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Senior Manager / Director, Carrier Operations

Whatnot Β· San Francisco, CA Β· 1 mo ago
RemoteRemoteManagement$234k–$325k/yrContract
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role (maybe from description), Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Pay, etc. Must not repeat job title. Must not include boilerplate like EEO, scam warning, etc. Must preserve all substantive info. Must not include sections with placeholder text. We need to parse the posting. First paragraph: "πŸš€ Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot! Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform..." This is company description. Could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" is a heading for description of role. The first part is about company; we could put under "About the role" maybe. But we need to follow rule: use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we need headings exactly those strings? It says use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Likely we should use those headings if content exists. We need to include a section only when posting has real, specific content for it. We have content for About the role (company description and role overview). Responsibilities: bullet list after "In this role you will:" with many items. Requirements: bullet list after "As our Senior Manager / Director of Carrier Operations you should have:" with many items. Benefits: list after "🎁 Benefits". Pay: "Compensation Range: $234K - $325K". Schedule: not mentioned. So we should not include Schedule. Qualifications and Skills: The requirements list includes experience, fluency, analytical rigor, cross-functional leadership, managing team, incident response, international experience, strategic thinking. Could split into Qualifications and Skills but we can just put under Requirements (or Qualifications). The instruction says we can use those headings if we have content. We have content for Requirements (experience, etc.) Could also have Skills (analytical rigor, SQL, etc.) but we can combine. We must not repeat job title as heading. So no heading for "Senior Manager / Director of Carrier Operations". Also must not put Job ID/requisition numbers. We must remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we need to drop the EEO paragraph, the scam warning line, the "Please note: Whatnot will only contact you..." line, the EOE section, and maybe the "Parental Leave" line is part of benefits (we keep). Also the "All Whatnauts are expected to develop a deep understanding..." is part of benefits/dogfooding; keep. We need to preserve all substantive information: company description, role overview, responsibilities bullet points, requirements bullet points, benefits list, compensation range. We need to format responsibilities as
  • each item. Same for requirements and benefits. We need to ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. Now craft HTML. Start with

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          with compensation range. We must not include Schedule. Check that we didn't include any boilerplate: The EEO paragraph, scam warning, etc removed. Now extract content. Company description paragraph: "πŸš€ 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. Whether it's trading cards, fashion, electronics, or live plants, our sellers are building real businesses across hundreds of categories. We're building live commerce at a scale that's never been done in the West, and there's no playbook to copy. The people here are shaping how an entirely new industry develops. As a remote co-located team, we're inspired by our values and anchored in hubs across the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, Germany, and Australia. We move fast, stay close to our users, and focus on the work that drives the most impact. We're one of the fastest growing marketplaces and were recently named the #1 Best Startup Employer in America by Forbes. 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." Role overview: after that, there is a rocket emoji? Actually after that there is "πŸ’» Role Every package that moves between a Whatnot seller and buyer touches a carrier β€” and shipping is one of the largest cost and experience levers in the business. As Senior Manager / Director of Carrier Operations, you will own Whatnot's global carrier function end to end: the relationships, the economics, the operating rhythm, and the team behind them. Our network spans domestic and international parcel carriers (USPS, UPS, FedEx, Royal Mail, DHL, DPD, Mondial Relay, Canada Post, Australia Post, and more) as well as shipping integrators like Shippo and Sendcloud." We can combine into About the role paragraph(s). Might split into two

          but okay. Now responsibilities list: after "In this role you will:" we have a series of sentences each starting with a verb. Need to split into bullet points. Let's extract each: - Own carrier performance monitoring. Build and run the daily/weekly monitoring of shipping health β€” margin, on-time delivery, label generation success, scan rates, surcharge and refund rates, and CX contact volume β€” define the topline carrier KPIs, surface degradation early, and drive issues to resolution with the right internal and external owners. - Own carrier pricing. Understand and size every carrier price change (rate cards, surcharges, fuel, zone remapping), decide with Product/Eng and business leadership whether and how to pass changes through, coordinate customer communications and CX readiness, and hold carriers accountable to advance notice on pricing and data changes. - Lead disruption response. Monitor and respond to carrier API changes, tariffs and regulatory shifts (e.g., de minimis changes), carrier policy updates, and weather events β€” quarterbacking coordinated cross-functional responses with Product, Engineering, CX, Trust & Safety, and Public Policy. - Own shipping cost integrity. Run the invoice reconciliation process across all carriers and integrators, ensure carrier charges map correctly to internal data, drive rate shadowing to catch mispricing, and partner with Accounting, Strategic Finance, and Analytics to reconcile margin reporting into a single trusted source of truth. - Manage carrier relationships and negotiations. Own the weekly/biweekly operating cadence with each carrier and integrator, set agendas that drive our priorities, escalate and resolve operational issues (rate card mismatches, incorrect surcharges, RTS spikes, collections delays), and lead or support rate negotiations, RFPs, and contract changes. - Recover money we're owed. Own claims at scale (thousands of loss/damage claims per week), bulk claims programs, unused label refunds, and overcharge credits β€” a direct, measurable margin lever. - Own carrier-side seller and CX operations. Oversee high-value stuck-shipment resolution, BYOL support, seller collections, hazmat violation management, and carrier violation remediation in partnership with Account Managers and Support. - Launch and scale. Onboard new carriers, service levels, lanes, and markets β€” from commercial diligence through data integration and ramp β€” and set the 12–18 month strategy for the carrier function as Whatnot's volume and international footprint grow. - Build and lead the team. Manage and develop a team of carrier operations analysts and associates, define clear ownership across monitoring, pricing, reconciliation, and escalations, and identify what to automate, playbook, or hand off as we scale. Now requirements list after "As our Senior Manager / Director of Carrier Operations you should have:" bullet points: - 8–12+ years of experience in parcel/carrier operations, logistics, transportation procurement, or marketplace operations β€” ideally at a high-volume ecommerce company, marketplace, 3PL, integrator, or carrier - Experience owning carrier relationships and negotiations, including rate cards, surcharges, SLAs, and contract terms across multiple domestic and international carriers - Deep fluency in parcel economics and cost integrity: rate structures, fuel and peak surcharges, VAT/tax treatment, FX, invoice audit and reconciliation, and claims recovery - Strong analytical rigor β€” you're comfortable owning shipping margin down to the invoice line and reconciling numbers across finance, accounting, and analytics systems; SQL and tools like Sigma, Hex, or Looker are a strong plus - Proven cross-functional leadership: you can align Product, Engineering, Finance, CX, and external partners around a plan, and run a tight operating cadence with vendors - Experience managing and developing a team, including building playbooks and delegating standardized work - Calm, structured incident response instincts β€” you're the person people want running point when a carrier changes an API, a lane starts failing, or a tariff lands - International shipping and cross-border experience (customs, duties, de minimis, VAT) strongly preferred - Ability to think strategically and execute methodically in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment Now benefits list after "🎁 Benefits". Let's extract each line: - 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. We should keep the Parental Leave line as part of benefits. Now compensation: "Compensation Range: $234K - $325K" Now we need to output HTML fragment only. Let's craft. We'll have:

          About the role

          πŸš€ 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. Whether it's trading cards, fashion, electronics, or live plants, our sellers are building real businesses across hundreds of categories. We're building live commerce at a scale that's never been done in the West, and there's no playbook to copy. The people here are shaping how an entirely new industry develops. As a remote co-located team, we're inspired by our values and anchored in hubs across the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, Germany, and Australia. We move fast, stay close to our users, and focus on the work that drives the most impact. We're one of the fastest growing marketplaces and were recently named the #1 Best Startup Employer in America by Forbes. 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.

          πŸ’» Role Every package that moves between a Whatnot seller and buyer touches a carrier β€” and shipping is one of the largest cost and experience levers in the business. As Senior Manager / Director of Carrier Operations, you will own Whatnot's global carrier function end

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