Startup Program Lead

LiveKit
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 190,000 - 240,000 annuallyFunction: Entrepreneurship & Venture BuildingSkills: ["Strategic thinking","Organization","Clear communication","Cross-functional collaboration","Operational rigor","Partnership management"]

Own LiveKit Startups end-to-end, including program offer, founder acquisition through accelerator/fund relationships, partner building with speech and voice model providers, and the monthly operations cycle that keeps application and provisioning running smoothly. Track program health metrics, ensure teams reach a working voice agent quickly, and act as the founders’ voice internally to improve product, docs, and pricing.

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LiveKit
LiveKit
3 days ago

Startup Program Lead

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Job Summary

Own LiveKit Startups end-to-end, including program offer, founder acquisition through accelerator/fund relationships, partner building with speech and voice model providers, and the monthly operations cycle that keeps application and provisioning running smoothly. Track program health metrics, ensure teams reach a working voice agent quickly, and act as the founders’ voice internally to improve product, docs, and pricing.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Entrepreneurship & Venture Building
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the LiveKit Startups program end-to-end, including the offer, founder discovery, response speed, and onboarding experience.
  • •Open new “front doors” via accelerator and fund relationships (e.g., YC, Founders Inc, Boost VC, HF0, South Park Commons, a16z).
  • •Build and negotiate partnerships to bring more of the voice/agent stack into the program.
  • •Run the program operations: application review/approval, provisioning, partner reporting, and an accurate monthly cycle.
  • •Manage program health metrics and share founder feedback with product, docs, and pricing.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 190,000 - 240,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years in startup programs, ecosystem/platform partnerships, developer growth, or GTM at a developer infrastructure company; founder experience counts.
  • •You’ve built a program (not inherited one), including writing criteria, terms, landing page, and follow-up.
  • •Comfortable on the commercial side: structure partner agreements and manage external relationships.
  • •Technically credible with developers—able to discuss architecture with founders without an engineer in the room.
  • •Operationally rigorous: run a repeating monthly cycle so it doesn’t slip.
Experience:Startup programsDeveloper infrastructurePlatform partnershipsDeveloper growthGTMVoice AILLM agentsReal-time infrastructure
Skills:Strategic thinkingOrganizationClear communicationCross-functional collaborationOperational rigorPartnership management

Company Brief

LiveKit
LiveKit provides an open-source realtime cloud and developer platform for building, deploying, and scaling voice, video, and physical AI agents with low-latency WebRTC infrastructure and edge services for production voice/video applications.
Industry: Cloud Computing
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Jose, United States
Founded: 2021
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