About HearstLab

HearstLab invests in and supports early-stage, women-led startups. Our mission is to close the gap in venture capital funding for women by helping founders build healthy, sustainable and highly scalable businesses. We've invested in more than 50 women-led tech startups to date across healthcare, enterprise software, legal tech and more.

At HearstLab, we know that a more diverse workforce is a stronger workforce, and we achieve this by doing everything we can to make all of our people, with our different races, gender identities and sexual orientations, feel completely welcome and supported at our company. Diversity strengthens innovation, creativity and collaboration; it is essential to our businesses, our content and our partnerships.

The Opportunity

As the HearstLab Community Manager, your primary goal is to support and strengthen the community of employees, Scouts, Founders and internal and external “friends of the Lab” that together make HearstLab the unique, mission-driven organization and ecosystem that it is today. Your role will be based at the Hearst Tower in New York City. You will perform your role five days a week from the office ensuring the continuity and steady flow of communication and activity that is typical of a dynamic and fast-paced organization like the Lab. We are here to serve the needs of the female-founded and led startup community and your role is essential to delivering on our commitment to founders.

You will be a member of the HearstLab team that scouts for startups, conducts due diligence, makes investment recommendations, and supports and advises our growing portfolio (58 at last count!). You will work closely with all team members ensuring each person is able to do their best work each day. This includes enabling an inviting workplace with accessible and functioning tools, overseeing key Lab operations (e.g., calendars, vendors, invoices), and proactively organizing activities and celebrations recognizing the great work of the team and our founders.

You will work directly with our founder community making sure they maximize their time with HearstLab and fully leverage the services and support available to them. This includes access to relevant office space(s) and equipment, events, timely communications, and responses to their needs and asks.

You will work closely with the HearstLab leadership team to plan and host internal and external events. This includes in-person, remote and hybrid events. You will establish processes, identify tools, manage key vendors, and build templates that result in well-executed, friction-less events. Your efforts will make it look easy to guests, speakers, and attendees.

You will manage the HearstLab workspace in NY planning and implementing changes needed to create an environment that is inviting, encourages collaboration, connectedness, and innovation, and maximizes utilization. Under your leadership, our NY office will be an energizing, uplifting atmosphere that the extended community enjoys and appreciates.

You will work closely with our data, reporting and automation leader to promote and increase adoption of the processes and tools that make everyone in the community more efficient and effective, including Notion, Airtable, Slack, Zoom and more. This may include entering, tracking and maintaining complete and high-quality data, generating reports and executive dashboards, and analyzing and reporting key HearstLab KPIs and trends. Proficiency in Keynote and/or Microsoft PPT is preferred.

This role will report to the Senior Director of HearstLab.

About You:

• You have at least 2 years of work experience in related functions.
• You have a genuine passion for our mission to support women-led startups and for tech businesses.
• You have prior experience at a growth mindset organization (e.g., start-up incubator, accelerator and/or development organization).
• You are naturally curious, always interested to learn about the next new tool that enables collaboration, team building, and productivity.
• You have experience using modern cloud-based collaboration tools such as Airtable and Notion.
• You are detail oriented. You are usually the person on a team to find the error, format the file, or put the final polish on a project before it goes out.
• You are agile. You enjoy rolling up your sleeves to work on multiple projects or tasks at once and take pride in your ability to manage your time and prioritize. No task is too small for you to tackle, and you like to understand each project’s purpose in the bigger picture.
• You are the ultimate communicator, never wanting anyone to feel left out and unsure of the plan.
• You love to organize, plan, and execute small and large projects, especially events.
• You love to beat the deadline.
• You're excited to work in our NYC office five days a week and you are available ASAP.

What we offer:

• An amazing learning experience in a fast-moving environment with a team focused on supporting and investing in women-led startups
• A dynamic and diverse team including fellows specializing in business development, UX/UI design, engineering, financial analysis and marketing, as well as with the HearstLab leadership team focused on growing the Lab and supporting our startups
• The opportunity to rapidly expand your network of entrepreneurs, investors, Scouts (women leaders at Hearst) and others in the startup ecosystem

HearstLab is an equal opportunity employer, and we embrace diversity in race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, and age.

In accordance with applicable law, Hearst is required to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role if hired in New York City. The reasonable estimate, if hired in New York City, is $80,000-$85,000. Please note this information is specific to those hired in New York City. If this role is open to candidates outside of New York City, the salary range would be aligned to that specific location. A final decision on the successful candidate’s starting salary will be based on a number of permissible, non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to skills and experience, training, certifications, and education. Hearst provides a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, 401(k), paid holidays and paid time off, employee assistance programs, and more.

This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending savings account; paid holidays; paid time off; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.

Hearst is a leading global, diversified media, information and services company with more than 360 businesses. Its major interests include ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; transportation assets including CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; 33 television stations such as WCVB-TV in Boston and KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California, which reach a combined 19% of U.S. viewers; newspapers such as the Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany, New York); more than 300 magazines around the world, including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Men's Health and Car and Driver, and digital services businesses such as iCrossing and KUBRA; and investments in emerging digital entertainment companies such as Complex Networks.