Partner Manager - Public Sector Partnerships

Partner Manager - Public Sector Partnerships

We are looking for an experienced partnerships leader to build and scale ElevenLabs' Public Sector Partner Programme in North America — bringing together resellers, VARs, and systems integrators who help deploy our technology across federal agencies, state and local governments, and education institutions.

You'll own the public sector partner strategy end-to-end — from building relationships with leading SIs and VARs with established public sector practices, to onboarding, enabling, and activating them to sell and deliver ElevenLabs products into government and education accounts.

This is a 0→1 build: you'll design partner incentive and enablement models tailored to the procurement and compliance realities of the public sector, generate qualified pipeline through partner-led opportunities, and scale the programme against North America growth targets — while owning day-to-day execution and partner performance.

What success looks like (first 6–9 months)

• Partner-Sourced & Influenced Revenue: closed-won ARR through VARs, SIs, and channel partners reaching at least 20% of North America public sector revenue
• Partner-Sourced Pipeline: qualified pipeline created through partners, with a focus on enterprise and agency-level opportunities in federal, SLED, and education
• Revenue-Producing Partners: number of partners actively generating pipeline, opportunities, or revenue each quarter
• Time-to-First Revenue: speed from partner onboarding to first sourced opportunity and first closed-won deal
• Strategic Account Penetration: new agency and institution relationships unlocked through partners that ElevenLabs would've struggled to access directly

Requirements

• 10+ years building and scaling SaaS or Cloud solutions into public sector markets, with a deep network across federal, SLED, and education that you can leverage from day one

• 4+ years owning VAR and SI partnerships in the public sector, with proven experience driving joint account planning, co-sell motions, and revenue — not just relationship management

• Deep familiarity with government procurement cycles, contract vehicles (e.g. GSA schedules, BPAs), and compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, FISMA, StateRAMP)

• A builder mindset — experience creating partner motions from 0→1, rather than inheriting a mature programme

• Comfortable working with technical, API-driven products, and able to explain complex concepts to partners and agency stakeholders

• Bonus: Mix of 3–4 years in direct public sector sales + 3–4 years in partnerships or channel; prior experience at a company scaling into gov-tech from a commercial base

• 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.