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About Vercel: Vercel is the agentic infrastructure company, freeing people and agents to ship what's next. For more than a decade we've helped builders move from idea to production with speed, security, and exceptional developer experience. Now we're scaling our products for both agents and people to ship and run software, built in the open and trusted by OpenAI, PayPal, Ramp, Supreme, and millions of developers worldwide. About the Role: Vercel is seeking a Startup Program Lead to build, lead, and scale our global startup program and startup program team. This individual will own the startup program end to end, leading strategy, execution, and team operations. They will be responsible for how the program operates, scales, and delivers a high-quality experience for early stage founders. They will also play a critical role in supporting our efforts to build strong partnerships with venture capital firms, accelerators, incubators, and startup enablement programs. You’ll work closely with our Startup marketing, sales, partner, and events teams to grow Vercel’s footprint across early-stage technology communities and identify strategic opportunities to support startup founders. This role is ideal for someone who is deeply connected to the startup and VC community, has a strong understanding of developer-first products, and a track record of building and scaling programs. What You’ll Do: Own and lead Vercel’s global startup program strategy, roadmap, and execution end to end, focus

About The Role & Team As an AI analytics company, Amplitude partners with AI native startups to help them move faster from insight to product market fit and from product market fit to scale. Startups are a critical driver of our ecosystem and growth strategy. Our mission is to create new pathways for founders to discover Amplitude and adopt it early in their growth journey. We are looking for a strategic, ecosystem-driven leader to run and evolve Amplitude’s Global Startup and Venture Program. This person will shape how we engage founders, partner with VCs and incubators, and position Amplitude as the platform of choice for AI native startups worldwide. You will become an indispensable resource for founders navigating product market fit and growth, and a trusted partner across the AI startup ecosystem. As a Global Startup and Venture Program Lead, you will: Lead the Startup and Venture Strategy- Own and scale the Amplitude for Startups program while building strategic relationships with VCs, accelerators, and ecosystem partners to drive global adoption among AI native startups. Drive Founder Engagement and Ecosystem Presence- Design and execute a founder-focused engagement strategy, including high-impact events and community initiatives, to position Amplitude as the trusted AI analytics partner for startups. Represent Amplitude in Key Startup Markets – Travel regularly to attend and host events primarily in San Francisco and New York, with select international engagements

About Mixpanel Mixpanel is the leading product intelligence and analytics platform, trusted by more than 29,000 companies to help understand how people use the products they build. By combining powerful analytics with AI that knows your business, Mixpanel helps teams see what’s working, diagnose what’s not, and decide what to build next. Learn more at mixpanel.com . About the Team This role sits within the Marketing org and reports to the Global Startup Program Lead, working closely with Field Marketing to coordinate founder invites at overlapping events, with Campaign Managers to sharpen targeting using startup audience data, with Customer & Content Marketing to surface founder stories for case studies, and with Sales on warm handoffs when a founder looks ready for more direct commercial engagement. About the Role The Mixpanel for Startups program gives early-stage companies access to our platform right as they're forming habits — and it's one of our highest-leverage growth motions. As Startup Program Manager, you'll own the day-to-day execution of the program: building and maintaining partner relationships, driving founder engagement, and keeping program operations running smoothly end-to-end. This is a hands-on role for someone who knows the startup ecosystem, shows up in the right rooms, and takes ownership of turning founder relationships into real program outcomes. Responsibilities Ecosystem Partnerships Own and grow relationships with accelerators, incubators, and

About Mixpanel Mixpanel is the leading product intelligence and analytics platform, trusted by more than 29,000 companies to help understand how people use the products they build. By combining powerful analytics with AI that knows your business, Mixpanel helps teams see what’s working, diagnose what’s not, and decide what to build next. Learn more at mixpanel.com . About the Team This role sits within the Marketing org and reports to the Global Startup Program Lead, working closely with Field Marketing to coordinate founder invites at overlapping events, with Campaign Managers to sharpen targeting using startup audience data, with Customer & Content Marketing to surface founder stories for case studies, and with Sales on warm handoffs when a founder looks ready for more direct commercial engagement. About the Role The Mixpanel for Startups program gives early-stage companies access to our platform right as they're forming habits — and it's one of our highest-leverage growth motions. As Startup Program Manager, you'll own the day-to-day execution of the program: building and maintaining partner relationships, driving founder engagement, and keeping program operations running smoothly end-to-end. This is a hands-on role for someone who knows the startup ecosystem, shows up in the right rooms, and takes ownership of turning founder relationships into real program outcomes. Responsibilities Ecosystem Partnerships Own and grow relationships with accelerators, incubators, and

Amplitude is the leading AI analytics platform, helping over 4,700 customers—including Atlassian, Burger King, NBCUniversal, and Square—build better products and digital experiences. With powerful AI Agents embedded across our platform, teams can analyze, test, and optimize user experiences faster than ever. Ranked #1 across multiple categories in G2’s Winter 2026 Report, Amplitude is the best-in-class solution for product, data, and marketing teams. Learn more at amplitude.com . As an organization, we deliver for our customers by living our values. We operate from a place of humility, take ownership of problems and successes, approach challenges with a growth mindset, and put our customers at the center of everything we do. Amplitude’s Commitment to Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI): Amplitude believes that diversity enables the creation of better products, improves the ability to solve complex problems, and drives more powerful solutions. We strive to create an environment of inclusion—one focused on psychological safety, empathy, and human connection—that will allow employees of all backgrounds to thrive. About The Role & Team As an AI analytics company, Amplitude partners with AI native startups to help them move faster from insight to product market fit and from product market fit to scale. Startups are a critical driver of our ecosystem and growth strategy. Our mission is to create new pathways for founders to discover Amplitude and adopt it early in their grow

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team The Global Sales Enablement Team is responsible for partnering with cross-functional teams to equip our sales organizations with the skills, tools, and knowledge they need to perform at their best. We are currently leading one of the most significant transformations in Stripe's Sales history — reshaping how Sales Development operates through the adoption of AI-powered tooling and redesigning the SDR's role in driving pipeline quality. This transformation spans multiple geographies, sales motions, and hundreds of sellers. The stakes are high, the pace is fast, and the change management challenge is real. What you’ll do As a Sales Development Change Management Specialist, you will own the strategy and execution of our global change management and communications program for the Sales Development transformation. You sit at the intersection of strategy, content, and field engagement — responsible for ensuring that complex, high-priority initiatives are

The Datadog for Startups (DDFS) program helps the next generation of fast-scaling companies adopt best-in-class observability and security from day one. We're looking for the technical engine of this program - someone who can sit across from a startup CTO, earn credibility in the first five minutes, and help them see how Datadog fits into their stack before they've even finished describing it. You'll be the first technical member on a lean, five-person team, owning the technical motion end-to-end: discovery calls, demos, startup enablement, forward-deployed engineering projects, and representing Datadog at founder events across San Francisco. This isn't a traditional SE seat - it's part solutions architect, part technical consultant, part startup evangelist, and it requires someone adaptable, proactive, and ready to take initiative without being told what to do next. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds, and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You'll Do: Run discovery calls with startup CTOs and engineering leads to identify quick wins, validate technical needs, and position Datadog against alternatives like Grafana, New Relic, Sentry, and Clickhouse Deliver tailored Datadog demos and help startups get instrumented quickly - removing friction, showcasing value, and ensuring smooth technical onboarding,

Who We Are Notion is the collaborative AI workspace where teams and agents think together . We're building one place where your knowledge, projects, meetings, and AI tools live side by side, so work is faster, clearer, and less fragmented. Millions of individuals, small teams, and large companies run their work on Notion. Notinos (our employees) are customer zero in bringing this future of work to life. We care about craft, building things that last, and the belief that great work is still fundamentally human. Our goal isn’t to ship the next feature. Each and every team of Notinos is working to set the standard for how humans work together in the AI era. From building a business’s system of record to making and managing AI agents to automating away the busy work, we care deeply about giving our customers more time for their life’s work. About Us: Notion helps you build beautiful tools for your life’s work. In today's world of endless apps and tabs, Notion provides one place for teams to get everything done, seamlessly connecting docs, notes, projects, calendar, and email—with AI built in to find answers and automate work. Millions of users, from individuals to large organizations like Toyota, Figma, and OpenAI, love Notion for its flexibility and choose it because it helps them save time and money. In-person collaboration is essential to Notion's culture. We require all team members to work from our offices on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, our designated Anchor Days. Cert

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team Stripe MALPB operates in a highly complex, fast-moving regulatory environment. The Risk and Compliance team is responsible for ensuring that our expansion is grounded in a bulletproof governance framework that matches the speed of our technology. Having successfully established our foundational ERM policies, taxonomy, and risk registers, we are entering the integration phase. This team is building the future of "AI-Native" risk management—where governance frameworks are embedded into daily business operations through automated data pipelines, machine learning, and LLM orchestration. What you’ll do As the sole dedicated ERM Lead for Stripe MALPB, you will own the enterprise risk program end-to-end. This is a unique hybrid role designed for a technically fluent risk architect. Roughly 1/3rd of your time will be dedicated to ERM Integration and Execution: rolling out our mature risk framework to the First Line (1LoD), running the RCSA cycle, managing

The Datadog for Startups (DDFS) program helps the next generation of fast-scaling companies adopt best-in-class observability and security from day one. We're looking for the technical engine of this program - someone who can sit across from a startup CTO, earn credibility in the first five minutes, and help them see how Datadog fits into their stack before they've even finished describing it. You'll be the first technical member on a lean, five-person team, owning the technical motion end-to-end: discovery calls, demos, startup enablement, forward-deployed engineering projects, and representing Datadog at founder events across San Francisco. This isn't a traditional SE seat - it's part solutions architect, part technical consultant, part startup evangelist, and it requires someone adaptable, proactive, and ready to take initiative without being told what to do next. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds, and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You'll Do: Run discovery calls with startup CTOs and engineering leads to identify quick wins, validate technical needs, and position Datadog against alternatives like Grafana, New Relic, Sentry, and Clickhouse Deliver tailored Datadog demos and help startups get instrumented quickly - removing friction, showcasing value, and ensuring smooth technical onboarding,

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team The Recruiting Strategy & Enablement Team is dedicated to enhancing the quality and efficiency of Stripe's Recruiting function. By executing a suite of strategic projects and programs, we optimize the caliber and productivity of our global recruiting team. Our focus includes driving programmatic initiatives, facilitating data-informed decision-making, and steering change management to enable robust business engagement. We are looking for a talented project manager to join our team. What you’ll do As a Project Manager on the Recruiting Strategy & Enablement team, you'll own strategic programs end-to-end — from scoping and stakeholder alignment through execution, enablement, and measurement. You'll partner closely with Global Recruiting Leads, Hiring Managers, and cross-functional teams to ship initiatives that improve recruiting quality, efficiency, and compliance at a global scale. Day-to-day, you'll balance long-running portfolio work with fa

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team The Competitive Programs team, which is part of the Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategic Programs team, is a new team dedicated to establishing and scaling Stripe’s Competitive Programs capability. Stripe operates in a dynamic and evolving competitive landscape. This role will help Stripe understand market developments and translate competitive insights into actionable guidance for teams and users. The Competitive Programs team works alongside Market Intelligence to help Stripe identify meaningful threats and opportunities early, mobilize coordinated action across the company in priority situations, and turn market and deal signals into better Product, Marketing, and GTM decisions. We build the competitive operating system—program design, cross-functional coordination, deal-routing mechanisms, visibility, and accountability—while Product, Sales, PMM, Pricing, and other functions retain ownership for decisions and delivery in their domains. This is a full-

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team Brand Studio lays the foundations that help Stripe accelerate. We do this by creating, evolving, and maintaining Stripe’s high-quality, versatile, and forward-looking brand design systems, experiences, and advertising campaigns. We sweat the details. We make it seem effortless. What you’ll do You will be responsible for leading brand design operations and creative production across all of Stripe’s internal and external events, in close partnership with the Experiential Creative Director. This role is a hybrid mix of program management, project management, and creative production depending on the project phase. During certain periods you’ll be focused on the 10,000 foot view of the program, and at other times you’ll be working side-by-side with the Design team overseeing execution of every design detail before an event. Responsibilities Lead experiential program management across roadmap development, budget oversight, project scoping, timelines, resour

About the Team The User Operations team (Support) is central to ensuring that our customers' experience with our products is nothing short of exceptional. We resolve complex issues, provide technical guidance, and support customers in maximizing value and adoption from deploying our products. We work closely with Sales, Technical Success, Product, Engineering and others to deliver the best possible experience to our customers at scale. OpenAI's customers represent a range of diverse backgrounds and maturity, from early-stage startups to established global enterprises. About the Role We’re seeking a Program Manager to lead support readiness and operational programs for OpenAI’s cloud and strategic partnerships. You’ll work closely with Engineering, Product, Support Delivery, and external partners to translate complex technical and business requirements into scalable customer support experiences. This role will help define how we support customers across partner ecosystems, from launch planning and issue-routing workflows to escalation management and ongoing operational improvements. In this role, you will: Lead support readiness for new and existing cloud and strategic partnerships, including launch planning, operational design, and ongoing program execution. Partner closely with Engineering, Product, go-to-market teams, and external partners to develop support models for technically complex products and integrations. Define partner-specific customer journeys, support workflow

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team The Competitive Programs team, which is part of the Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategic Programs team, is a new team dedicated to establishing and scaling Stripe’s Competitive Programs capability. Stripe operates in a dynamic and evolving competitive landscape. This role will help Stripe understand market developments and translate competitive insights into actionable guidance for teams and users. In partnership with Market Intelligence, you will identify meaningful threats and opportunities early, mobilize cross-functional action, and turn market and deal signals into better Product, Marketing, and GTM decisions. You will own the competitive operating system: program design, cross-functional coordination, deal triage and routing, visibility, and accountability. Product, Sales, PMM, Pricing, and other functions retain ownership for decisions and delivery in their domains. This is a player-coach role: you will build the team, lead the most complex p