Operations & Events, Work at a Startup
About the role
Note: For this role, we are asking you to record a video about your past experience with startups, programs and content — share whatever you think is relevant for success in this role. Please aim for no more than 2 minutes, and share the private Youtube URL in your application/message.
This is a hybrid role that blends building and operating high-impact hiring programs for thousands of YC startups and some minor hands-on talent sourcing. About 90% will be spent designing, running, and improving the events, playbooks, and operational programs & content that help YC startups hire themselves. About 10% of your time will be spent driving a smooth, high-quality recruiting pipeline for YC’s own internal software team.
TL;DR
- Minimum 2+ years of experience, ideally in an operations role, and extra points if there’s an interest talent/startup team building
- Prior evidence managing a operations pipeline, from sourcing to hire (ideally evidenced by 5+ past hires)
- Prior evidence running events and programs, including university recruiting programs, meetups or other recruiting-related events
If you’re the kind of person who enjoys building teams through recruiting work AND loves building scalable programs, and you want to work directly with founders while shaping how thousands of startups hire, this is a uniquely high-leverage role.
About the Team & Product
Y Combinator runs Work at a Startup (workatastartup.com) — a free hiring platform that connects exceptional candidates with YC startups. In the past few years alone, it has helped 1,000+ people find roles at companies like Stripe, Instacart, Brex, Whatnot, and more. Think of it as a marketplace, in which we need to:
