Community Manager (San Francisco)

Granola•San Francisco, CA

19h•$115,000 - $150,000•Onsite

About The Position

We're hiring our first Community Manager in the US. You'll be among our first hires in San Francisco, reporting directly to Shre, our Head of Business, who built Granola's community presence in London from scratch. Your job is to build the community engine that makes Granola the default tool for every startup in the Bay. That means creating events people talk about, building relationships with the accelerators and VCs that shape the ecosystem, and making sure our power users feel heard and know they're part of something special - through our product online and how we make them feel in the real world.

Requirements

3-5 years in community management, venture capital, partnerships, or startup ecosystems
Proven experience running events for a tech audience
Comfortable communicating with executives and founders
US-based and able to work from San Francisco 5 days a week (no visa sponsorship available)
Embody the core Granola traits - hardworking, kind, and incredibly ambitious
Are genuinely obsessed with the tech ecosystem - you're always reading, listening, and learning about the best and fastest-growing startups, founders, and operators
Roll up your sleeves and get things done; you're as comfortable emailing a unicorn founder as you are carrying pizza boxes to make sure your event attendees are well fed. No task is beneath you
Are high-agency - people have told you it's one of your strengths
Sweat the details because you know that's what makes events and partnerships stand out in a sea of generic experiences
Are creative, interested and constantly thinking about what could be a big hit for your community
You get energy from meeting people, you know how to handle a crowd, and when needed, you can be politely firm when saying no
Build AI workflows to automate the small stuff and scale your impact beyond just one person

Responsibilities

Make Granola's SF office synonymous with the forefront of tech in the city
Partner with the best companies and founders to host incredible events
Own events end-to-end: concept, partnerships, logistics, promotion, and follow-up.
Build and maintain deep par tnerships with the top accelerators and VCs in the Bay (i.e. YC, Neo, HF0, SPC)
Be viscerally present when new cohorts land. Your goal is to make Granola the first tool founders reach for on day one
Act as the bridge between our Bay Area community and our product team - surfacing what users love, what frustrates them, and what they wish existed
Your job is to build and accelerate the community flywheel: events create relationships, relationships drive adoption, adoption creates advocates, and you keep the whole thing spinning