> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/2712390-startup-program-lead](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/2712390-startup-program-lead). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Startup Program Lead - **Company:** Livekit Incorporated - **Location:** San Francisco, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Open Source Technology, Core Voice Platform, Large Language Models, Production Code - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/startup-program-lead-livekit-9842367 ## About the Role * 5+ years in startup programs, ecosystem or platform partnerships, developer growth, or GTM at a developer infrastructure company. Founder experience counts. * You've built a program rather than inherited one. You've written the criteria, the terms, the landing page, and the follow-up email. * Comfortable on the commercial side. You can structure a partner agreement and manage external relationships. * Technically credible with developers. You don't need to write production code, but you should be able to talk architecture with a founder without an engineer in the room. * Operationally rigorous. This program runs on a repeating monthly cycle, and you're the reason it doesn't slip. ## Description Building a voice agent means assembling a lot of moving parts, and most of that assembly happens in the weeks when a team has the least budget and the least leverage with any vendor. The program exists to take that off a founder's plate at exactly the point it's most in the way., * Bring more of the stack into the program. We work with speech and voice model providers so that a founder gets more than LiveKit out of a single application. Widening that set means building and negotiating those partnerships yourself. * Run the operations that make the program trustworthy: application review and approval, provisioning, partner reporting, and a monthly cycle that has to close accurately every time. * Own the program's health: how many teams join, how many get to a working agent in their first week, and whether the experience is good enough that they stay. * Be the founders' voice inside LiveKit. Share feedback with product, docs, and pricing., * Time inside an accelerator or on a VC platform team. * You've built or shipped something with voice AI, LLM agents, or real-time infrastructure. * Experience with usage-based pricing or credit systems. * An existing network in the early-stage AI ecosystem. Founders, scouts, platform leads. ## Related Videos - [Developers don't need onboarding, do they? The balance between corporate culture and day-to-day project work.](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1063-developers-don-t-need-onboarding-do-they-the-balance-between-corporate-culture-and-day-to-day-project-work) - [Designing the Future of Human<>Agent Collaboration](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1447-designing-the-future-of-human-agent-collaboration) - [Develop, test and run a communications application in a serverless cloud](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/760-develop-test-and-run-a-communications-application-in-a-serverless-cloud) - [Creating Industry ready solutions with LLM Models](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/899-creating-industry-ready-solutions-with-llm-models) - [Bringing the power of AI to your application.](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1010-bringing-the-power-of-ai-to-your-application) - [Dirty Tests And How To Clean Them](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/515-dirty-tests-and-how-to-clean-them) ## Related Articles - [Never delegate the understanding](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/749-never-delegate-the-understanding) - [What is Agentic Programming and Why Should Developers Care?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/625-what-is-agentic-programming-and-why-should-developers-care) - [What Are Large Language Models?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/304-what-are-large-language-models) - [First-Time Sponsor Guide: What to Know Before Your First WeAreDevelopers World Congress](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/700-first-time-sponsor-guide-what-to-know-before-your-first-wearedevelopers-world-congress) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Dev Digest 137 - AI'm not sure about this](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/485-dev-digest-137-ai-m-not-sure-about-this)