Customer Success Manager

Whatnot

Customer Success Manager collaborating with sellers to enhance growth on Whatnot’s livestream shopping platform. Nurturing partnerships and driving customer success for sustained business growth.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeLos Angeles • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $113,000 - $155,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and nurture early seller relationships and serve as their trusted advisor and business consultant. Deeply understand sellers' business and goals, navigate objections, build trust quickly, and provide personalized coaching to help Whatnot sellers achieve high growth goals and find long-term success on Whatnot.
Manage a pipeline of high growth sellers and develop a strategy for sustainable adoption, growth and retention. Grow seller business through clear, data-driven POVs, and recommendations that align with overall business and company goals.
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.
Use quantitative and qualitative data to find growth opportunities, diagnose seller issues, and make actionable recommendations that improve seller outcomes and team efficiency.
Test new tactics, playbooks, and strategies that unlock step-change growth for sellers and help the Customer Success and Category teams learn faster.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong selling and relationship-building skills. You can build trust with sellers, navigate objections, and motivate people to take action.
Customer instinct. You listen closely, understand what sellers need, and translate that into practical guidance that helps them grow.
High ownership and resourcefulness. You’re willing to go deep, do the unglamorous work, and figure out what’s needed to help sellers succeed.
Speed and adaptability. You can ramp quickly, respond to changing priorities, and deliver immediate impact without waiting for a perfect playbook.
Strong teammate instincts. You work well across Sales, Category, Product, Operations, and Support to deliver exceptional customer experiences.
Analytical judgment. You can use data to spot patterns, prioritize sellers, measure progress, and turn insights into clear next steps.
Comfort holding sellers accountable. You can be direct, helpful, and clear when a seller needs to change behavior, follow through on commitments, or focus on higher-impact actions.
Genuine curiosity about Whatnot’s product, categories, and seller communities. All Whatnauts are expected to use the product as both a buyer and seller.
AI-forward working habits. You look for ways to use modern tools to move faster, reduce manual work, and improve decision-making.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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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Soft Skills

selling skillsrelationship-building skillscustomer instincthigh ownershipresourcefulnessspeedadaptabilityteammate instinctsanalytical judgmentcuriosity