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Venture Community Lead - NYC

Flex· Marketing
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Hybrid (New York, NY)Full-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

Venture Community Lead responsible for building Flex's local venture and founder ecosystem, hosting events, generating referrals, and representing Flex to venture-backed founders, GPs, and investors in their city. Regional, on-the-ground role reporting to Head of Marketing, collaborating with marketing, sales, and data teams.

Responsibilities

  • Host and curate events: Plan and execute dinners, salons, and small-format gatherings that attract top venture-backed founders and GPs.
  • Foster 1:1 relationships: Build personal connections with attendees, becoming a trusted connector and resource in the community.
  • Own referral flywheels: Encourage and track peer-to-peer referrals, ensuring the right attribution back to your channel.
  • Leverage CRM rigorously: Log every relationship, event touchpoint, and referral in CRM; ensure accurate attribution and reporting.
  • Follow up with intent: Send personalized notes, share relevant content, and schedule 1:1s to deepen engagement beyond the event.
  • Performance reporting: Measure and communicate the ROI of your efforts (pipeline generated, conversion rates, referral multipliers, CAC payback).
  • Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner with marketing, sales, and data teams to align messaging and optimize attribution strategies.
  • Represent Flex authentically: Act as the local face of Flex with knowledge of product, mission, and founder/GP needs.

Qualifications

  • 2–5 years of experience in venture capital, founder support, partnerships, or ecosystem/community-building roles.
  • Proven ability to host and lead high-value events that drive meaningful relationships.
  • Existing networking and relationship-building skills with founders and VCs.
  • Experience with CRM tools (e.g., HubSpot, Salesforce, Affinity) and attribution strategies.
  • Data-driven mindset with ability to tie community activity to business outcomes.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable representing Flex to founders and investors.
  • Entrepreneurial and scrappy — comfortable in ambiguity, on-the-ground work, and rapid follow-up and reporting.
  • Bonus: Prior experience as a founder, operator, or in a venture-backed startup community role.

Skills

Required:Event planning and executionRelationship managementCRM and attributionCommunication
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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