Founders Associate
Works directly with company founders on high-priority, cross-functional projects spanning operations, sales, customer success, product, engineering, and hiring. The role suits an early-career, highly proactive generalist with at least one year of high-intensity startup or equivalent experience.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Work directly with the founders on their highest-priority projects.
- Own discrete projects across sales, customer success, product, engineering, and hiring from start to finish.
- Conduct research, analysis, and preparation for major decisions, including board materials, hiring plans, and go-to-market initiatives.
- Take ownership of urgent, undefined tasks and complete them independently.
- Handle operational and administrative work that keeps the company running smoothly.
- Own follow-ups and coordination, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks and flagging issues proactively.
Requirements
- 1+ years of experience at a fast-growing startup, VC firm, or similarly high-intensity environment.
- Bias toward action and ability to work without a perfect brief.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Strong work ethic, high ambition, and willingness to handle whatever work is needed.
- Mission orientation, trustworthiness, and discretion.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
- Proactive communication style.
Compensation and Benefits
- $90,000-$120,000 annual salary.
- Platinum health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Unlimited paid time off.
- 401(k) plan.
- Career growth opportunity as an early hire.
- Opportunity to make a tangible difference for clinicians and patients while working on AI innovation.
Skills
Sales, Customer Success, Product Management, Engineering, Hiring, Research, Data Analysis, Go-to-Market Strategy, Board Reporting, Project Management, Written Communication, Verbal Communication
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