Whatnot

Director, European and UK Public Policy

Whatnot

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United Kingdom

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Lead

About the role

  • Lead Whatnot’s advocacy across the EU and UK, articulating how Whatnot supports sellers and buyers in Europe and becoming an authoritative voice on live shopping and marketplace platforms.
  • Build and maintain trusted relationships with key policymakers, regulators, and government officials, as well as with business associations, civil society organisations, and other third parties.
  • Monitor and interpret policy and regulatory developments across the EU and UK, collaborating with teams across Whatnot to understand the impact on our product, operations, and sellers.
  • Advise senior leadership on the implications of key policy and regulatory proposals, providing clear recommendations and framing trade-offs.
  • Position Whatnot as a credible, constructive partner on topics such as e-commerce, shipping and customs, product safety, platform liability, and consumer protection.
  • Manage and coordinate external consultants and advisors in Brussels, London and key European markets, ensuring they are aligned with Whatnot’s priorities and messaging.
  • Collaborate closely with the Head of Global Public Policy and cross-functional partners to set priorities, refine narrative, and prepare for emerging issues.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of public policy or government affairs experience with or in European institutions and national governments.
  • Strong policy judgment and subject-matter fluency across issues relevant to Whatnot, with a clear sense of where risk is truly material, what’s just noise, and when and where to engage.
  • Experience building and sustaining trusted relationships with policymakers, regulators, industry groups, and civil society — with either an existing network or the ability to build one quickly.
  • Clear, effective written and oral communication skills and an instinct for reading subtext in complex policy debates and stakeholder conversations.
  • Comfort moving seamlessly from defining strategy to executing it.
  • A collaborative approach to driving outcomes, with experience partnering closely with Legal, Product, Comms, and external consultants.
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 phone and internet
  • Care benefits
  • Monthly allowance for wellness
  • 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 (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 *company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence.
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