Communication Partner

Partner 36, Communications Partner, Bio + Health

Founded in Silicon Valley in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (aka a16z) is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. We are stage agnostic. We invest in seed to venture to growth-stage technology companies, across AI, bio + healthcare, consumer, crypto, enterprise, fintech, games, and companies building toward American dynamism. a16z has $43B in assets under management across multiple funds.

We’ve established a team that is defined by respect for the entrepreneur and the company-building process; we know what it’s like to be in the founder’s shoes. We’ve invested in companies like Accolade, BigHat Biosciences, Cedar, Devoted Health, EQRx, Freenome, Insitro, Komodo Health, Omada Health, and PatientPing. Our team is at the forefront of new technology, helping founders and their companies impact and change the world.

The Role

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. With a deep focus on the Bio and Health sector, our team is at the forefront of revolutionary innovations that are transforming healthcare. We partner with visionary founders to drive breakthroughs in life sciences, digital health, and medical technologies.

We are seeking a dynamic and strategic communications leader to join our Bio & Health team. This individual will play a pivotal role in amplifying the stories of our portfolio companies and shaping the narrative around our thought leadership in the industry. If you are passionate about healthcare innovation and have a knack for crafting compelling messages, this is the role for you.

This is a pivotal moment in time. The US healthcare system is undergoing unprecedented change, driven by rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, digital health and personalized medicine. These innovations hold the potential to improve patient outcomes, reduce costs, and address systemic challenges within the healthcare industry. As a communications leader at a16z, you will be at the forefront of this transformation, shaping and communicating an important national narrative. We are seeking an experienced communications professional who is curious about technology innovation, is passionate about communicating new advances in bio and health, and who firmly believes that the future is health.

This role is open to candidates located in New York City (NY), Boston (MA), or San Francisco Bay Area (CA).

To join our team, you should be excited to:

• Define and deploy strategic communication plans for the Bio + Health practice, and our General Partners; amplify our investment theses; build perspectives to be shared at industry-leading events, through traditional and social media, through written and audio content and through engagements with thought-leaders, founders, policymakers and press
• Be a beacon and trusted advisor for our portfolio companies - you’ll be the marketing and communications specialist they’ll turn to on media and digital strategies, issues management, internal communications, and on how to use their voices to grow their brands and accelerate their commercial strategies
• Maintain productive relationships with media and changemakers to help demystify new technologies and provide air cover and support for our Bio + Health portfolio
• Expand strong industry networks and secure high quality brand-building opportunities for our general partners to write, speak, and lead key conversations
• Build strong Bio + Health  industry and media networks that you can put to work for our portfolio companies and the firm, including identifying and vetting appropriate agencies and consultants that we can recommend to our portfolio
• Collaborate with our events and editorial/content teams on broader marketing initiatives

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years experience as a marketing leader in healthcare and / or biotech building and executing executive, thought-leadership, crisis, and/or product communications. You should have experience breaking new ground with narratives on a national scale
• Demonstrated success building and executing multi-channel marketing and launch strategies for biotech and/or healthcare companies, inclusive of communication, social, media, events, content, etc
• Experience building trust and providing counsel to executives and fast-paced teams, as well as creating best practices and playbooks that scale
• Nimble, strategic and creative thinker who enjoys not only building strategy, but rolling up your sleeves to see it through. If you need an army of agencies or consultants this is not the role for you
• Established track record of delivering impactful, content rich communications programs across multiple channels and stakeholders with demonstrable measures of success
• Proven expertise crafting compelling narratives from complex science and technology concepts.
• Strong and broad media relationships
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills
• Solid working knowledge of the regulatory landscape in biotech and healthcare
• A track record of success leading company launches and/or milestone-driven communications campaigns
• High EQ: You are able to persuade, influence, and build trust at the executive level both inside the a16z and with outside networks and constituencies
• Independent thinker. You are not afraid to say what hasn’t previously been said. You question the premise and challenge assumptions
• Life-long learner: we are techno-optimists and our marketing team works hard to demystify complex subject matter to audiences through press, speaking, content and more
• Respect for the entrepreneurial struggle and eagerness to coach, counsel, and support entrepreneurs of all stages with both compassion and expertise

The anticipated salary range for this role is between $309,000-$360,000, actual starting pay may vary based on a range of factors which can include experience, skills, and scope.

This role is eligible to participate in the a16z carry program and various discretionary bonus programs as well as benefit and perquisite plans including health, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401K plan, vacation, and sick leave.

a16z culture

• We do only first class business and only in a first class way
• We take a long view of relationships, because we are in the relationship business
• We believe in the future and bet the firm that way
• We are all different, we recognize that, and we win
• We celebrate the good times
• We do it for the team
• We play to win

At a16z we are always looking to hire the absolute best talent and recognize that diversity in our experiences and backgrounds is what makes us stronger. We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. These differences are what enables us to work towards the future we envision for ourselves, our portfolio companies, and the World.

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