Executive Assistant (Events-Focused) at Y Combinator

Y Combinator is hiring an Executive Assistant to support one of our General Partners, with a special focus on planning and executing high-impact founder events. In this role, you’ll be deeply involved in shaping the in-person experiences that connect our founders, while also supporting the daily logistics of an active executive.

YC hosts hundreds of founders in every batch and brings together people from across the startup world. You’ll curate important moments for founders to meet one another and learn how to build and scale a successful company. You’ll have high visibility across the org and be part of a team that values trust, autonomy, and getting things done.

This is a full-time (exempt) position. Candidates must live in San Francisco and be available to work onsite at our offices located at Pier 70. Evening and occasional weekend work are required.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a busy calendar, scheduling internal and external meetings with care and detail.

• Think creatively to design unique experiences that build founder community

• Lead the planning and execution of events ranging from private dinners to founder talks to multi-day off-sites.

• Capably coordinate venues, vendors, invites, catering, transportation, and technical setup.

• Be the on-the-ground lead at most events, ensuring things run smoothly and guests feel supported.

• Handle occasional travel bookings, logistics, and prep materials as needed.

• Triage communications and ensure timely follow-ups, especially in coordination with founders or external partners.

• Help with a range of in-office tasks, from preparing rooms for meetings and setting up A/V to supporting YC-wide gatherings and offsites.

• Draft professional and personable emails, event communications, social media posts, and other written materials.

Skills & Experience:

• Have 5+ years of experience as an Executive Assistant, Event Manager, Event Coordinator, or similar hybrid role.

• Have executed unique in-person events ranging from 20 people to 200+ attendees.

• Communicate clearly and professionally.

• Know how to prioritize and solve problems without waiting for instructions.

• Friendly demeanor.

• Bonus points: You are 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.

Location: YC is headquartered in San Francisco. Candidates must live in San Francisco or be willing to relocate. Our Executive Assistants must be comfortable working from our San Francisco office in the Dogpatch at least 3 days per week.

Compensation: $180,000 - $215,000 annual salary.

Benefits: Our full benefits package includes medical, vision, and dental plans, infertility benefit, 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.

Work Authorization: This position does not support work authorization/visa sponsorship.

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