Contractor, Program Operations Manager, Speedrun
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Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 66 - 74
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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 $90B 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
Speedrun is Andreessen Horowitzs flagship program that invests in new startups and partners with founders to inflect their growth with full-stack operational support. We run two batches per year working with 150 companies annually. As the program scales execution must scale with it.
As the Program Operations Manager youll manage the day-to-day execution that powers speedruns operations and founder experience. This role is the operational heartbeat of the program ensuring every session communication and founder interaction runs seamlessly. Youll collaborate with key stakeholders across speedrun to manage logistics coordinate with founders and keep the team one step ahead.
This is not a task-based role. Its for someone who thrives in ambiguity anticipates needs and finds solutions before problems arise. Youll bring structure foresight and speed to a program that moves fast and demands precision.
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:
- Support program execution
youll ensure all sessions meetings and events run smoothly and on schedule - Coordinate with founders
youll collect updates confirm logistics and share reminders or key information - Manage community communications
youll post updates organize channels and maintain accurate participant lists across slack and other tools - Anticipate needs and remove blockers
youll identify potential roadblocks early propose solutions and keep the team ahead of schedule - Oversee internal updates and alignment
youll compile and distribute agendas summaries and follow-ups to founders and internal stakeholders - Align across teams
youll partner with key stakeholders across speedrun to ensure logistics data and communications are consistent and up to date - Support events
youll help plan and execute team offsites dinners and demo day ensuring every detail is handled - Maintain documentation
youll own shared resources in notion airtable and google workspace to keep the team and founders aligned
Minimum Qualifications
- 35 years of experience in program coordination or operations
- Exceptionally organized detail-oriented and comfortable managing multiple priorities
- Proactive and self-starting taking initiative without waiting for instruction
- Thrive in ambiguity and bring calm clarity and structure to fast-changing environments
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with high emotional intelligence
- Fluent across tools like google workspace notion airtable and slack
- Natural sense of foresight and problem-solving spotting issues early and fixing them fast
- Enjoy working in a fast-paced startup-style environment that rewards ownership and speed
- Low ego high empathy and the capacity to collaborate effectively with diverse teams
The anticipated hourly rate for this role is $66.00 - $74.00 actual starting pay may vary based on a range of factors which can include experience skills and scope.
a16z culture
- We do only first class business and only in a first class way
- We take a long view of relationships because we are in the relationship business
- We believe in the future and bet the firm that way
- We are all different we recognize that and we win
- We celebrate the good times
- We do it for the team
- We play to win
At a16z we are always looking to hire the absolute best talent and recognize that diversity in our experiences and backgrounds is what makes us stronger. We hire candidates of any race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity age marital or family status disability Veteran status and any other status. These differences are what enables us to work towards the future we envision for ourselves our portfolio companies and the World.
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Andreessen Horowitz hereby reserves the right to make use of any unsolicited resumes received from outside recruiting agencies and / or individual recruiters without being responsible for payment of any fees asserted from the use of unsolicited resumes.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Project Management Methodology
- Project / Program Management
- Program Management
- Management Experience
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Project Management
- Microsoft Project
- Budgeting
- DoD Experience
- Leadership Experience
- Supervising Experience
- Contracts
About Company
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California, investing in bold founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs building the future through technology.
