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Partner 18, Business Development, Enterprise

Founded in Silicon Valley in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (known as "a16z") is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. We are stage agnostic: We invest in seed to venture to late-stage technology companies, across bio + healthcare, consumer, crypto, enterprise, fintech, games, and companies building toward American dynamism. a16z has $35B in assets under management across multiple funds.

We’ve established a team that is defined by respect for the entrepreneur and the company-building process; we know what it’s like to be in the founder’s shoes. We’ve invested in companies like Anduril, Databricks, dbt Labs, Figma, Fivetran, GitHub, Material Security, Okta, Orbit, Starburst, and Navan. Our team is at the forefront of new technology, helping founders and their companies impact and change the world.

The Role

The GTM Network team accelerates time-to-market for the a16z portfolio. The group advises portfolio teams on their go-to-market strategy across sales, marketing, and business development. Additionally, the team builds commercial and strategic partnership opportunities for the portfolio with its network of Fortune 500 and Global 2000 executives. Through these efforts, the team strives to support each portfolio company in its pursuit of product-market-fit and commercialization at scale.

We are looking for an individual with a strong passion to accelerate the impact of new enterprise technologies. As a Business Development Partner, you will be responsible for (1) managing and growing the firm’s network of technology buyers and partners across regulated industries, e.g. Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Life Sciences, Energy/Utilities, Oil/Gas (2) matching the innovation initiatives of these tech buyers with relevant portfolio companies and a16z investment partners to gain insights on trends, to create partnership opportunities, and (3) accelerating portfolio company go-to-market initiatives by creating and executing executive briefings, workshops, roundtables, theme weeks, and industry-focused playbooks.

To join our team, you should be excited to:

• Build and cultivate strategic, positive relationships for the firm with a network of technology decision makers, understanding their business challenges and connecting them to portfolio companies and partners to help them solve these challenges; Have a genuine interest in / passion for enterprise technology and working with the regulated industries.
• Develop long-term relationships with portfolio companies and connect a16z portfolio companies to the network through introductions, meetings, corporate briefings, events, and conferences.
• Share relevant market insights with a16z investment partners.
• Collaborate with teammates in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Lend your experience to advise enterprise startups in the portfolio on their GTM efforts.
• Assist in scaling and developing a16z’s business development function and internal processes.
• Gather, track and analyze all Market Development activities within Salesforce.
• Collaborate with other functional groups within the firm, including other Market Development teams, Deal Team, Corporate Development, Executive Talent, and Marketing.
• Must bring passion and curiosity to the role, specifically having an open mindset to new and exciting disruptions

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of business development, relationship management, or sales experience.
• Outstanding knowledge of the complexities of selling into the enterprise space with a proven track record of closing deals and developing long-term relationships at senior leadership levels.
• Worked at a fast-growing enterprise software startup or large enterprise software company.
• Experience managing relationships with tech buyers and executives, ideally in regulated industries, e.g. Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Life Sciences, Energy/Utilities, Oil/Gas, etc.
• You are passionate about enterprise technology, and knowledgeable about cloud, SaaS, security, data and analytics and AI.
• Have proficient note-taking skills and have the ability to identify needs and emerging trends in the industry to effectively articulate these insights back to a16z investment partners
• You have outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, executive presence, and presentation skills, and high attention to detail.
• You are comfortable working in a hybrid environment and working both independently and collaboratively.
• This role will be located in New York City.

The anticipated salary range for this role is between $192,000-$224,000, actual starting pay may vary based on a range of factors which can include experience, skills, and scope.

This role is eligible to participate in the a16z Carry program and various discretionary bonus programs as well as benefit and perquisite plans including health, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401K plan, vacation, and sick leave.