NYC Startup Partnerships

ElevenLabs; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning stipend

Annual offsite

Co-working stipend

Growth opportunities

Social travel stipend

Job summary

ElevenLabs, an AI research and product company, is seeking a seasoned operator to own New York City startup partnerships within its fast-growing program. You will engage VCs, accelerators, and ecosystem partners to drive enterprise revenue and onboard high-potential AI startups.

Based in the New York office, you will lead NYC and East Coast activities, build a broad network, and manage in-person events, founder meetups, and ecosystem partnerships.

Qualifications

• 2-5+ years in venture capital, founder or running startup partnerships at a fast growing startup.
• Excellent at relationship building with a strong New York network of VCs and startups.
• Strong operator with an ability to build and run systems.
• A passion for ElevenLabs technology.

Responsibilities

• Own VC and accelerator partnerships across NYC and the broader East Coast ecosystem.
• Build relationships with the founders behind the highest-potential AI startups on the East Coast, drive visibility, and bring them into the program.
• Run a high-impact in-person presence in NYC and beyond: events, dinners, founder meetups, conference appearances, and ecosystem partnerships.

Skills

Venture capital

Startup partnerships

Relationship building

Operations

Passion for ElevenLabs tech

Job description

About ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs is an AI research and product company transforming how we interact with technology.

We launched in January 2023 with the first human-like AI voice model. Today, we serve millions of users and thousands of businesses - from fast-growing startups to large enterprises like Deutsche Telekom and Meta. Our investors are some of the world's most prominent, including Andreessen Horowitz, ICONIQ Growth and Sequoia. We've raised $781M in funding and our last valuation was $11B - multiples of 11, always.

We have expanded from voice into three main platforms:

• ElevenAgents enables businesses to deliver seamless and intelligent customer experiences, with the integrations, testing, monitoring, and reliability necessary to deploy voice and chat agents at scale.
• ElevenCreative empowers creators and marketers to generate and edit speech, music, image, and video across 70+ languages.
• ElevenAPI gives developers access to our leading AI audio foundational models.

Everything we do is the result of the creativity and commitment of our team - builders doing the best work of their lives. We are researchers, engineers, and operators. IOI medalists and ex-founders. If you want to work hard and create lasting positive impact, we want to hear from you.

How we work

• High-velocity: Rapid experimentation, lean autonomous teams, and minimal bureaucracy.
• Impact not job titles: We don’t have job titles. Instead, it’s about the impact you have. No task is above or beneath you.
• AI first: We use AI to move faster with higher-quality results. We do this across the whole company—from engineering to growth to operations.
• Excellence everywhere: Everything we do should match the quality of our AI models.
• Global team: We prioritize your talent, not your location.

What we offer

• Innovative culture: You’ll be part of a generational opportunity to define the trajectory of AI, surrounded by a team pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.
• Growth paths: Joining ElevenLabs means joining a dynamic team with countless opportunities to drive impact - beyond your immediate role and responsibilities.
• Learning & development: ElevenLabs proactively supports professional development through an annual discretionary stipend.
• Social travel: We also provide an annual discretionary stipend to meet up with colleagues each year, however you choose.
• Annual company offsite: Each year, we bring the entire team together in a new location - past offsites have included Croatia and Italy.
• Co-working: If you’re not located near one of our main hubs, we offer a monthly co-working stipend.

About the Role

We're looking for someone to own New York City for ElevenLabs' startup program, one of the fastest-growing partnership motions in AI. ElevenLabs' startup program is already a meaningful driver of enterprise revenue. If you're successful, every promising startup looking to build conversational agents will join our startup program and build with ElevenLabs.

You’ll own New York Startup partnerships end-to-end. As the dedicated lead for NYC and the broader East Coast corridor, you’ll build relationships with the VCs, accelerators, and ecosystem partners shaping the next wave of AI startups, and nurture them through deep community engagement online and in-person.

This is a perfect opportunity for an ex-founder, VC, or driven operator looking to own a high-impact area at one of the fastest-growing companies in the world.

What you’ll do

• Own VC and accelerator partnerships across NYC and the broader East Coast ecosystem.
• Build relationships with the founders behind the highest-potential AI startups on the East Coast, drive visibility, and bring them into the program.
• Run a high-impact in-person presence in NYC and beyond: events, dinners, founder meetups, conference appearances, and ecosystem partnerships.

Requirements

• 2-5+ years in venture capital, founder or running startup partnerships at a fast growing startup.
• Excellent at relationship building with a strong New York network of VCs and startups.
• Strong operator with an ability to build and run systems.
• A passion for ElevenLabs technology.

Bonus

• Technical enough to understand our APIs and Conversational AI platform.
• Already know the top venture funds & early stage founders in New York City.

Location

This role will be based out of New York city in our New York office.