Founder Associate

About the Role

Join the founding team of an early-stage AI recruiting and talent-matching startup as a hands-on operator. You will take on high-impact work across strategy, operations, recruiting, growth, and product, helping improve the experience for candidates and hiring teams.

What You'll Do

• Lead founder-priority projects, from exploring new market opportunities through execution.
• Improve candidate funnel conversion, matching quality, and overall experience.
• Build operational processes and systems that can scale with the business.
• Support go-to-market work, including messaging, experiments, and partnerships.
• Turn feedback from candidates and hiring teams into actionable product priorities.
• Move independently between operational, strategic, recruiting, and special projects as priorities evolve.

What We're Looking For

• Approximately 1 to 3 years of relevant professional experience, with growing responsibility in an early-career operating role.
• Experience in founder support, strategy, recruiting, growth, special projects, or startup operations.
• Previous Founder Associate, Chief of Staff, or comparable startup operator experience.
• Ability to work independently across varied, ambiguous responsibilities and drive projects through to outcomes.
• Interest in early-stage startups and AI-enabled recruiting or talent matching.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $90,000 to $120,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California. The role is designed for close, in-person collaboration with a small founding team.