Founder's Associate: Dubai - High Ownership

Local; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 360,000 - 660,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited annual leave

Hybrid working model

High ownership and exposure

Job summary

Local in Dubai is hiring a Founder’s Associate to work directly with the Founder of a fast-scaling, venture-backed payments company operating across the UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. This role is for an exceptional early-career generalist based in the UAE, offering founder-level exposure and accelerated responsibility.

You will support across strategy, finance, investor relations, partnerships, and hiring, with ownership of critical cross-functional initiatives.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in a high‑performance environment.
• Experience in the UAE or wider GCC business environment preferred.
• Proven ability to operate in ambiguity and take responsibility for outcomes.
• Experience working closely with founders, partners, or senior stakeholders.
• Strong financial literacy: reconciliations, financial statements and payments economics.

Responsibilities

• Structure complex, ambiguous problems into clear decisions.
• Prepare concise one‑pagers and decision memos for the Founder.
• Own the company priority tracker and coordinate/tighten deadlines.
• Facilitate weekly leadership meetings across the UAE and Bahrain teams.
• Represent the Founder in internal and external discussions with professionalism.

Skills

Problem structuring

Written communication

Analytical ability

Ownership mindset

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

Google Docs/Slides

Notion

Slack

Job description

Local in Dubai is hiring a Founder’s Associate to work directly with the Founder of a fast-scaling, venture-backed payments company operating across the UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. This role is for an exceptional early-career generalist based in the UAE, offering founder-level exposure and accelerated responsibility.

You will support across strategy, finance, investor relations, partnerships, and hiring, with ownership of critical cross-functional initiatives.