Founder's Associate Intern (fmd)

What if your work helped shape how startups scale their tech teams

Software helps address the worlds biggest challenges from climate crisis to inefficiency in governments. However many companies and teams are bogged down by their own inefficiencies and struggle to develop technology effectively. Tekkrs mission is to empower tech teams and their leaders to achieve their full potential! Join Tekkr and become a positive multiplier for techies across the globe!

As a Founder Associate Intern you will play a pivotal role as one of Tekkrs early employees contributing to building the company from the ground up. You will have the exciting opportunity to join a customer-oriented tech startup collaborate closely with the founder (Philipp Römer former VP of Product at the successful tech unicorn forto) and contribute to shaping the companys culture product and vision in a unique way. Since we are early-stage you will wear many hats engage customers dive into product development and operations iterate and repeat :)

Tasks

Youll be at the forefront of shaping Tekkrs go-to-market (GTM) strategy. Youll work directly with the founding team to refine our positioning craft content that resonates with startup leaders and run experiments to find repeatable go-to-market motions. We learn super-fast iterate very quickly and need your help to experiment our way to a repeatable GTM strategy.

In particular youll shape Tekkrs early GTM strategy from positioning to outreach

• Craft high-quality content: case studies founder posts videos and white papers
• Drive personalized outreach to top-tier startup founders and VCs
• Build credibility by amplifying success stories with our early customers
• Track and analyze campaign performance to inform future GTM decisions

Requirements

Bachelor or Masters degree in business (or related). Submit your grades with your application.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Analytical and experimental mindset comfort with data and iteration
• Previous experience at early-stage startups VCs or high-growth environments
• Entrepreneurial spirit: self-starter creative problem solver thrives in ambiguity
• Based in Berlin or willing to relocate (were building a local team first)
• Full professional proficiency in English German is a strong plus
• European work permit required

Benefits

• High impact steep learning curve: work side-by-side with experienced startup leaders
• Exposure to top-tier VC networks including Sequoia Accel Northzone and Earlybird
• Be part of a small elite team shaping Tekkrs growth and culture from the ground up

One big challenge in tech is the lack of diverse talent. Tekkr aims to build a strong and diverse team from day one and we strongly encourage everyone to apply!

At our core we are in love with improvement and growth. We believe there is always room to get better.

You will work directly with the founder Philipp Römer who was previously VP product at Forto where he drove >60x revenue growth since 2018 the journey from 80 to >850 forties and the milestone of 2bn$ valuation as part of Fortos top management team. He led 2x growth of the tech team and 3x growth of the product team since 2019. Owned company (tech) prioritization including tech budgeting (> 8 digits). Philipp likes hiking cooking eating while trying (!) to stay fit.

When applying please include a few sentences with regard to your motivation for this role. Its a special role which will give you an amazing personal growth opportunity.