SOLVE PROBLEMS, DON'T MANAGE THEM – HR, Legal, Accounting, Recruiting, B2B Sales. You won't receive a briefing; you'll receive a challenge. You break it down, build the solution and implement it. In days, not weeks.
BUILD PROCESSES FROM SCRATCH – Many things still run ad hoc. You turn them into repeatable systems: contract templates, recruiting funnels, quality gates, checklists. After that, they run without you.
INTERFACE – Two locations, external vendors, internal teams. You keep the threads together, ensure commitments are met, and nothing falls through the cracks.
PREPARE DECISIONS – KPI reports, cost comparisons, recommended courses of action. Prepared so the COO can decide in 5 minutes instead of 2 hours.
CLOSE GAPS – No one will tell you where a gap is. You find it yourself and act. Without approval loops or needing reassurance at every step.

EXECUTE WITHOUT GUIDANCE – You have already built something from scratch: a process, a system, or a structure. Without templates or manuals. You don't need a briefing to get started.
OWNERSHIP – If something is left unfinished, it bothers you more than your manager. You drive initiatives through until they are completed, not just handed over.
SPEED – 80% today beats 100% next week. You understand a new topic within 2 hours, provide a reliable recommendation, and implement it immediately.
AI AS A TOOL – You use Claude, ChatGPT or similar tools productively every day as leverage—for problem solving, producing texts, and modeling options.
STRAIGHTFORWARD COMMUNICATION – You write in a way that leads to decisions: problem, options, recommendation, done.
Completed degree in any field. Initial operational experience in a startup, scale-up, or dynamic SME is a plus. Internships or working-student roles count if you made a real impact.

REAL RESPONSIBILITY – Your own initiatives, your own decisions. From day one you'll be given projects that move the company forward. That's the level you join at.
DIRECTLY BESIDE THE COO – No team lead in between, no approval loop. You're at the source where strategy is formed and you implement it directly.
CLEAR MEASURABILITY – You'll be measured by what you deliver. Not by attendance, not by likeability. Your hiring scorecard defines what we expect. After that, results count.
GROWTH THROUGH OUTPUT – We scaled from 6 to 36 employees in 12 months. Those who deliver here grow with the company. No rigid career tiers—real responsibility that grows with you.
FLEXIBILITY – Offices in Nuremberg and Berlin, partial remote work possible. What matters are results, not hours logged.

Founders Associate – Operations Manager

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