Public Sector Partnerships Manager (AI)

Location: Remote within the United States; preference for candidates based in Washington, DC, New York, or California.

Company

ElevenLabs is an AI research and product company developing AI voice, audio, creative, and conversational-agent platforms.

What you will do

• Identify government partnership opportunities across healthcare, education, transport, federal agencies, state governments, and other public-sector entities.
• Build and maintain relationships across US government institutions and bridge government stakeholders with the go-to-market team to drive product adoption and deployment.
• Develop strategic partnerships with policymakers, regulators, industry associations, civil society groups, and coalitions.
• Represent ElevenLabs at conferences and industry events while advancing public-policy objectives.
• Monitor and analyze developments in AI governance, safety, copyright, privacy, transparency, data protection, competition, and digital rights.
• Advise leadership and internal Legal, Safety, Security, and other teams on policy trends, business implications, internal policies, campaigns, and impact initiatives.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in public- and private-sector roles, including in-house or firm experience, with government relationships that produced commercial or technology-adoption outcomes; experience solely in policy or regulatory roles is insufficient.
• A wide, current network across US government institutions, including federal departments, agencies, and state governments in healthcare, education, and transport.
• Strong knowledge of the US AI policy landscape, including AI governance, safety, copyright, privacy, transparency, data protection, competition, and digital rights.
• Demonstrated success designing, advocating for, and influencing policy outcomes, as well as building coalitions.
• Public-policy experience across the United States.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including briefing government officials and policymakers.
• Fluency in English.
• Interest in the future of AI and emerging technologies, with the ability to stay current on AI regulation and industry trends.
• Ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced startup environment, operate independently, handle ambiguity, and make informed decisions quickly.

Nice to have

• Experience identifying and opening technology-partnership opportunities with government institutions.
• Contacts or experience across other Five Eyes markets.

Culture & Benefits

• High-velocity environment with rapid experimentation, lean autonomous teams, and minimal bureaucracy.
• Annual discretionary stipend for professional development and learning.
• Annual discretionary stipend for social travel and colleague meetups.
• Annual company offsite and monthly co-working stipend for employees outside main hubs.
• Remote work within the United States, with a global, AI-first, and cross-functional working environment.