Partner 22, New York Events Space Lead

a16z • New York, NY

2d • $221,000 - $258,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Andreessen Horowitz is hiring an Events Space Lead to own and operate its New York event spaces, including a private dining room and dedicated spaces for receptions, content sessions, and other gatherings. The role runs these spaces as a high-end hospitality operation within a venture firm, overseeing bookings and prioritization while ensuring a first-class guest experience. The spaces host a high volume of events throughout the year, most often in the evening.

The Events Space Lead partners with the Events team, which owns event strategy, programming, and guest lists. The Lead coordinates space readiness, AV and IT, security, food and beverage, and on-site execution; for smaller events without an Events producer, the Lead runs the event end to end. The role works directly with GPs and teams across the firm, manages competing priorities, owns budgets and vendor relationships, and develops consistent operational processes and service standards.

This is an in-person role at the firm's SoHo office in New York, regularly involving evening events. It reports to the Head of Events and receives support from the New Media operations team.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of experience in hospitality, food and beverage, hotels, or restaurant groups, including at least 3 years running a venue, private dining program, or events operation.
• A track record of high-touch service for VIP guests and discretion in handling sensitive guests and situations.
• Experience owning P&L responsibilities, including budgets, vendor contracts, pricing, and cost control.
• Exceptional stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to decline a senior person's request, explain the reason, and preserve the relationship.
• Experience running several events at once, both in one night and across a week, while maintaining attention to detail.
• Comfort working with security protocols, guest lists, and access control, and closely with facilities, IT, and AV teams.
• Ability to build systems, processes, and tools that others can follow; comfort with workflow tools such as ClickUp.
• A calm, warm, decisive presence on the floor and high standards for event and space execution.
• Low ego, high empathy, and ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams.
• Availability for regular evening events in New York.

Nice To Haves

• Experience at a members' club, luxury hotel, a restaurant group's private events team, or in-house corporate hospitality.

Responsibilities

• Own booking and prioritization for NYC event spaces, reviewing requests and making clear, fair decisions about approvals and space allocation.
• Partner with the Events team to coordinate space, AV and IT, security, food and beverage, and event-day operations.
• Run events end to end when they take place without an Events producer, especially private dining room dinners.
• Deliver high-touch experiences for guests, including CEOs, founders, investors, and public leaders, and be onsite at most events, sometimes for several events in one night.
• Own the spaces' P&L, including the operating budget, per-event costs charged to hosting teams, and vendor pricing.
• Select and manage hospitality partners and event vendors, including contracts and compliance.
• Liaise with Workplace on space readiness and facilities; Security on guest access and guest-list screening; and IT and outside AV vendors on technical needs.
• Own event intake forms and workflows, the shared calendar, and pre-event deadlines; write playbooks and service standards.
• Build and manage a bench of trusted contract staff for overlapping events.
• Report on space usage, costs, and guest feedback to improve operations.
• Maintain a strong partnership with the Workplace Experience (WX) team to support cross-functional collaboration.

Benefits

• Eligible to participate in the a16z carry program and various discretionary bonus programs.
• Health insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Life insurance.
• 401(k) plan.
• Vacation and sick leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed