Startups Lead
Hybrid (San Francisco)$200k - $275kFull-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Role focused on driving Attio’s adoption in the Bay Area by building strategic partnerships, events, and founder relationships to make Attio the default CRM for top startups.
Responsibilities
- Startup dominance - Own the goal of getting every top startup onto Attio, with a relentless focus on YC and top accelerator cohorts, Series A penetration, and logos across the best VC portfolios
- Strategic partnerships - Build deep relationships with the most influential VCs, accelerators, and ecosystem players - not as a channel, but as a genuine partner in how they support their portfolios
- Events + community - Conceive and execute high-impact events - demo days, summits, dinners, hackathons - that bring the best founders together and position Attio at the centre of that world
- Founder relationships - Be personally known and trusted by the founders of the next generation of breakout companies; be their go-to for advice, introductions, and tools
- Cross-functional execution - Work across product, sales, and marketing to remove friction, identify gaps, and ship whatever is needed - new motions, integrations, custom work - to serve the startup market
- Content + storytelling - Shape the narrative that makes Attio the obvious CRM choice for founders, producing content that resonates deeply with how they actually build
Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience as a founder, VC, or early operator at a high-growth startup
- A genuine, existing network across the startup ecosystem
- The instincts and credibility to earn trust with early-stage founders quickly, and the seniority to drive decisions internally at pace
- A track record of building and shipping complex programs or initiatives that moved the needle
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft compelling narratives for the founder audience
- A builder's mindset - you're comfortable with ambiguity, operate with urgency, and take full ownership of outcomes
- An eye for quality - whether it's a startup program, a founder dinner, or a piece of content, you know what great looks like and hold yourself to it
Skills
Required:Startup ecosystem networkingStrategic partnershipsEvent planning and community building
Benefits
- Compensation: $200K – $275K • Offers Equity
- Bespoke, tailored packages reflecting aptitude, experience, seniority, and culture fit
Last updated Sep 20, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Attio
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Attio is the AI CRM that builds pipeline, accelerates every deal, and compounds revenue around the clock.
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