Founder's Associate to CEO (m/w/d/x)

This role is more than an assistant. You are the operational co-pilot alongside our CEO. You think ahead, prioritize consistently and build structure, so leadership can be effective in a rapidly growing environment.

As Founder's Associate, you will work directly at the center of our organization. You protect focus, steer communication, and take on strategically tactical projects with real ownership. You do not look at how leadership works, but shape it actively.

Aufgaben

• Fokussteuerung und Priorisierung
  You coordinate calendars, deadlines, travels, and input with system, tact, and foresight. You recognize early what is important and ensure that it is properly prepared.
• Kommunikationsschnittstelle und diplomatische Klarheit
  You steer information flows, formulate clearly and hold low friction, internally as well as externally. You bring topics to the point and ensure they arrive where they can have an impact.
• Legal- und Projektsteuerung
  You accompany deadlines, contract processes, and CEO-near initiatives. You keep an overview, ensure progress, and take responsibility for clean implementation.
• Strategische Vorbereitung und Strukturaufbau
  You prepare decisions ahead of time, think operationally ahead, and ensure that follow-ups do not go awry. You build standards, templates, and workflows that make the CEO and organization faster.
• Events und Offsites
  You organize strategic formats, internal events, and central leadership meetings with high professionalism and attention to detail.

Qualifikation

This role is a door opener into the operational management of a CEO. Therefore, we are looking for thinkers: people with attitude, system insight, and hands-on clarity.

• Strategisches Vorausdenken: You recognize patterns before they are formulated. You anticipate needs, plan buffers in, recognize bottlenecks before they escalate – and steer actively against them.
• Hohes Maß an Eigenverantwortung: You do not wait for instructions. You act, make decisions within your scope, create order – without a safety net or micromanagement.
• Top-Kommunikation auf allen Ebenen: You formulate precisely, clearly, and situationally appropriately – regardless of whether with the CEO, employees, stakeholders, or service providers. You steer information with attitude and verve.
• Diskretion, Integrität und Vertrauen: You work on sensitive topics, with personal information and strategic content. You are integer, discreet, and sovereign – and treat confidential matters like a treasure.
• Resilienz & Gelassenheit unter Druck: You remain calm when it's fast-paced. You preserve structure when others become hectic. You adapt to changes without losing focus.
• Systemkompetenz & digitale Souveränität: You move confidently in digital tools (Google Workspace, Slack, Confluence etc.) and are ready to quickly adapt new systems (e.g., CRM, HR, Sales).
• Analytischer Blick & organisatorische Exzellenz: You combine love for detail with overview. You can structure, prioritize, document cleanly – and never lose sight of the bigger picture.
• Ambition mit Haltung – kein Statusdenken: You seek proximity to leadership not for titles or prestige, but for impact. You bring curiosity, energy, and loyalty with you.

Benefits

• Leadership Exposure: You work directly with the CEO – without detours, with trust and responsibility.
• High-Speed Operations: You steer calendars, communication, legal- & structural matters – at eye level and with overview.
• Cross-funktionale Projektverantwortung: Within the first 6 months, you will manage projects in Business Administration, Operations, Legal or Structure – independently, interdisciplinary, implementation-oriented.
• Strukturiertes Onboarding & Mentoring: You will be accompanied by targeted sparring with CEO and other departments, receive clear goals, feedback, and development prospects.
• Kultur, die Klarheit liebt: You will be part of a team that takes responsibility, lives quality, and values speed – without ego, but with excellence.
• Attraktives Package mit Entwicklungsspielraum: You can expect a basic salary of 50,000 to 60,000 €. In addition, there is a clear bonus agreement that is linked to impact and responsibility. We do not only pay according to life's journey, but according to the impact you generate here.

Your Application Process:

1. First Interview (30 minutes, phone): You speak with a person from our People Team. It's about your background, motivation – and first questions about the role, culture, and ucm.
2. Deep Dive with the CEO (45 minutes, on-site): Here it goes to the heart of the matter: We talk about concrete situations, prioritization, communication, decision-making logic. You get a clear feeling for the role – and we for your style.
3. Assessment and Live Case (120 minutes, on-site): A realistic mini-case from everyday life. No slides, no theory – but an actual situation that you would take over.

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