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# Events Manager at Y Combinator

- **Company:** Y Combinator
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-08-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ycombinator/8f19beae-800c-4dd4-ab1f-7e572163086b

## Job description

We're hiring an experienced Event Manager to join our small team at Y Combinator. Our team produces a wide range of flagship events, including milestone celebrations, high-touch multi-day retreats, quarterly Demo Day showcases, and conferences for thousands of attendees.

The majority of our events are produced in-house, which means this role goes far beyond managing vendors. You'll help shape the project management, production, logistics, and guest experience of events that bring together some of the most ambitious founders, builders, and investors in the world. Our hands-on approach rewards curiosity, creativity, and resourcefulness in how events are brought to life.

This is a role for someone who has personally led complex events from concept through execution and enjoys the responsibility that comes with owning every detail. You'll partner closely with the Head of Events to produce many of YC's largest events while independently leading others from start to finish. YC intentionally stays small, giving every member of the team meaningful ownership and the opportunity to make a genuine impact on how YC operates.

## The Role

Depending on the event, you'll work independently or alongside the Head of Events to produce experiences that feel thoughtful, polished, and distinctly YC. The expectation is that you're comfortable collaborating and also have the ability to own every stage of event production. Responsibilities include:

- Building detailed production schedules, run-of-shows, staffing plans, and event documentation.
- Sourcing, negotiating, and managing relationships with venues, hotels, caterers, rental companies, AV partners, transportation providers, fabricators, and other vendors.
- Partnering closely with various teams across YC to plan for registration, guest communications, and credentialing.
- Managing allocated event budgets with financial diligence, processing a high volume of invoices and contracts.
- Coordinating security plans for all events, with a high-touch approach for VIP attendees.
- Working directly with city agencies and public safety partners to obtain permits for the majority of our events.
- Rolling up your sleeves wherever needed. Event ownership at YC means being the first person on-site for load-in and the last person to leave after load-out.

You might be a great fit if...

- You have 5+ years of professional event production experience.
- You've personally led complex events from beginning to end as the lead producer, executive producer, or equivalent, not primarily in a supporting role.
- You enjoy owning events from start to finish and take pride in getting the details right.
- You thrive in a small, highly collaborative team where everyone contributes directly to the success of each event.
- You communicate professionally with founders, executives, investors, public officials, vendors, and guests.
- You're passionate about YC's mission and excited to showcase the world's best startups through thoughtful, impactful event experiences.

Bonus Points

- Experience working with premium hospitality brands, luxury event production, or high-end experiential agencies.
- Experience working with high-profile attendees and/or executive security teams.
- Experience working in venue operations (at a museum, hotel, or other event space), with a strong respect and understanding of building/facilities operations.
- Experience obtaining permits through agencies such as the San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD), San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), or the Interdepartmental Staff Committee on Traffic and Transportation (ISCOTT).
- You’re excited by what AI tools can do for the event workflow.

Location: YC is headquartered in San Francisco, and candidates must reside in the San Francisco Bay Area. A large portion of our event programming takes place in the afternoon, evening, and weekends.

Compensation: $200,000 - $230,000 salary (depending on skills and experience).

Benefits: Our full benefits package includes medical, vision, and dental plans, infertility benefit, STD/LTD, life insurance, commuter benefits, flexible spending account, health savings account, 401(k) + 4% matching, generous parental leave, paid holidays, and flexible paid time off policy.

Work Authorization: This position does not support work authorization/visa sponsorship.

Y Combinator considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law, including San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance. Y Combinator is committed to protecting the privacy of the personal information of job applicants and complying with the California Consumer Privacy Act. The privacy policy of Ashby, Inc., the hiring platform used by Y Combinator, governs the collection of such data and can be found [here](https://streaklinks.com/BIAFDV5g4CMega_7BgfU2eq1/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ashbyhq.com%2Fresources%2Fprivacy).

## About Y Combinator

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Y Combinator is a startup accelerator that provides seed funding, intensive mentorship, and a powerful alumni network to early-stage startups, helping them launch and scale.
- **Entity Type**: Private (startup accelerator)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2005
- **Founders**: Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston, Robert Morris, Trevor Blackwell

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Startup accelerator, venture capital, startup community
- **Target customers**: Early-stage startup founders (B2B and B2C, across all industries)
- **Mission**: “Make something people want” – to help startups get into dramatically better shape in three months and set them up for long-term success.

## Products & Services
- **[YC Program](https://www.ycombinator.com/about)**: A three-month, in-person (San Francisco) accelerator program. Y Combinator invests $500k per company ($125k for 7% on a post-money safe + $375k on an uncapped safe with MFN). Startups receive group and one-on-one office hours, weekly meetups, access to alumni talks, Demo Day, and ongoing support.
- **[Bookface](https://www.ycombinator.com/about)**: A private social platform for YC founders to connect, ask questions, share expertise, and find co-founders or hires.
- **[Hacker News](https://www.ycombinator.com/about)**: A news aggregator and community where YC alumni and the tech world discuss technology, startups, and job postings.
- **[Work at a Startup](https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs)**: A job platform connecting job seekers with thousands of roles at YC-backed companies.
- **[YC Continuity](https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/come-work-at-yc)**: A program offering resources and investment for growth-stage YC companies, including a Series A Program and investment associates.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private organization)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding deployed – YC has invested in over 6,000 startups (as of 2025). Portfolio includes companies like Airbnb (went public at over $100B valuation), Stripe, DoorDash, Coinbase, and OpenAI.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: YC itself is the investor. Partners include Sam Altman (former president, now CEO of OpenAI), Jessica Livingston, and other YC alumni who serve as partners.
- **Growth Signals**: YC now runs four batches per year (winter, spring, summer, fall). The alumni community is described as “probably the most powerful community in the startup world.” YC Continuity was launched to support growth-stage companies.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Brand and track record**: YC’s name alone signals quality to investors, early adopters, and press, giving portfolio companies instant credibility.
- **Alumni network**: 6,000+ founders who actively help each other through Bookface, intros, and deals – a powerful, self-reinforcing moat.
- **Intensive program**: The compressed three-month timeline forces rapid progress; founders often call it the most productive period of their lives.
- **Access to capital**: Demo Day creates price competition among top investors, leading to higher valuations for YC startups.
- **Perpetual support**: Office hours and community access continue for the life of the company and beyond.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling the accelerator**: Running four batches per year and expanding the number of companies per batch (recently ~200 per batch).
- **Supporting later-stage companies**: YC Continuity helps portfolio companies raise Series A and beyond with workshops, templates, and 1:1 support.
- **Building internal tools**: The software team builds the “OS that runs all of YC” (Demo Day experience, financial systems, founder tools) to improve operational efficiency.
- **Global reach**: While the program is in San Francisco, YC attracts founders from all over the world and has specific channels for international, women, Black, and Hispanic/Latino founders.

## Why Work Here
- **Impact**: Work directly on products used by thousands of the world’s most ambitious founders. You get to see the inner workings of the startup ecosystem and learn from top entrepreneurs.
- **Culture**: Small team (~100 people) with a strong sense of mission. The environment is described as high-urgency, collaborative, and founder-focused.
- **Remote/Hybrid**: Most roles are based in San Francisco, CA. Job postings indicate on-site presence is expected, though some roles may offer flexibility.
- **Perks**: Access to all YC talks and resources (same as founders), exposure to the startup community, and the opportunity to learn how to build a startup from the inside.
- **Compensation**: For engineering roles, salary ranges from $160K – $485K (based on job postings). The team includes product engineers, software engineers, and legal analysts.

## Sources
1. [ycombinator.com](https://www.ycombinator.com/) – Company overview and program details
2. [ycombinator.com/companies/y-combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/y-combinator) – Team size, founding info, job listings
3. [ycombinator.com/about](https://www.ycombinator.com/about) – Detailed program description, community, and benefits
4. [ycombinator.com/careers](https://www.ycombinator.com/careers) – Careers page and open roles
5. [ycombinator.com/blog/come-work-at-yc](https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/come-work-at-yc) – Blog post about working at YC and YC Continuity

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