Job Drop 021

Week of 11/19/23 // Platform & Venture Ops, Weekly Jobs Roundup

INTERNSHIP // Accelerator Team Intern @ XRC Labs // Spring/Summer/Fall 2024 

Investor Relations Operations Associate @ [undisclosed investment firm] // Charlotte, NC

Content Marketing Associate @ Middle Ground Capital // @ 2+ yrs exp // NYC

Director, Growth Team Operations @ Serent Capital // 2-3 yrs exp // Austin

Senior Operations Associate @ VC Lab // 3+ yrs exp // Remote // $90-$130K

Community & Events Coordinator @ Boost VC // 3-4 yrs exp // SF

Principal, Talent Operations @ Human Capital // 4+ yrs exp // SF // $120-$160K

People Operations Lead @ AngelList // SF

B2B Demand Generation Lead @ First Round // SF or NYC // $140-$160K

Pitch Deck Designer @ NFX // SF // $120-$160K

Chief of Staff @ Quest Partners // NYC // $150-$250K

PART-TIME // Generalist @ Spacebar Ventures

Head of Community Success @ SENT Ventures // 5+ yrs exp // Remote or DC // $90-$115K

PART-TIME + CONTRACT // Head of Operations @ Diffusion Venture Studio // Remote

Editor, Growth @ a16z // 7+ yrs exp // SF // $240-$279K

Director of Networks and Communications @ High Alpha Innovation // 10 yrs exp // Remote

Director of Strategy & Operations @ Inspire Access // 7+ yrs exp // Remote // $120-$140K

Director of Networks and Communications @ High Alpha Innovation // 10+ yrs exp // Remote

Head of Private Investments, Investor Relations @ Wellington Management // 15+ yrs exp // Boston

PLATFORM-ADJACENT

Marketing Operations Specialist @ PitchBook // 2+ yrs exp // Seattle // $58-80K

Marketing Co-founder @ FirstLook

Area Sales Leader, Startups @ AWS // 10+ yrs exp // NYC // $149-$279K

GLOBAL

EUROPE + INTERNSHIP // Analyst Intern Digital West @ Earlybird // Munich

EUROPE + INTERNSHIP // Portfolio Finance Intern / Working Student @ HEARTFELT_ // Berlin

EUROPE + INTERNSHIP // Platform Internship @ Cavalry Ventrures // Remote/Berlin

EUROPE // Marketing Associate @ Fabric // 2+ yrs exp // London/Remote UK

EUROPE // Investment Operations Associate // 2-4 yrs exp // Zug, Switzerland

LATAM // Financial Operations Analyst @ PIPO Capital // São Paulo

AFRICA // Marketing Lead: Academy @ Founders Factory Africa (FFA) // Nairobi, Kenya

AFRICA // Venture Success Manager, Nigeria @ Founders Factory Africa (FFA) // Lagos, Kenya

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Platform Spotlight 🔎✨

⚡ FAST FACTS

# Years in Platform: 4
Size of Platform Team (including you): 1
# Years in VC prior to current Platform role: 0

1 // How do you define Platform?

I define Platform broadly as the things at an investment firm that are not investment, though I think it also can be used to refer to portfolio support.

2 // What was your Path to Platform?

I first entered the world of entrepreneurship after business school as employee #1 at a VC-backed IoT company. Did a bit of everything but eventually focused on marketing. After that, I had a few of my own small companies but got very into mentoring and working with early-stage startups, which is how I became Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Techstars Farm to Fork (food tech accelerator). That's where I first started working with one of my GPs. Fun fact - prior to business school I was a film sales agent where I sold the rights to movies to help finance them!

3 // Favorite part of the Platform role?

Working with founders! Our portfolio is filled with truly intelligent, awesome leaders and it feels amazing when I can help them get a win. I also love to build and create so thinking through resources and tools that serve multiple founders at once is right up my alley. And I'd be remiss not to mention the overall Platform community - lots of people who I learn from and just generally enjoy!

4 // What part of the Platform role surprised you?

I think the supportive nature of the Platform community has been an incredibly great surprise. I did a poor job of surrounding myself with peers when I was an operator so to dive into a world of people who have been helpful and willing to share since the first moment I started has been wonderful.

5 // Break down your Platform role by function.

• 60% Portfolio Support

• 25% Community

• 15% Marketing

6 // Pitch a founder on the value of your firm’s Platform in 280 characters or less.

Our team delivers big with over 1,800 yearly touchpoints, offering specialized support in fundraising, BD/sales, and PR/marketing. We are all about unlocking access to networks. Particularly for us, it's unlocking access to the knowledge and connections here in Minnesota in our core areas of investment - digital health, foodtech, and enterprise SaaS.

7 // What is your advice to Platform job seekers?

Do your diligence on the GPs you're going to work with - make sure your vision, goals, values, and approach to founders align with theirs - it will make your life so much better!

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