Recruitment Business Partner / Senior Recruiter

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. We invest in seed to venture to growth-stage technology companies, across AI , bio + healthcare , consumer , crypto , enterprise , fintech , games , and companies building toward American dynamism . a16z has $100B+ under management across multiple funds.

We’ve established a team that is defined by respect for the entrepreneur and the company-building process; We’ve invested in companies like Anduril, Airbnb, Coinbase, Cursor, Databricks, Deel, Figma, GitHub, Roblox, SpaceX, and Stripe. Our team is at the forefront of new technology, helping founders and their companies impact and change the world.

You will have the opportunity to help support our growth in all areas of the business, including our investment verticals and central teams. Partnering closely with hiring managers and senior leaders, you will optimize processes for ensuring an outstanding candidate and hiring manager experience at every touch point while also building a diverse group of candidate pipelines for our roles. This is a fast-paced role in an ever changing environment so the ability to be flexible is key to success.

This role requires an in-office presence 2 days a week in our San Francisco, CA or Menlo Park, CA office.

Engage and hire the best talent: You’ll source, recruit, and hire the absolute best talent for the firm

Build talent pipelines: You’ll integrate sourcing strategies and opportunities that will meet the demand for a diverse pipeline of candidates for current and future needs

You’ll create a highly effective and memorable candidate experience that will keep talent engaged in pipelines

Own your recruiting metrics: You’ll track and share key recruiting metrics that will be used to optimize processes and forecast hiring

Partner closely with hiring managers and senior leaders to strategize and execute on hiring for their teams across a variety of roles, coaching hiring managers on effective hiring practices and candidate management

Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with stakeholders across the firm, including HR Business Partners and cross-functional teams

Support ongoing refinement of workflows, tools, and systems across the recruiting lifecycle

Help elevate the team through driving excellence in execution: share best practices, collaborate thoughtfully and with high responsiveness, ensure an excellent candidate and hiring manager experience

Expertise with full-cycle recruiting for different functions within an organization in a fast paced startup environment. Executive recruiting experience is a plus

• Analyze recruitment metrics and reports to identify trends, challenges, and opportunities for improvement
• Well-developed network of diverse candidates and/or the skills to build networks quickly and comprehensively
• Experience crafting innovative recruitment strategies for underrepresented groups that deliver results
• Consistently source & build robust diverse talent pipelines
• Previous experience with Greenhouse ATS preferred
• Extensive experience with executive stakeholders, proven experience managing high level, complex searches

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.

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

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. 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.