Founders Associate

Join BIA as Founders Associate (m/f/d)

Some of the most compelling questions in business today how organizations transform how leaders grow how AI reshapes the way people work are the ones we tackle every day.

Were BIA a Berlin-based boutique group. A lean team of 10 working with fast-paced clients across Europe: GetYourGuide LiveEO Novo Nordisk Roland Berger the City of Berlin and a growing ecosystem of scale-ups multinationals and institutions.

We operate across three business units:

• BIA AI and change programs for large organizations

• HelloCircle Leadership development for scale-ups and multinationals

• Startup Hub Publicly-funded startup programs

Independent and deliberately self-funded built on product quality and client relationships.

Were looking for a sharp curious Founders Associate to work side by side with our founder and help shape how our company runs.

Tasks

This is a high-variety role at the center of the company. You report directly to the founder work with the entire team and split your time across three areas:

• Run strategic projects: drive product and market strategy work from research and analysis to clear recommendations and implementation

• Day-to-day support: take on whatever comes up from preparing a key meeting to solving a problem nobody owns yet

• Develop our AI backbone: collaborate with the team on our shared Claude setup Projects skills connectors and no-code automations that becomes the second brain and AI engine for how we work aligning our teams around shared processes and data flows

Requirements

Youre a sharp structured generalist who loves turning complexity into clarity.

• 13 years of experience in consulting at a startup or scale-up or in a similar role

• Strong analytical and structured thinking: you can take an open question and turn it into a clear answer

• Hands-on experience using AI tools like Claude in your work; familiarity with no-code tools such as Make n8n Airtable or Notion is a plus

• Interest in how processes connect and how work gets done and the drive to make it better

• Fast reliable and comfortable switching between strategic work and day-to-day topics

• Excellent fully fluent English; German is a plus

• Genuine curiosity about AI innovation and the future of work

• You bring enthusiasm and energy to your work and are genuinely enjoyable to work with

We value curiosity ownership and the ambition to build something that lasts. Youll thrive here if you love learning fast building things and seeing how a company is run from the inside.

Benefits

• Close mentorship from a founder who is a genuine thought partner: collaborative direct and invested in your success

• A rare inside view of how a company is built across strategy product and operations

• Help shape how our whole team works with AI

• Work on the topics that matter: AI innovation and the future of work

• A diverse ambitious team with genuine energy and camaraderie

• Competitive fixed salary of 5060k

• Flexible work setup: office in Berlin Mitte combined with home office

• Immediate start

Were looking forward to meeting you.