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Founders Associate (Growth)

Mercura· Operations
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Hybrid (Munich)Full-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Founders Associate (Growth) at Mercura, a YC-backed startup building AI software for back-office automation in distributors & manufacturers. Role focuses on strategic growth, GTM, and operations supporting market expansion and customer/partner success.

Responsibilities

  • Strategic Growth: Work directly with the CEO on strategic initiatives to drive company growth and market expansion
  • Sales Enablement & Operations: Own CRM data quality, coordinate trade fairs and events, build playbooks and pitch decks, and design workflows that move deals from first touch to close
  • GTM Engineering: Source market and pipeline data to identify high-potential target accounts and sharpen our go-to-market approach
  • Process Optimization: Analyze pipeline data, and turn insights into actionable improvements across the sales process
  • Market Expansion: Explore and validate new markets and identify strategic growth opportunities
  • Customer & Partner Success: Build, manage and close partnerships and drive customer expansion

Qualifications

  • 1-3 years of experience in fast-paced environments (startups, consulting, VC)
  • Experience in building or scaling startups, own projects, student initiatives or driving sales
  • Strong problem-solving, ownership mentality, customer empathy and business sense
  • Strong communication in German & English

Skills

Required:Strategic PlanningCRM & Sales OpsMarket Research & Data SourcingGo-to-Market Strategy

Benefits

  • Learn to build a company with hands-on ownership and potential to become a founder
  • Real equity with favorable tax treatment
  • Team dinners up to 4x/week
  • UrbanSportsClub membership and company bike
  • Relocation to Munich, office at Werk1 startup incubator
  • Access to AI and productivity tools
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Mercura

AI Quote and Order Automation for Distributors & Manufacturers

Mercura automates quotes and orders for distributors & manufacturers in the construction supply chain. Our software lets sales teams process requests in minutes instead of days. By eliminating repetitive back-office tasks, we help sales reps focus on winning more deals and driving revenue.

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