Strategic Partnerships Manager; French-speaking

🚀 Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot!

Whatnot is the largest live 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, Germany, Ireland, and Poland, we’re building the future of online marketplaces –together.

From fashion, beauty, and electronics to 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.

Our Strategic Partnerships team is responsible for driving business growth and fostering deep relationships with our sellers on Whatnot. This role will involve collaborating with some of the most influential and exciting partners in the ecosystem, where you'll be building near and long term strategies to drive growth and innovation for sellers and partners. We are seeking an experienced account manager who is a self-starter, thrives in ambiguity, and is passionate about sellers, people, and shaping the future of e-commerce.

• Develop and nurture strong seller relationships to support the business through a consultative approach. Deeply understand sellers' business, seller growth opportunities, seller marketing, and exec-level coaching needed to help Whatnot sellers achieve high growth goals

• Grow seller business through clear, data-driven POVs, and recommendations that align with overall business and company goals

• Manage a targeted book of business and develop a strategy for both short and long-term sustained success. Drive in-quarter business growth and product adoption

• Partner with cross-functional teams across the organization to share insights and learnings from our sellers. Advocate for our sellers and their needs, clearly articulating business and revenue impact and needs to unlock growth

• Perform project management on initiatives across a variety of cross-functional team stakeholders and drive projects to successful outcomes

We offer flexibility to work from home or from one of our global office hubs, and we value in‑person time for planning, problem‑solving, and connection. Team members in this role must live within commuting distance of our London, UK or Berlin, Germany hubs.

Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that embodying a low ego, growth mindset, and high‑impact drive goes a long way here.

• You have 5+ years of experience working in sales and/or account management function, specifically working with top business partners, streamers, and/or creators

• Fluent in French & English (written & spoken) with a deep understanding of French cultural and community dynamics

• Specific knowledge of Salesforce, Air Table, Sigma, and other tools to expertly manage your accounts

• Strong project management, organization, and stakeholder engagement skills, including multitasking to lead and execute multiple projects in parallel

• Experience in planning and leading strategic initiatives in close partnership with cross‑functional teams and drive execution

• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders, building strong functional relationships based on trust and respect

🙏 Nice to Have

• Be a Whatnot seller or entrepreneur yourself

• Past experience growing and scaling Account Management/Strategic Partnerships teams within an organisation

• Passion for creator communities and/or existing Whatnot product categories (specifically fashion, toys, collectibles or TCG)

• Experience buying and selling in online marketplaces

🎁 Benefits

• Generous Holiday and Time off Policy

• Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision

• Work From Home Support

  • Home office setup allowance

  • Monthly allowance for cell…