Founder’s Associate

Meyandy LLC; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 70.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hybrid Berlin office

Equity

Zusammenfassung

NetBird is seeking a Founder’s Associate in Berlin to partner with the founders and Chief of Staff on strategy and execution. You will own projects across growth, product, and operations, driving them from analysis to shipped outcomes.

Qualities include a track record of excellence, strong organization, data-driven mindset, and hands-on problem solving. The role offers hybrid work from Berlin with high impact and equity potential.

Qualifikationen

• Track record of excellence and real ownership from top universities or high-caliber internships.
• Highly organized, able to drive multiple topics in parallel with attention to detail.
• Enjoy working with data, building models, and turning insights into action.
• Able to take vague problems, define them, and drive to a measurable result.

Aufgaben

• Own strategic projects across growth, product, operations and fundraising end to end.
• Grow the team by leading recruiting ops and identifying top talent and opportunities.
• Drive cross-team initiatives and align Product, Growth and Engineering on milestones.
• Design and improve internal processes to keep a scaling company running.

Kenntnisse

Ownership

Structured thinking

Data analysis

Hands-on

Fast learner

Ausbildung

Top academic results

Jobbeschreibung

Founder’s Associate — NetBird, Berlin

Who we are

A team from Germany with the vision to make advanced network security accessible for everyone We are a software company developing an open source zero-trust network security platform that is both easy to use and affordable for teams of all sizes and budgets. Our mission is grounded in a simple yet powerful belief: secure private networking is a fundamental right of every modern company. Since our launch on GitHub in 2021, we have gained trust among thousands of companies seeking secure and seamless solutions for connecting remote employees and infrastructure. By replacing traditional centralized VPNs, NetBird has become a trusted choice for modern network security, connecting today hundreds of thousands of users and machines worldwide. Our open source, community-driven approach has been a key driver of our success. We listen to our users, and their input helps us make network security better for everyone. Want to see what we're working on? Check out our GitHub repo at https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird or https://netbird.io/knowledge-hub

What you will do

As Founder's Associate at NetBird, you'll work directly with our founders and Chief of Staff as a sparring partner and execution engine on the topics that matter most to the company. This is a high-trust, high-ownership role for someone who wants to see, and shape, how a fast-growing open source startup is built, from strategy to day-to-day execution.

Specifically, you will:

• Own strategic projects across growth, product, operations, and fundraising end to end, from first analysis to shipped result
• Help grow the team, from running recruiting operations to winning exceptional people for NetBird Research markets, competitors, and customer needs to identify new opportunities and risks before they become obvious
• Drive cross-team initiatives and keep Product, Growth, and Engineering aligned on critical company milestones
• Design and improve the internal processes that keep a scaling company running, and take ownership of whatever matters most right now, from testing new GTM ideas to unblocking the founders

What we are looking for

We're looking for an exceptional generalist: highly motivated, analytical, and hands‑on, with the ambition to help build and scale a tech startup from the inside.

What you bring

• A track record of excellence and real ownership, for example through top academic results from a top tier university or internships in high-caliber startups, venture capital, investment banking, or strategy consulting
• You're highly structured, organized, and able to drive multiple topics in parallel without losing your eye for detail
• You enjoy working with data, building models, and turning insights into action, but also have a hands‑on mentality
• You're comfortable taking a vague problem, defining it, and driving it to a result

What makes you a great fit

• Own the outcome: Small team, real scope. You take problems end to end and ship something that works today instead of polishing a plan for weeks.
• Default to candor: Direct, kind, and specific, whether you're challenging a colleague's assumption or receiving feedback yourself. The best argument wins.
• Stay close to the user: You don't have to be an engineer, but you're genuinely curious about our product and the open source community behind it.

What's in for you

• Competitive salary and equity: everyone at NetBird owns a piece of what we're building
• Close collaboration with our co‑founders: work with them day to day and learn how a startup is really built
• High impact: your projects directly shape NetBird's trajectory
• Hybrid setup: a centrally located Berlin office with flexibility for remote days
• The essentials done well: team lunches, team events, health an…