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Founders Associate - Special Projects

telli· Operations
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BerlinFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Founders Associate at telli, a YC-backed AI startup, supporting the CEO on high-impact, cross-functional projects with a focus on finance, market positioning, and special initiatives. On-site in Berlin with 5 days/week requirement; US citizen/visa only.

Responsibilities

  • Run special projects end-to-end: scope problems, define the next steps, coordinate stakeholders, and keep initiatives moving until they are finished.
  • Identify and solve bottlenecks: you find where things break within your domain, then design and implement the fix.
  • Own our finance workstream: revenue tracking, KPI dashboards, financial analyses, and preparation of financial inputs for investor reporting.
  • Support commercial initiatives together with our operations and commercial team: you help build projects such as upselling motions, pricing analyses, and market opportunities.
  • Jump in where it counts: you support projects across finance, legal, compliance, recruiting, events, and office operations wherever additional ownership is needed.
  • Automate manual workflows: you use AI, no-code tools, and software to reduce repetitive work across the company.
  • Do what is required: you clean the data, chase the invoice, speak to the vendor, configure the tool, organize the dinner, or document the process to get the project done.

Qualifications

  • 1+ years of experience in a high-growth startup, consulting, VC, operations, or another demanding environment.
  • You are analytical, structured, and strong with numbers.
  • You are hands-on and not afraid of doing unglamorous work.
  • You combine strategic thinking with strong execution.
  • You solve problems independently and do not wait for detailed instructions.
  • You are tech- and automation-savvy and heavily use AI tools in your daily work.
  • You communicate clearly and can coordinate stakeholders across different teams.
  • You have 1+ years of experience in a high-growth startup, consulting, VC, operations, or another demanding environment.
  • You are a strong communicator in both English and German.
  • You want to work on-site 5 days a week in Berlin.

Skills

Required:Analytical thinkingProject managementFinancial analysis / KPI dashboardsCommunication & cross-functional coordination
Nice to have:Automation / AI tools
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About telli

AI phone agents that convert

telli is building AI voice agents that convert leads into sales opportunities for B2C companies. For example, a leading home-buying platform is using telli to fully automate their pre-qualification. We are serving customers in energy, real estate, medical products, and home services. You might think that these B2C companies want to do more self-serve and less outreach. But the truth is outbound calls are what really drive conversion. Historically, managing these calls has been complex and expensive—costing companies hundreds of thousands of dollars. With telli, for the first time, B2C companies can automate the role of a pre-sales agent, end to end.

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