Partner 20, Demand Generation, Speedrun

a16z•San Francisco, CA

6d•$203,000 - $237,000•Onsite

About The Position

We’re looking for a strategic, and highly organized Demand Generation Marketing Partner to join the Speedrun team at a16z. You’ll be focused on building our investor community, increasing engagement within that community, and shaping how Speedrun is perceived by the very early-stage investing world. In this role, you'll lead investor-facing channel marketing, social media, content, events, and relationship-building initiatives to ensure our companies are seen, supported, and ultimately funded by the world’s top investors. This is a high-impact, high-ownership role for someone who thrives in fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments. This role requires an in-office presence 3 days a week in our San Francisco, CA office.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in investor lifecycle marketing, early-stage VC, startup ops, or tech ecosystem storytelling
Proven track record crafting and optimizing campaigns that have delivered best in class response, engagement, and downstream action rates.
Strong writing chops and the ability to tailor messaging for high-caliber investor audiences
You care about the details and are comfortable owning data, reporting, and take pride in strong CRM hygiene
Low ego, high empathy, and the capacity to collaborate effectively with diverse teams both internally and externally
Comfortable with tools like Notion, ClickUp, Google Sheets, Marketo, and Pitchbook and thrives at driving efficiency through AI and automation across the marketing stack
Resourceful, creative, and ready to iterate in an evolving role
Ability to manage multiple priorities, work toward contributing new ideas & solutions, navigate situations with ambiguity, and execute consistently in a dynamic environment

Responsibilities

Content Strategy & Execution: Develop strategy based on investor insights and translate into actionable marketing content and experience designs
Campaign Management: Own the investor content calendar across email, video, and social channels, coordinating with internal content and creative partners to bring campaigns to life
Email List Management & Segmentation: Segment, grow, optimize, and report on investor email lists
Email Campaign Design & Execution: Design and manage multi-wave email campaigns including A/B testing for key investor moments (e.g., Demo Day, Tech Week) using Marketo and/or other tools
Event Marketing Ownership: Lead marketing and event execution for investor-facing events such as mixers, private dinners, and small-group experiences
Performance Tracking: Partner with Marketing Operations and Capital Networks to monitor email registration funnel performance and overall campaign effectiveness (assessing deliverability, open rates, CTR, etc.) as well as share regular reports and insights with stakeholders across the speedrun team
Feedback Collection: Lead post-Demo Day listening tours and surveys to collect qualitative feedback and identify new content opportunities
Data Management & Analysis: Act as the internal data owner and storyteller for investor marketing, maintaining list hygiene and tracking engagement across all channels