Technical Founder Associate to the CTO

Lyceum; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lyceum in Zurich seeks a Technical Founders Associate to work closely with the CTO, managing the CTO office and owning strategic projects from start to finish. You will drive the first round of technical hiring and bridge technology and business across the organization.

Whether from computer science or business, you combine strong tech understanding with commercial thinking, supporting pricing, product, and go-to-market decisions while building scalable processes for a fast-growing startup.

Qualifications

• Master's level studies in a technical field or a business degree with strong tech understanding.
• Very good commercial understanding and focus on business impact.
• Curiosity for AI, infrastructure, and related tech topics.
• Experience in fast-paced environments (startup, consulting, VC).
• Builder's mindset with high ownership and ability to build processes from scratch.
• Pragmatic, fast-moving with quality focus – get things done.
• Strong organizational skills and calm under pressure.
• Excellent written and verbal English; German is a plus.

Responsibilities

• CTO Office & Executive Support: manage CTO priorities and action follow-ups.
• Technical Hiring: run first-round calls and coordinate interview process.
• Strategic Projects: own deep-dive analyses and board-level material.
• Tech x Business: translate tech topics into commercial decisions and support GTM questions.

Skills

Tech understanding

Commercial thinking

Startup experience

English proficiency

German language (bonus)

Ownership & execution

Communication

Education

Master's in Computer Science

MBA / Economics

Job description

About Lyceum

Lyceum is building a user-centric GPU cloud from the ground up. Our mission is to make high-performance computing seamless, accessible, and tailored to the needs of modern AI and ML workloads. We're not just deploying infrastructure – we're designing and building our own large-scale GPU cluster from scratch, powered by 100% renewable energy.

The Role

As Technical Founders Associate in our office in Zurich, you'll be the right hand of our CTO, Max. You run the daily business of the CTO office, own strategic projects from start to finish, drive the first round of our technical hiring, and bridge technology and business. This is a true zero-to-one mandate.

Whether you come from computer science or business, you combine strong tech understanding with real commercial thinking. You won't be writing production code, but you'll understand our product and infrastructure well, be a trusted counterpart for our engineers, and know what technical decisions mean for the business.

What You'll Do

CTO Office & Executive Support

• Manage our CTO's priorities so his time goes to what matters most
• Prepare briefing documents and agendas for important meetings and make sure every action item gets followed up

Technical Hiring

• Run first-round calls with engineering candidates and coordinate the interview process with our team

Strategic Projects

• Take full ownership of critical projects, from deep dives into emerging tech trends to board-level material
• Evaluate and drive strategic technical partnerships that keep us at the forefront of AI infrastructure

Tech x Business

• Translate technical topics into commercial decisions and clear stories for customers, partners and investors
• Support pricing, product and go-to-market questions with a technical angle
• Build the processes the CTO office and engineering team need to scale

What We're Looking For

• Studies (preferably Master level) or a degree in computer science or a related technical field, OR in business, economics or management with a strong understanding of technology
• Very good commercial understanding: you think in business impact, not just technology
• Real curiosity for tech: you can follow and discuss AI and infrastructure topics with engineers
• First practical experience in a fast-paced environment such as a startup, consulting or VC
• Builder's mindset: you take high ownership and enjoy building processes from scratch
• Hustle & execution: you're pragmatic and move fast without losing sight of quality – a "get shit done" mentality is essential
• Organizational talent: you stay calm under pressure and work in a highly structured and precise way
• Communication: excellent written and verbal English, German is a plus

Bonus Points

• Exposure to AI, cloud or GPU infrastructure
• You've built something yourself: a side project, student initiative or venture