Partner 22, Associate Director, Capital Formation and Investor Relations

The Role

This individual will be responsible for covering new relationship development and account management of a16z limited partners (“LP”) in a primary geography. The coverage person will also have a primary alignment with one/more of a16z vertical funds – e.g., Seed, Venture, Crypto, Bio+Health, Games, Growth.

The a16z Investor Relations (“IR”) team is dedicated to crafting an outstanding client experience for our LPs. The individual will report to the Director, Investor Relations, Product & Strategy and will also work across the firm’s investment professionals, operating groups, finance, legal and compliance team members in coordinating the capital formation and investor relations activities of Andreessen Horowitz.

To join our team, you should be excited to:

• Execute a strategically designed and flawless experience across every touchpoint for our Limited Partners
  • Prioritize and develop new potential LP relationships
  • Bring creative and innovative ideas on how to maintain and enhance existing LP relationships, including appropriate reporting and IRL/online events
  • Maintain and enhance existing LP relationships, including appropriate reporting and IRL/online events
  • Design and produce financial analyses to support investor communications
  • Collect market intelligence and perform ongoing research of the venture capital industry, including industry best practices and relevant venture market data
• Play a key role in keeping our reporting and LP communication activities organized and on track
  • Leverage data to enable practical insights on our portfolio and the industry
    • Provide firm leadership and team members with insight to important investor developments and changes in investment appetite and buying behavior, news and other information, which might factor into the firm’s overall marketing and business strategy
    • Work with our Strategy Planning & Analytics team to build dashboards that provide key insights to our LPs on fund and investment performance including projected exit scenarios, liquidity and follow-on decisions
    • Develop strong fluency with the firm’s portfolio company information database and be able to manipulate and analyze data from the system to draw insights
  • Respond to LP data inquiries/information requests, coordinating with various internal constituencies including investment teams, finance, legal and compliance. Own and manage the investor due diligence process
  • Synthesize complex and often disparate sources of qualitative and quantitative data to build a narrative around fund performance
• Leverage data to enable practical insights on our portfolio and the industry
  • Working with the various a16z fund General Partners, helping to prepare content directed toward the LP community
  • Work with our Strategy Planning & Analytics team to build dashboards that provide key insights on fund and investment performance including projected exit scenarios, liquidity and follow-on decisions
  • Develop strong fluency with the firm’s portfolio company information database and be able to manipulate and analyze data from the system to draw insights

Minimum Qualifications

The successful candidate must bring a high level of ethical, intellectual, professional and personal values to our team including:

• Minimum of 8 years of work experience; 2+ years focused on business development/fundraising
• Preferable past experience includes but is not limited to investor relations in a private equity or venture capital firm, or investment banking in a relevant sector coverage capacity
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance or related field preferred; an advanced degree (MBA) or certifications (CFA, CIRI) would be a plus
• Experience in building and maintaining relationships with high-level stakeholders, including C-suite executives, institutional investors, or analysts
• Ability to analyze market conditions, competitors, and industry trends to provide strategic insights
• Teamwork is a must – everything you engage on will be with a number of teams within and outside of the a16z IR team; thus you must enjoy helping others succeed in their primary goals
• Demonstrate a critical eye and keen attention to detail for written prose and charts, tables and spreadsheets and the ability to to stay on top of changing data/facts across multiple documents with ease
• Strong writing skills: The ability to communicate effectively through the written word is a critical skill

Ideal Candidate Background

• You have a sense of urgency and value the courtesy of professional responsiveness (this is super important as speed is a form of client service)
• You are able to adapt on the fly and handle unforeseen developments with ease. You are also able to do this without compromising attention to detail and quality
• You are a “measure twice, cut once” type of person – you are comfortable and have a preference for asking more questions upfront to avoid an oversight down the road
• You strive to be an enabler who gives the team maximum leverage – there is no job too big, no job too small
• You do what you say you are going to do, when you say you are going to do it
• You continually search for new ideas and means of improvement
• Most importantly, you take your work seriously but not yourself too seriously : )

The anticipated salary range for this role is between $253,000-$295,000, 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.