# Chang Li

> Chang Li is the Marketing Partner at Greylock Partners, the storied Silicon Valley venture firm behind LinkedIn, Airbnb, and Workday. An electrical engineer turned marketing strategist, she has spent her career translating deeply technical products into market-defining narratives. Before Greylock, she helped HashiCorp manage pricing and monetization across a $500M+ ARR portfolio, then led product marketing at Metronome where she helped define usage-based billing as an emerging software category. Now she brings that zero-to-one positioning expertise to Greylock's founders at the exact moment it matters most.

- **Role:** Marketing Partner at Greylock Partners
- **Organizations:** Greylock Partners, Metronome, HashiCorp, VMware, Apple, Qualcomm
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MBA, UC Berkeley, Walter A. Haas School of Business
- **Known for:** Defined usage-based billing as an emerging software category at Metronome, Managed pricing and monetization strategy across HashiCorp's $500M+ ARR portfolio, Became one of the few dedicated marketing partners at a top-tier VC firm

## Career timeline

- **~2008-2013** — Early career as wireless systems engineer at Qualcomm
- **~2011-2013** — Engineer at Apple, shaping early-stage product thinking
- **2013-2016** — MBA at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
- **~2016-2019** — Product marketing roles at VMware
- **~2019-2022** — HashiCorp - oversaw pricing and monetization across $500M+ ARR portfolio; led product marketing for emerging product lines
- **~2022-2025** — Metronome - led product marketing; co-defined usage-based billing as a software category
- **2026-01** — Joined Greylock Partners as Marketing Partner

## Achievements

- Defined usage-based billing as an emerging software category at Metronome
- Managed pricing and monetization strategy across HashiCorp's $500M+ ARR portfolio
- Became one of the few dedicated marketing partners at a top-tier VC firm
- Transitioned from electrical engineering to becoming a leading B2B marketing strategist
- Joined Greylock Partners in January 2026 to lead marketing strategy for portfolio companies

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Joined Greylock Partners as Marketing Partner, working with founders across the firm's portfolio on positioning, messaging, and go-to-market strategy

## Links

- Website: https://greylock.com/team/chang-li/
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/changli0617

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Last updated: 2026-05-09