Founders Associate

BIA Hubs // HelloCircle; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship from founder

Exposure to strategy/product/ops

AI initiatives involvement

Berlin office + home office

Job summary

BIA is a Berlin-based boutique group seeking a sharp Founders Associate to work directly with the founder. You will split your time across strategic projects, daily operations, and building our AI backbone.

You should have 1–3 years in consulting or startups, enjoy turning complexity into clarity, and be fluent in English (German a plus). We offer mentorship, cross-functional exposure, and a competitive fixed salary of €50–60k with a Berlin office and home office mix.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of experience in consulting, startup, or similar roles.
• Strong analytical and structured thinking; turn questions into clear answers.
• Heads-on use of AI tools like Claude; familiarity with no-code tools is a plus.
• Fluent English; German language skills are a bonus.
• Genuine curiosity about AI, innovation, and the future of work.

Responsibilities

• Run strategic projects: drive product and market strategy from research to recommendations and implementation
• Day-to-day support: handle whatever comes up, from key meetings to problem solving
• Develop our AI backbone: collaborate on Claude setup, projects, connectors, and no-code automations

Skills

Analytical thinking

Structured thinking

Fluent English

German language (plus)

Curiosity

Tools

Claude

Make

n8n

Airtable

Notion

Job description

Join BIA as Founders Associate (m/f/d)

Some of the most compelling questions in business today — how organizations transform, how leaders grow, how AI reshapes the way people work — are the ones we tackle every day.

We’re BIA, a Berlin-based boutique group. A lean team of 10 working with fast-paced clients across Europe: GetYourGuide, LiveEO, Novo Nordisk, Roland Berger, the City of Berlin, and a growing ecosystem of scale-ups, multinationals and institutions.

We operate across three business units:

• BIA – AI and change programs for large organizations

• HelloCircle – Leadership development for scale-ups and multinationals

• Startup Hub – Publicly-funded startup programs

Independent and deliberately self-funded, built on product quality and client relationships.

We’re looking for a sharp, curious Founders Associate to work side by side with our founder and help shape how our company runs.

Tasks

This is a high-variety role at the center of the company. You report directly to the founder, work with the entire team, and split your time across three areas:

• Run strategic projects: drive product and market strategy work, from research and analysis to clear recommendations and implementation

• Day-to-day support: take on whatever comes up, from preparing a key meeting to solving a problem nobody owns yet

• Develop our AI backbone: collaborate with the team on our shared Claude setup — Projects, skills, connectors, and no-code automations — that becomes the second brain and AI engine for how we work, aligning our teams around shared processes and data flows

Requirements

You’re a sharp, structured generalist who loves turning complexity into clarity.

• 1–3 years of experience in consulting, at a startup or scale-up, or in a similar role

• Strong analytical and structured thinking: you can take an open question and turn it into a clear answer

• Hands-on experience using AI tools like Claude in your work; familiarity with no-code tools such as Make, n8n, Airtable, or Notion is a plus

• Interest in how processes connect and how work gets done, and the drive to make it better

• Fast, reliable, and comfortable switching between strategic work and day-to-day topics

• Excellent, fully fluent English; German is a plus

• Genuine curiosity about AI, innovation, and the future of work

• You bring enthusiasm and energy to your work and are genuinely enjoyable to work with

We value curiosity, ownership, and the ambition to build something that lasts. You’ll thrive here if you love learning fast, building things, and seeing how a company is run from the inside.

Benefits

• Close mentorship from a founder who is a genuine thought partner: collaborative, direct, and invested in your success

• A rare inside view of how a company is built, across strategy, product, and operations

• Help shape how our whole team works with AI

• Work on the topics that matter: AI, innovation, and the future of work

• A diverse, ambitious team with genuine energy and camaraderie

• Competitive fixed salary of €50–60k

• Flexible work setup: office in Berlin Mitte combined with home office

• Immediate start

We’re looking forward to meeting you.