Whatnot is hiring a Product Manager, Video to lead the strategy, vision, and execution for our core video platform. You will own the infrastructure, UX, and developer surface area that powers real-time, commerce-driven livestreaming, enabling thousands of sellers to go live and millions of users to transact seamlessly.
What You'll Do
- Own the end-to-end product roadmap for the video platform, from ingestion and encoding to playback and seller tooling.
- Define and execute against SLAs for quality, reliability, and latency.
- Collaborate with infrastructure, client, and ML teams to optimize video delivery and viewer experience.
- Drive integrations with interactive features such as chat, auctions, and overlays to deepen engagement.
- Partner with sellers and internal teams to understand pain points and translate them into scalable video solutions.
- Establish product metrics and experimentation frameworks to validate performance and user impact.
What We're Looking For
- 8+ years of product management experience with a track record of shipping complex, technical products at scale.
- 2+ years building video experiences such as livestreaming or interactive broadcasts.
- Deep understanding of the dynamics of live vs. asynchronous video, including latency, concurrency, failure modes, moderation, and seller workflows.
- Data-driven decision maker who can define the right KPIs, instrument platforms, and run experiments to drive measurable outcomes.
- Excellent collaboration and communication across disciplines and levels.
Nice to Have
- General streaming or video infrastructure experience.
Team & Environment
You will partner closely with engineering, design, infrastructure, and seller-facing teams, reporting to the Product Director.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: $240,000/year to $275,000/year + equity
- Generous Holiday and Time off Policy
- Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
- Work From Home Support and Home office setup allowance
- Monthly allowance for cell phone, internet, and wellness
- Care benefits
- Annual allowance towards Childcare
- Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
- Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US with an employer match up to 4% of base salary and Pension plans internationally
- Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
- Parental Leave: 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work
Work Mode
This position is based in our local offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, or New York.
Whatnot 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.
