Technical Program Manager

Whatnot

Technical Program Manager driving engineering and product initiatives for Whatnot's growth. Focused on high-impact strategies and improving execution across teams.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $190,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive the engineering roadmap, strategy, and execution of critical cross-functional initiatives
Define requirements and technical roadmap with engineering, product, and cross-functional teams to launch programs at lightning speed
Design and improve engineering processes, planning rhythms, and execution frameworks
Clearly communicate roadmap, progress, and insights to key teams and stakeholders
Do whatever it takes to ensure engineering teams are operating effectively — unblock them and keep them moving at a rapid pace
Take ownership of any major blocker to the company's success
Drive strategic initiatives across the company as needed

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of relevant experience
Experience leading complex, multi-disciplinary, and highly visible technical and operational initiatives across an organization
Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments, identify system and design tradeoffs, and make decisions with limited information in high-pressure situations
Demonstrated hands-on fluency with AI tools (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor) to reduce manual overhead, automate program workflows, and drive measurable efficiency gains
Proven ability to collect, synthesize, and interpret data to inform decisions and drive clarity
Experience with hypothesis-driven product and engineering development
Entrepreneurial drive to achieve stretch goals in an innovative, fast-paced environment.

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
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!).
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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Hard Skills & Tools

engineering processestechnical roadmapprogram workflowsdata synthesishypothesis-driven developmentAI toolsautomationefficiency gains

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationproblem-solvingdecision-makingadaptabilityownershipstrategic thinkingentrepreneurial drive