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Partnerships – Private Equity
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ElevenLabs is seeking a senior partnerships leader to establish and scale a private-equity and growth-investor channel for enterprise AI adoption. The role owns executive relationships with operating partners, value-creation teams, and portfolio leaders, while developing joint go-to-market plans and referral models. It requires coordinating with sales, solutions engineering, product, marketing, legal, and customer success to turn investor relationships into portfolio-company deployments and ARR. Success in the first six to nine months includes launching the partner program, activating 8–10 investor partners, and creating a repeatable pipeline-generation motion.
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I would first segment target firms by portfolio fit, operating-model maturity, and relevant AI use cases. I would develop a clear value proposition for operating partners, define referral and engagement mechanics, recruit initial design partners, and establish metrics for introductions, qualified pipeline, deployment velocity, and sourced ARR.
I begin with a joint account-selection process and align on a shared business outcome for each target customer. I then set executive sponsorship, clear ownership, a mutual action plan, and regular pipeline reviews so the partnership creates qualified opportunities rather than only informal introductions.
I would focus on their value-creation priorities rather than lead with technology. By identifying a small number of repeatable, measurable use cases, validating security and implementation requirements, and proposing a pilot with defined success criteria, I would build evidence for broader portfolio adoption.
I create a stakeholder map covering decision-makers, champions, technical evaluators, procurement, legal, and implementation owners. I align them through an agreed mutual action plan, surface risks early, and maintain a disciplined cadence that connects commercial objectives with technical and operational requirements.
I would track active partner firms, executive engagement, portfolio introductions, qualified pipeline, conversion rates, sales-cycle velocity, deployment expansion, sourced ARR, and partner-influenced ARR. I would also monitor time to first opportunity and repeatability across portfolio companies to ensure the motion can scale.
About this role.
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 $22B – 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
As the PE & Growth Investor Partnerships at ElevenLabs, you will build and scale one of our most strategic growth channels. You will own relationships with leading PE & Growth Investor firms, embed ElevenLabs into their Enterprise Value Creation programs, and drive AI adoption across portfolio companies.
Operating at the intersection of PE, Growth Investors, enterprise AI, & GTM, you will partner with Operating Partners, Value Creation teams, portfolio executives, and our Sales organization to source, accelerate, and close opportunities. You’ll work closely with the Global Head of BD & Partnerships & all regional GTM leads to define the strategy while owning execution across multiple PE & Growth Investor relationships.
Your success will be measured by your ability to build a scalable investor partner ecosystem that consistently generates enterprise pipeline and ARR.
What Success Looks Like
In your first 6 – 9 months, you will:
Launch the ElevenLabs Private Equity & Growth Investor Partner Program.
Recruit and activate 8–10 leading PE and growth investor partners, securing ElevenLabs’ inclusion in their Value Creation and portfolio engagement programs.
Build a repeatable GTM engagement model between investor operating teams and ElevenLabs to accelerate portfolio company adoption, pipeline generation, and deal velocity.
Establish a foundation for a scalable, partner-sourced ARR business.
Responsibilities
Private Equity & Growth Investor Partnerships
Build and manage executive relationships with Operating Partners, Value Creation leaders, and investment professionals across leading PE & Growth investor firms.
Structure and negotiate partnership agreements, joint GTM plans, referral models, and enterprise value programs.
Become the trusted AI partner for PE firms looking to accelerate value creation across their portfolio.
Portfolio Company Activation
Identify high-priority portfolio companies and develop joint account plans with PE operating teams.
Coordinate with Enterprise AEs, FDEs, Customer Success, and Product to drive AI deployments from initial introduction through production.
Help portfolio companies identify high-value AI use cases and accelerate adoption.
Pipeline & Revenue
Own pipeline generation and ARR sourced through PE partnerships.
Build and maintain a rolling portfolio company pipeline across assigned sponsors.
Drive executive introductions, accelerate deal velocity, and expand successful deployments across additional portfolio companies.
Cross-Functional Leadership
Partner closely with Sales, Solutions Engineering, Product, Marketing, Legal, and Customer Success to execute PE opportunities.
Develop repeatable GTM playbooks, executive engagement models, and portfolio-wide AI adoption frameworks.
Represent ElevenLabs at PE conferences, operating partner forums, and executive events.
You May Be a Good Fit If You
Have 8–12+ years of experience in Enterprise AI, Cloud, or enterprise software, with a focus on strategic partnerships involving Private Equity and Growth Investors.
Have experience working with PE firms, Growth Investors, Operating Partners, Value Creation teams, or PE-backed portfolio companies.
Have a track record of building strategic partnerships that generate measurable pipeline and revenue.
Have strong executive presence and can engage credibly with Managing Partners, Operating Partners, CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, and investment professionals.
Have successfully navigated complex enterprise sales cycles involving multiple internal and external stakeholders.
Are comfortable discussing AI platforms and enterprise technology with both business and technical audiences.
Thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and enjoy building new partnership motions from the ground up.
Are highly commercial, operate with urgency, and consistently create opportunities where none previously existed.
Location
This role is remote-first but NYC or London is preferred.
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or other legally protected statuses.
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