Partner 20, Talent, Speedrun

Founded in Silicon Valley in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz Andreessen Horowitz (aka a16z) is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. a16z has $46B in assets under management across multiple funds. Weve invested in companies like Affirm Airbnb Coinbase Databricks Figma GitHub Instacart Pinterest Roblox Stripe and Substack.

a16z speedrun is the firms program to invest in and help new startups. We run a 2x/year program that spans 12 weeks with dozens of startups working out of a16zs offices in SF and LA. So far weve invested in over 150 startups with $180M in capital deployed.

The Role

We are building a new early-career technical talent program designed to surface and support exceptional engineers and designers at the start of their careers. This program will operate at a significant scale and will be a critical engine for connecting top young talent with our speedrun portfolio companies as day-one contributors.

As the first recruiter for this initiative youll design and run a high-volume inbound pipeline while ensuring every candidate has a clear structured and professional experience. This is a chance to shape the systems processes and community for a program that will set the standard for how early-career talent finds its way into startups.

This role requires an in-office presence 5 days a week in our San Francisco CA office.

To join our team you should be excited to:

• Contribute to prospect evaluation design
• Manage and triage >20k inbound applications per cohort
• Conduct first-round candidate screens ensuring alignment with program requirements
• Coordinate interviews assessments and candidate communications
• Partner with engineering interviewers and program leadership to drive a rigorous consistent evaluation process
• Maintain systems scorecards and workflows to ensure candidates move through funnel efficiently
• Be the face of the program to applicants guiding informing and engaging them
• Work closely with portfolio hiring teams to place prospects into full time positions

Minimum Qualifications

• 4-7 years of experience in recruiting admissions or university talent programs
• Strong organizational skills and comfort with large inbound candidate pipelines
• Confident communicator with strong interpersonal EQ
• Familiarity with interview operations scorecards and structured assessments
• Excited to help early-career technical talent find their way into very early stage startups
• Organized resourceful and self-directed: you dont wait for instructions you build systems that scale
• Ability to prioritize and manage work and trade-offs against critical project timelines in a fast-paced dynamic and sometimes ambiguous environment
• Exceptional communication interpersonal and presentation skills with a focus on detail and executive presence
• You are an analytical thinker using data to build a strategy
• Low ego high empathy and the capacity to collaborate effectively with diverse teams

The anticipated salary range for this role is between $203000 - $237000 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.