Founder's Associate
Clera
<h3>About the Role</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em">We are an early-stage consumer nutrition brand at the intersection of men's health, beverages, and next-generation supplementation — and we're hiring our <strong>first full-time Founder's Associate</strong> in Berlin. This is a high-impact, generalist role working directly alongside the founder to shape brand, product, and go-to-market from the ground up. For the right person, there is a clear path toward a co-founder relationship.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You'll be on-site in Berlin, embedded in a small and fast-moving team, with enormous ownership from day one. This role is ideal for a driven early-career generalist who has genuine taste for consumer brands and wants to build something real — not just optimise a dashboard.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Note:</strong> German fluency is a hard requirement. Visa sponsorship is not available.</p><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Ramp up quickly and support the founder across brand, product, and operational tasks — often simultaneously.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Own go-to-market execution for the Germany launch: strategy, positioning, early customer acquisition, and iteration.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Contribute meaningfully to brand building — bringing taste, style, and a strong point of view on what makes a great consumer product.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Coordinate a small team (working students, interns, and a fractional performance lead) and manage external contractors and vendors.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Define early customer experiences and establish feedback loops to inform product and brand development.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Execute day-to-day operations and ad-hoc projects with a high degree of autonomy.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Work on-site in Berlin and collaborate closely with the founder and a lean contractor network.</p></li></ul><h3>What We're Looking For</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>German fluency (C1/native)</strong> — this is a hard filter; our go-to-market is Germany-first.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A true generalist: comfortable moving across brand, ops, product, and team coordination without losing quality.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Genuine affinity for consumer brands and physical products — not a pure SaaS, analytics, or B2B background.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Demonstrated taste and aesthetic sensibility; you know what a cool brand feels like and why it works.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Berlin-based and fully available for on-site work (or ready to relocate).</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">0–4 years of experience; university pedigree is a positive signal but not required — drive and output matter more.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Comfort with ambiguity, fast context-switching, and working in an early-stage environment with limited structure.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Proven ability to move from strategy to execution without hand-holding.</p></li></ul><h3>Compensation & Benefits</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Base salary:</strong> €24,000 – €36,000 per year (depending on experience)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Equity:</strong> 5% ESOP</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Co-founder path:</strong> Explicitly on the table for the right candidate</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Visa sponsorship: not available</p></li></ul><h3>Location</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em">On-site in <strong>Berlin, Germany</strong>. This is not a remote or hybrid role — presence and collaboration are central to how the team operates.</p><p>Find <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.com">Jobs in Germany</a> on Arbeitnow</a>