Founder's Associate

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Founder's Associate at A1 in Zürich is a hands-on, cross-functional role that backs hiring operations, agency onboarding, office logistics, events and business administration while coordinating diverse stakeholders to drive key initiatives to completion. You will manage project trackers, action items, and reports for leadership, arrange meetings and travel, and help maintain efficient day-to-day operations in a fast, high-ownership environment. To apply, tailor your resume to demonstrate recruiting ops, onboarding, vendor management, and event planning; include concrete examples of cross-team collaboration, proactive problem solving, and delivering results quickly. Emphasize strong organization, communication, and a willingness to own new responsibilities in a small, high-standards team onsite in Zürich.

About A1

Our mission is to help in integrating intelligence to the world. A1 is building a proactive AI smart assistant for everyday users to bring intelligence to conversations, errands, organising and workflows, with minimal prompting.

Our product focuses on achieving high reliability for long-running workflows, persistent context, and real-world task completion. The system must handle multi-step reasoning, interact with external tools, and remain reliable despite non-deterministic model behavior.

About the Role

To support hiring, operations, and business execution across A1. Help ensure that important initiatives are executed efficiently by coordinating stakeholders, managing priorities, and maintaining operational discipline.

This role works closely with leadership and supports a broad range of activities, including recruiting operations, agency management, office setup, events, and business administration.

What You Will Be Doing

• Coordinate hiring activities, interviews, and recruiter relationships.

• Support agency onboarding, communication, and follow-ups.

• Manage project trackers, action items, and operational workflows.

• Coordinate meetings, events, travel, and business logistics when required.

• Support office setup, vendor management, and local operational activities.

• Prepare reports, summaries, and presentations for leadership.

• Ensure follow-through on key initiatives and outstanding actions.

• Help maintain efficient day-to-day business operations.

What You Will Need

• Strong organisational and coordination skills.

• Excellent attention to detail and follow-through.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Comfortable working across different teams and stakeholders.

• Resourceful, proactive, and able to solve problems independently.

• High ownership and willingness to take on new responsibilities.

How We Work

The best products in the world are built by small, highly capable teams.

We operate with high talent density, high ownership and high standards. We value people who can think independently, move quickly and solve problems without waiting for instructions.

This is a hands-on environment. Everyone is expected to contribute directly to the company's success.

Interview Process

If there appears to be a fit, we will schedule up to 3 interviews.

Applications are reviewed by members of our leadership and hiring teams. Interviews may be conducted virtually or onsite.

We value speed, transparency and decisiveness throughout the process.