Manager, Workforce Operations

Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. Whether it's trading cards, fashion, electronics, or live plants, our sellers are building real businesses across hundreds of categories. We're building live commerce at a scale that's never been done in the West, and there's no playbook to copy. The people here are shaping how an entirely new industry develops.

As a remote co-located team, we're inspired by our values and anchored in hubs across the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, Germany, and Australia. We move fast, stay close to our users, and focus on the work that drives the most impact.

We're one of the fastest growing marketplaces and were recently named the #1 Best Startup Employer in America by Forbes. 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.

We are looking for a Workforce Manager to lead capacity planning, scheduling, and reporting for our Trust & Risk organization. You have experience forecasting contact volume and determining headcount requirements and schedules accordingly. You are customer-centric and you constantly make decisions using data. You also have experience working cross-functionally with product teams to understand what staffing requirements should look like when new policies or features are launching on the platform.

Forecast staffing needs, taking into account contact volume, SLAs, and headcount requirements

Lead tactical staffing, aligning agent schedules to inbound demand and managing time-off requests for the T&R organization

Generate reports to show changes to productivity or performance

Collaborate closely with BPO Partner leadership teams to manage partner agent schedules

Own scenario modeling for adhoc staffing reallocations and ‘what if’ analyses