The Role
Why Join AngelList
We’re solving some of the hardest problems in venture capital and private markets. You’ll work with a team that values precision, urgency, and long-term thinking. If you want to shape how startups are funded and built, this is the place.
About AngelList
We exist to accelerate innovation by increasing the number of successful startups in the world. We do this by building the financial infrastructure that makes it easier for more people to invest in world-changing companies.
AngelList is the nexus of venture capital and the startup community. We support $124B+ in assets and have powered investments into over 12,000 startups—over 300 of which are unicorns. Today, 57% of top-tier U.S. VC deals involve investors on AngelList. While our scale is large, our ambition is larger.
If you're excited to build the future of private markets, come build with us.
Why This Role?
You won’t just be filling roles — you’ll be shaping the future of AngelList by identifying, engaging, and hiring standout talent that drives our business forward. We aren’t about rapid growth; instead, we’ve been walking-the-walk on talent density before it was cool to do so. In this position you’ll report directly to the CEO and play a key role in defining our talent strategy, org design, talent brand, and employer value proposition.
What you’ll do:
- Design and implement strategies that support AngelList's mission and growth objectives
- Plan, manage, and grow Talent team to deliver on hiring plan; hire top talent for key roles
- Uphold, and train others to see and uphold, a high talent bar
- Elevate practices and ownership for “always be recruiting mindset” across the organization
- Crystalize and socialize the AngelList talent brand internally and in the market
- Lead by example as a high-impact, low-ego contributor on our lean, focused team
Ideal Background:
- Director-to-executive-level operator from a reputationally strong and operationally complex high-growth company
- Experience in complex (and ideally highly-technical) environments that have precise hiring requirements and have built elite engineering teams.
- Has managed teams of significant size and yet prefers small teams and to be hands-on or close to the work
- Prior experience with elite Talent brands during key periods of growth
Why This Role is Unique:
- Strong bones to Talent function
- Team unified around talent density principles
- Executive leadership role reporting to CEO
- Strong peer group with executives that are bullish on and supportive of talent
- Green-field opportunity to crystalize and share the AngelList Talent brand
Working Here
If you don’t meet every requirement above, we still encourage you to apply. We value complementary strengths and operators who learn by doing.
We operate out of hubs in New York City and San Francisco. For most roles on those teams, we work from the office at least two days per week (Tuesdays and either Wednesday or Thursday). Exceptions may be made for exceptional individual contributor candidates in other locations.
Compensation: The compensation for this role consists of a competitive base salary, benefits, and equity package. The base salary for this role is $250,000+ annually but actual will vary based on a number of factors including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Additional details about our Total Rewards package will be provided during the recruitment process.
Benefits:
We support your life both in and outside of work.
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What Guides Us:
At AngelList, we are united in our purpose to accelerate innovation and build the future of private markets. Our beliefs and values shape what we work on and how we create impact. If the below resonate, we’d love to have you with us.
Our beliefs
Our values & leadership expectations
AngelList is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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The Company
What We Do
AngelList builds the infrastructure where capital, creativity, and hard work come together to accelerate innovation. Our platform supports over $15B in assets for fund managers and has facilitated 17k+ startup investments (including 287 unicorns). Additionally, more than 1.3k startups use our suite of founder services to manage their business operations. AngelList is the de facto platform for investors, fund managers, and founders looking to build and invest in the next generation of great startups.
