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Partner 22, Ecosystem Marketing, Tech Week

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 Singularity 6, Ready Player Me, Carry1st, Odyssey Interactive, Mainframe, Voldex, Overwolf, Mountaintop Studios, Raidbase, Sandbox VR, Azra Games, and Roblox. Our team is at the forefront of new technology, helping founders and their companies impact and change the world.

The Role

With a16z moving to the cloud, and great founders starting companies all over the world, the Tech Week initiative allows a16z to build ecosystems and meet founders where they are. In 2023, we’ve led Tech Weeks in LA, SF & NY drawing out 30,000+ participants across 1,000+ events. The Tech Week Partner will work with the ecosystem, composed of founders, investors, companies, partners and internal stakeholders, to build out the initiative, creating a weeklong convergence of a tech ecosystem and featuring local startups, investors and companies with the goal of fostering connectivity and thought leadership within the city.

To join our team, you should be excited to:

• Marketing Communications: You will develop the overarching marketing strategy for the program which incorporates communications, content, brand, and social media skills. You will also need to implement, execute, and measure this plan to reach outcomes
• Program & Partner management: You will be in charge of managing an initiative that reaches 40,000+ attendees and 1000+ events and involves collaborating with hundreds of stakeholders in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. This requires strong strategic skills and vision and the ability to oversee many moving-parts and not let details fall through the cracks
• Demand generation: You will be responsible for increasing awareness and engagement with the Tech Week platform across multiple audience types, including attendees and partners
• Leverage your network within the venture and startup ecosystem: This role requires a thorough understanding and level of connectivity in the startup and venture ecosystem in multiple geographies, including LA, SF, and NYC, as you will be building and leveraging relationships on a regular basis.
• Executive leadership: You will be interfacing with venture partners both internally and externally, and will need executive communication skills and the ability to develop buy-in across the board
• Cross-functional Teamwork: You will be working cross functionally with many groups, so the ability to work well with others while driving towards milestones is imperative

Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in Partner Marketing or demand generation
• 7+ years of experience in a marketing role with demonstrable results with ecosystem partners
• Proficient with demand generation tools such as salesforce, hubspot, mailchimp, marketo
• You live for relationship management. We are in the relationship business and take a long view of relationships — you will need to be polished, persuasive, and amicable
• Excellent written, presentation and verbal communication skills which can be leveraged across all communication media (digital, social, in-person, and email/print)
• Strong stakeholder management, organizational and project management skills
• Experience managing and executing multi-channel marketing campaigns across digital, social and event channels
• Ability to persuade, influence and build trust at the executive level
• Have a strong network across the venture and startup industry
• Experience in a fast paced startup environment is preferred

The anticipated salary range for this role is between $241,000-$281,000, 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.