Founders Associate

Apylon; København; On-site; DKK 448,000 - 523,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Lunch on us

25 days annual leave

Regular off-sites

Learning opportunity

Growth path

Job summary

Apylon is seeking a Founders Associate to work directly with the founding team on top-priority challenges across strategy, operations, customer success and fundraising.

You will gain exposure to building a venture-backed startup, contribute to market research, process improvements, and go-to-market planning while wearing many hats in a fast-paced European healthcare tech environment.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience in consulting, investment banking, venture capital, or a high-growth startup.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills — you can structure ambiguous problems and drive to solutions.
• Strong communication skills — you can write clearly and present confidently.
• Highly organized with excellent attention to detail.
• Self-starter who takes ownership and gets things done without constant direction.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change — you thrive in fast-paced environments.
• Genuinely curious about healthcare, fintech, and building companies.

Responsibilities

• Working directly with founders on day-to-day operations, strategic initiatives and special projects.
• Supporting customer onboarding and success — ensuring our healthcare clients get maximum value from Apylon.
• Conducting market research and competitive analysis to inform product and go-to-market strategy.
• Building and improving internal processes and operations as we scale.
• Supporting fundraising efforts — preparing materials, coordinating with investors, and managing due diligence.
• Wearing many hats — from data analysis to customer calls to operational firefighting.
• Helping build the company culture and team as we grow.

Skills

1-3 years of experience in consulting,

investment banking

venture capital

high-growth startup

analytical problem-solving

strong communication skills

highly organized

self-starter

comfort with ambiguity

curiosity about healthcare/fintech

Job description

Founders Associate
Operations, Full time, Copenhagen, Denmark

About Apylon And The Opportunity

Apylon is building the intelligent revenue management platform for European healthcare. Billions of euros flow between hospitals and insurers through fragmented, manual workflows — a maze of rules, conditions and requirements. We believe this is a machine learning and automation problem disguised as financial operations. Apylon is backed by experienced operators and top-tier investors in healthcare and fintech. Our team draws on experience from Zendesk, Pleo, Wawa Fertility, Sibill, and some of the largest multi-country hospital groups in Europe.

As a Founders Associate, you’ll work directly with the founding team on the highest-priority challenges facing the company. This is a unique opportunity to gain exposure to all aspects of building a venture-backed startup — from strategy and operations to customer success and fundraising.

Delivering healthcare is hard. Getting paid for it shouldn’t be.

Responsibilities

• Working directly with founders on day-to-day operations, strategic initiatives and special projects.
• Supporting customer onboarding and success — ensuring our healthcare clients get maximum value from Apylon.
• Conducting market research and competitive analysis to inform product and go-to-market strategy.
• Building and improving internal processes and operations as we scale.
• Supporting fundraising efforts — preparing materials, coordinating with investors, and managing due diligence.
• Wearing many hats — from data analysis to customer calls to operational firefighting.
• Helping build the company culture and team as we grow.

Who you are

• 1-3 years of experience in consulting, investment banking, venture capital, or a high-growth startup.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills — you can structure ambiguous problems and drive to solutions.
• Strong communication skills — you can write clearly and present confidently.
• Highly organized with excellent attention to detail.
• Self-starter who takes ownership and gets things done without constant direction.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change — you thrive in fast-paced environments.
• Genuinely curious about healthcare, fintech, and building companies.

Bonus points

• Previous startup experience or entrepreneurial ventures.
• Experience in healthcare or fintech.
• Fluency in German, Danish, or Italian.
• Technical background or comfort working closely with engineering teams.

What Apylon offers

• The chance to solve one of Europe’s biggest healthcare inefficiencies.
• Competitive salary + stock options (you’ll own part of what you build).
• 25 days of annual leave + local public holidays.
• Lunch on us
• Regular off-sites and social events — we like building together, not just working together.
• Unparalleled learning opportunity — direct exposure to all aspects of building a company.
• A clear path to growth as the company scales.
• This role may require international travel within the EU on a roughly monthly cadence.

Working at Apylon means embarking on a highly ambitious mission to rebuild the financial infrastructure of European healthcare. We’re already live with leading private hospitals, processing thousands of invoices, proving that complex payer rules can be turned into code - powering transparent, automated, and intelligent revenue operations.

Contact

Simon Sylvest
CEO & Co-founder
[e-mail]

Apylon ApS
CVR DK45428672
Kanonbådsvej 2
1437 København
Denmark