Founders Associate (Intern)

Bounti; Berlin; On-site; EUR 13,392 - 20,088; Full time

Job summary

Bounti is building AI-native infrastructure for frontline teams, partnering with multi-location operators in hospitality. This internship offers real ownership from week one, with exposure to customers, investors and strategic decisions.

You will work directly with founders on high-priority projects, market research and cross-functional execution to drive tangible impact. We seek interns who have interned at a Tier A company, are enrolled at top universities, and bring a structured, analytical

Qualifications

• Internship at a Tier A company (e.g., top-tier consulting, investment banking, VC/PE, or a fast-growing startup).
• Currently enrolled at or recently graduated from a leading university (WHU, TUM, Mannheim or comparable).
• Structured and analytical: you turn ambiguous, messy problems into clear plans.
• High agency: you don’t wait for a task list, you find the highest-leverage thing to do.
• Confident communicator, written and verbal, and comfortable pushing back when you disagree.
• Fluent in German, confident in English; additional languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of high-priority initiatives for founders in a given week.
• Drive strategic projects end to end from problem to recommendation to execution.
• Research markets, competitors and customer segments to sharpen decisions.
• Collaborate across sales, product and people ops as needed.
• Build systems and playbooks to enable scale without slowing down.
• Join customer, investor and partner calls to gain direct exposure.

Skills

Structured thinking

Analytical

High agency

Confident communicator

German fluent

English proficient

Education

WHU

TUM

Mannheim

Job description

Our mission

Bounti is building the AI-native infrastructure layer for frontline teams — spanning training, audits, and autonomous operations. We partner with multi-location operators in frontline-industries such as hospitality.

What you'll do

• Founder Leverage:Take ownership of whatever is highest priority for Max and Deniz in a given week.
• Strategic Projects:Drive discrete, high-stakes projects end to end, from problem to recommendation to execution.
• Market Intelligence: Research markets, competitors and customer segments to sharpen decisions on where Bounti plays next.
• Cross-Functional Execution:Work across sales, product and people ops depending on what's needed, without waiting to be told which lane is yours.
• Process and Structure: Build the systems and playbooks that let Bounti scale without losing speed.
• Direct Exposure:Join calls with customers, investors and partners, and sit in on decisions most interns never see.

Your profile

• At least one internship at a Tier A company: top-tier consulting, investment banking, VC/PE, or a fast-growing startup.
• Currently enrolled at or recently graduated from a leading university (WHU, TUM, Mannheim or comparable).
• Structured and analytical: you turn ambiguous, messy problems into clear plans.
• High agency: you don\'t wait for a task list, you find the highest-leverage thing to do.
• Confident communicator, written and verbal, and comfortable pushing back when you disagree.
• Fluent in German, confident in English; additional languages are a plus.

Why us?

• Founder Access:Sit close enough to see how real decisions get made, not the sanitised version.
• Real Ownership: Visible, measurable impact on the business from week one.
• Compressed Learning Curve: Strategy, operations, commercial and people, all at once.
• Backed by Exceptional Investors: Top-tier VCs and investors including the founders of Framer and Indeed.
• Career Launchpad:Strong performers have a clear path to a full-time role at Bounti.

We embrace diversity and hire people based on their ability to perform a job. People of any race, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, political opinion, or marital status are welcome at Bounti.