Executive Assistant, Y Combinator
$180-225k
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
Startup accelerator
Job no longer available
Startup accelerator
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$180-225k
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help startups really take off.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is a self-starter who is comfortable working independently based out of our San Francisco headquarters
- This is an amazing opportunity if you’re curious about startups and enjoy learning about how they get started, and would find it interesting to meet the kinds of people who start them
- At least 5 years of experience as an Executive Assistant or working in an operations/support position
- Comfortable supporting multiple executives with different leadership styles
- Strong verbal and written communication skills. Evidence of strong writing ability will be valued especially highly
- Strong organizational, project management, problem-solving skills, and multitasking abilities
- Friendly demeanor
- Familiar with startups
- Every employee at YC has a lot of individual responsibility and access to sensitive information, so we need to hire people we can trust. Your ability to make good trade-offs and exercise good judgment is particularly important to us
What the job involves
- Y Combinator is looking for an experienced Executive Assistant to work directly with two General Partners
- You’ll be responsible for helping manage their calendar, organizing and running events, and using internal YC software to manage communications with our founders and portfolio companies
- Administrative tasks, including scheduling and calendar management. You’ll help schedule internal and external meetings, preventing conflicts and helping our General Partner use their time efficiently
- Plan, execute, and attend events. You’ll be responsible for helping with the logistics of events organized at the YC office and other locations, ranging from 20 people to 500+ people. You must be available to work some evenings and occasionally on weekends. That said, hours are flexible to accommodate time spent outside of standard office hours
- Plan, execute, and attend domestic and international college tours, along with your General Partner(s)
- Coordinate travel and generally able to process ad hoc tasks expeditiously and proactively
- Work cross-functionally with other YC team members as needed
- Comfortable using AI tools in daily work and to make processes more efficient
- Writing projects as requested
- Our Executive Assistants are expected to work from our Dogpatch offices in San Francisco at least three days per week, with additional in-person availability for afternoon and evening events, and the occasional weekend
Our take
Y Combinator (YC) is a force in the world of startups, serving as both a startup fund and an accelerator program. Since its inception in 2005, YC has invested in nearly 3,000 companies, a portfolio that boasts household names like Airbnb, DoorDash, Stripe, Instacart, Dropbox, and Coinbase.
YC's strength lies in its support ecosystem, which aids founders at every stage of their entrepreneurial journey. From Startup School, where budding entrepreneurs learn the fundamentals of launching a company, to the intensive YC batch program, which guides founders in product development, customer engagement, and fundraising, YC offers invaluable resources and mentorship to help startups flourish.
In recent years, YC has garnered remarkable attention and demonstrated its global reach by receiving a record-breaking 44,000 applications for its program, marking the highest influx of aspiring startups yet. However, this surge in demand has coincided with a strikingly low acceptance rate, standing at a mere 1%. This underscores the fierce competition and the high standards YC maintains when selecting the startups it chooses to invest in and mentor. As the startup landscape continues to evolve, YC is poised to remain a driving force in shaping the future of innovation.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company benefits
- Medical, vision and dental plans
- Infertility benefits
- STD/LTD
- Life insurance
- Commuter benefits
- Flexible spending account
- Health savings account
- 401(k) + 4% matching
- Generous parental leave
- Paid holidays and flexible paid time off policy
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Jessica Livingston
(Co-Founder)Previously a VP of Marketing at investment bank Adams Harkness, where they managed an award-winning rebranding of the company. Also the author of Founders at Work.
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