Founder Associate

Wheely; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

West London office

Remote day option

Job summary

Wheely is redefining premium transportation with a fast-growing team and ambitious expansion plans. This Founders Office role focuses on launching products and strategic initiatives, helping manage complex situations, and building scalable infrastructure to support Wheely’s growth.

You will be part of a small elite team tackling high-priority tasks across the company, shaping outcomes and enabling rapid scale. The role requires a proactive, analytical mind and a hands-on approach to execution.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience in either top-tier investment banking, private equity, strategy consulting or a fast-growing technology company
• STEM or other highly quantitative degree from a globally recognised university
• Proactive self-starter who thrives in ambiguity; who can work out ideas from scratch, and then execute effectively
• Fast learner who loves to take responsibility with the ability to deliver strong results and impact business decisions

Responsibilities

• Build scale-up infrastructure: design key management infrastructure and hire teams to manage processes like performance, compensation, hiring philosophy, organisational design, KPI planning, strategy setting
• Drive special initiatives: generalist talent to tackle projects or emergencies (funding rounds or product issues)
• Oversee business areas: provide insights by monitoring key business areas for the Founder Office

Skills

Proactive self-starter

Fast learner

Ambiguity handling

Education

STEM degree or quantitative degree

Job description

Wheely is redefining premium transportation across major cities in Europe, the US, and the Middle East. We blend cutting-edge technology with the craft of five-star chauffeuring to deliver an experience trusted by more than 100,000 active riders and 1,200 corporate accounts.

We're a profitable, fast-growing scale-up with $43M raised and over $100M in annual revenue. Having recently launched in New York City, we're expanding rapidly across the US and EMEA. If you take pride in your craft and want to help shape the next chapter of our growth, we'd love to hear from you.

About The Role

This is a unique opportunity to work on a large variety of challenging tasks in a fast-paced environment of a Series-B scale-up. The Founder's Office will work on launching products and strategic initiatives, help manage complex situations and build the infrastructure to allow us to scale. You will be part of a small elite team, which focuses on high-priority tasks across the company, tackling complex problems and contributing to Wheely's mission.

Responsibilities

The Founders Office has 3 important priorities:

• Build scale-up infrastructure. The Founder Office team designs the key company management infrastructure, and hires the teams to manage the following key processes, e.g.: Performance management, Compensation, Hiring practices and philosophy, Organisational design, Goal setting and KPI planning, Strategy setting
• Drive special initiatives.Generalist talent to throw at special projects or emergencies (such as funding rounds or product performance issues)
• Oversee business areas."extra pair of eyes" to keep detailed watch on the performance of our key business areas. Each member of the Founder Office is assigned business areas to oversee, to provide insights to the Founder.

Requirements

• 2-4 years of experience in either top-tier investment banking, private equity, strategy consulting or a fast-growing technology company
• STEM or other highly quantitative degree from a globally recognised university
• Proactive self-starter who thrives in ambiguity; who can work out ideas from scratch, and then execute effectively
• Fast learner who loves to take responsibility with the ability to deliver strong results and impact business decisions

What We Offer

• Office-based role in West London, four days a week with flexible start and finish times, plus one remote day of your choice

This is an office-based role in Hammersmith, with at least four days per week required onsite.

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