Venture Community Lead - NYC

The role

You will be the local face of Flex in New York, building relationships with venture-backed founders, GPs and investors. You will host events, curate the guest list, and track referrals and results.

What you will do

• Plan and run dinners, salons and small gatherings for venture-backed founders and GPs
• Build personal relationships with attendees and become a trusted connector
• Encourage and track peer-to-peer referrals with correct attribution
• Log every relationship, event touchpoint and referral in CRM
• Send personalized follow-ups and schedule 1:1 meetings after events
• Measure and report ROI: pipeline generated, conversion rates, referral multipliers, CAC payback
• Work with marketing, sales and data teams on messaging and attribution
• Represent Flex as the local expert on the product, mission and needs of founders and GPs

Required qualifications

• 2 to 5 years of experience in venture capital, founder support, partnerships, or ecosystem or community building
• Proven ability to host and lead high-value events that build meaningful relationships
• Existing networking and relationship-building skills with founders and VCs
• Experience with CRM tools such as HubSpot, Salesforce or Affinity, and applying attribution strategies
• Data-driven mindset and ability to tie community activity to business outcomes
• Excellent written and verbal communication

Nice to have

• Prior experience as a founder, operator, or in a venture-backed startup community role

Benefits

• Meaningful equity

About the company

Flex is building AI-native financial services for business owners, covering banking, credit, payments, personal finance and financial operations. The company launched publicly in September 2023.