Partnerships Manager (Alliances)

ABOUT LIVEKIT

LiveKit is building the infrastructure layer for the voice-driven era of computing. Our platform gives developers everything they need to build, test, deploy, scale, and observe agents in production. Founded in 2021, LiveKit powers voice AI applications for OpenAI, xAI, Salesforce, Coursera, Spotify, and thousands of others, collectively facilitating billions of calls each year.

ABOUT YOU

Most partnerships hires are hired for the handshake: relationships, dinners, the ability to get a room full of people to like you. We need some of that too, but if that's all you bring, this isn't the right seat. Partners are already coming to us — Google, AWS, Microsoft, Deloitte, and Accenture have all reached out in recent weeks — which means the hard part isn't getting in the room anymore. It's what you do once you're there: can you actually run the technical conversation, and can you turn interest into a partner relationship that drives real business, not just a calendar full of intros that go nowhere?

You'll thrive as a Partnerships Manager if you:

- are obsessed with turning partner relationships into real business outcomes for LiveKit

- are known as the go-to person for tackling tough problems

- work hard and can build and ship fast

- are focused on polish, detail and quality

- are a fast learner, frequently picking up new tips, tricks, and skills

The best way to impress us is with a point of view on how you'd approach one of our real partners (GSI or ecosystem), and ideally some hands-on familiarity with what LiveKit actually does 😊

WHAT YOU'LL DO

- Own and grow LiveKit's mid-tier GSI and ecosystem partnerships (think NVIDIA, model companies, and infrastructure partners), while the biggest strategic accounts stay with sales leadership

- Act as the connective tissue between the sales team and special projects (like joint testing and go-to-market work with model companies) so nothing falls through the cracks

- Build a repeatable...