Founder's Associate [Country Org]

About LIFTED

LIFTED is an innovative strength-training concept offering 45-minute group sessions in a motivating supportive environment. Our studios make strength training accessible effective and measurable for people who want to get stronger but dont feel at home in traditional gyms. Progress is tracked digitally while our trainers provide individualized coaching.

Join a highly experienced founding team in the fitness industry we scaled BEAT81 from scratch to 35 locations and are now reimagining strength training.

Tasks

Our operations are structured into three pillars: Expansion Country Organization and Central Operations.

This role sits within the Country Organization and supports the day-to-day running and optimization of the ongoing business across studios and cities.

You report directly to the co-founder responsible for the Country Organization.

This is a hands-on execution role with broad exposure to country-level operations and a strong people-leadership trajectory.

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What you will do**

> Short term (Months 1-6)

• Run Berlin City Operations on an interim basis to gain first-hand operational experience
• Contribute to building the foundation of the City Operation SOPs
• Learn and apply OPS KPIs and Country Organization financial reporting

> Mid term (Months 712)

• Transition from interim City Operations and grow into a leadership role
• Act as operational back-up and problem-solver for City Management
• Take ownership for the Country Organization P&L
• Close collaboration with the Expansion team as expand to new cities

> Long term (Months 13)

• Manage the Country Organization including city management trainer recruiting scheduling property management and HR teams
• Close collaboration with Central Ops on process definition and rollouts
• Close collaboration with Expansion as we launch new studios and cities

> Additional Ownerships (from Month 1)

• Additional ownerships and projects possible based on interest and capability to support the founders in their day-to-day particularly with regard to finance and fundraising

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What this role is / is not**

This role is:

• Hands-on and execution-focused
• Close to daily operations and real operational issues
• Responsible for city-level management and Country Organization P&L

This role is not:

• A strategy or pure concept role (though structuring SOPs can be a big part of it)
• Part of Central Ops or Expansion

Requirements

• Early-career professional or recent graduate with strong execution drive
• Comfortable working in fast-paced operational environments
• Highly motivated to seize the opportunity this role holds
• Reliable structured and pragmatic
• Willing to take ownership of day-to-day topics and see them through
• Good communication skills; comfortable coordinating across teams
• Interest in operations people and running a real-world business
• German C1 required

Benefits

• Broad exposure to country-level operations in a fast-scaling company
• Direct collaboration with the founding team and short decision paths
• Learn how to build a category-defining company from scratch
• Steep learning curve across operations people management and business execution
• Fast-track to leadership and high responsibility as the organization scales