Founder’s Associate

Faction; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Relocation assistance

Equity

Job summary

Faction is seeking a high g-factor generalist to join as a Founder’s Associate, working directly with the founders to help shape company DNA across growth, product, hiring, and fundraising.

You’ll operate as an extension of the founders, ruthlessly prioritizing what matters while supporting customer-facing ops and leading high-impact projects in strategy, growth, and fundraising. Expect intense collaboration and rapid delivery.

Qualifications

• Startup experience in early-stage companies.
• Polymathic—you go deep fast across unrelated domains.
• Pressure-seeking—thrive when stakes are high.
• Extreme ownership—you own outcomes and drive results.
• You’ll likely commit production code or spin up demos.

Responsibilities

• Operate as an extension of the founders, ruthlessly prioritizing what matters.
• Support customer-facing ops: outbound, demo prep, onboarding, on-site visits, relationship management with CXOs at industrial customers.
• Own high-impact projects across strategy, growth, ops—hiring 3σ talent, scaling GTM, building fundraising materials.
• Be the go-to for urgent requests and cross-functional execution.

Job description

We’re looking for a high g-factor generalist to join Faction as a Founder’s Associate. You’ll work directly with the founders, shaping company DNA – touching growth, product, hiring, and fundraising.

What you’ll do

• Operate as a true extension of the founders – ruthlessly prioritizing what matters
• Support customer-facing ops: outbound, demo prep, onboarding, on-site visits, relationship management with CXOs at $XBn industrial customers
• Own high-impact projects across strategy, growth, ops – hiring 3σ talent, scaling our GTM function, building fundraising materials, and more
• Be the go to for “we need this done asap”

What we’re looking for

• Startup experience – you’ve been early somewhere real.
• Polymathic – you go deep fast across unrelated domains.
• Pressure-seeking – you do your best work when the stakes are highest.
• Extreme ownership – no task is too big or small, you make things happen and own outcomes
• You’ll likely commit production code, or spin up demos. It’s company philosophy that everyone at Faction codes, whether formally trained or not.

Our Culture

• Focus. Accelerate industrial commerce. Everything else is noise
• Ownership. You build, deploy, and own outcomes
• Velocity. Ship fast. No red tape. We work 6-days a week in-person.
• Impact. Your work runs $Xbn customer operations

Compensation & Benefits

• Top-of-line compensation and equity
• Visa sponsorship – we will do everything in our power to get you to NYC
• No barriers – we cover relocation, team meals, and whatever tools or resources you need to get the job done
• Elite team – a small, intense group from the world’s best institutions. We’re obsessed with winning and have a lot of fun while making it happen