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. We’ve invested in companies like Affirm, Airbnb, Coinbase, Databricks, Figma, GitHub, Instacart, Pinterest, Roblox, Stripe, and Substack.

a16z speedrun is the firm’s 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 a16z’s offices in SF and LA. So far we've 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, you’ll 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 don’t 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 $203,000 - $237,000, 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.