Opinion

December 11, 2024

Why we’ve removed job titles at ElevenLabs

We want our team to be asking 'where do I have the highest impact right now?' rather than 'how do I become head of X'?

Victoria Weller

5 min read

Last week, we removed job titles at ElevenLabs. We no longer have a Head of Growth, or a VP of Product. Now everyone is part of a team — like Operations, or Go to Market — and that’s it. 

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Victoria Weller

Victoria Weller is in the operations team at ElevenLabs

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