Whatnot
Corporate Security Operations Manager
Los Angeles, CA · Senior
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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
- You must know what "good" looks like and how to build toward it in a fast-moving organization
- Work From Home Support
- All 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!).
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
Benefits
- Generous Holiday and Time off Policy
- Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
- Home office setup allowance
- Monthly allowance for wellness
- 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
- Parental Leave
Company info
- 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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