Whatnot
Corporate Security Operations Manager
Los Angeles, CA
Sponsorship not specified$25k-$40kDetected 28 days ago
CybersecuritySOC OperationsIncident ResponseCadencePlain Language
About the role
- 🚀 Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot!
- We're one of the fastest growing marketplaces and were recently named the #1 Best Startup Employer in America by Forbes.
- This role lives in both the strategic and tactical worlds.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- We move fast, stay close to our users, and focus on the work that drives the most impact.
- Whatnot's Corporate Security team is looking for an experienced security operations leader to own the physical safety of our people - across offices, live events, and the field.
- This role includes regular domestic and international travel (~25-40%) to support events, office operations, and field engagements.
- People who do well at Whatnot tend to be comfortable figuring things out as they go, biased toward action, and genuinely curious about what they're building.
Nice to have
- 10+ years of experience in corporate security operations, with extensive depth in the multi-office environment pillar and solid experience in the events/field security pillar
- A track record of managing external vendors to high standards and running cross-functional partnerships without friction
- You are at your best when the environment is fast-moving and the playbook doesn't exist yet - you spot what needs fixing, scope it, and get to work
- You communicate in plain language that non-security stakeholders can act on
- You are willing to work in office 2-3 days a week and travel at least 25% of your time
- Experience in high-growth tech companies, marketplaces, or live-event businesses
- International office or event security experience
- Hands-on experience with global travel security programs
Skills
- Office Security Operations
- Partner with Workplace on emergency response programs
- Be the person with the plan when something goes wrong at one of our sites
- Event Security Operations
- Field Security Operations
- Assess and mitigate risk for seller engagements, category activations, and community-based initiatives
- Build training and incident response protocols for
Compensation
- Annual allowance towards Childcare
Company info
- 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.
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