring and winter break)Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, VisionWork From Home SupportHome office setup allowanceMonthly allowance for cell phone and internetCare benefitsMonthly allowance for wellnessAnnual allowance towards ChildcareLifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expensesRetirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationallyMonthly allowance to dogfood the appAll Whatnauts are expected to develop a deep understanding of our product. We're passionate about building the best user experience, and all employees are expected to use Whatnot as both a buyer and a seller as part of their job (our dogfooding budget makes this fun and easy!).Parental Leave16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work *company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence. EOEWhatnot 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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