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title: "Chief of Staff / Founders Associate"
company: "Clera"
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apply_url: "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/clera/d80cf628-9dc4-4adc-a196-ff6c17e0f844"
workplace: onsite
location: "Berlin"
employment_type: full-time
seniority: executive
role: operations
region: europe
date_posted: 2026-09-18T17:13:34.274Z
first_seen_by_remjobs: 2026-09-18T18:17:11.665Z
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# Chief of Staff / Founders Associate

**Clera** · Berlin

Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/clera/d80cf628-9dc4-4adc-a196-ff6c17e0f844

## About Clera

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## About the role

##### About the Role

This is a high-leverage operator role sitting directly alongside the CEO of a fast-growing AI startup, turning vision into execution across growth, hiring, finance, and expansion. You will own the most ambiguous, highest-stakes problems in the company before they have a dedicated owner. Think of it as a founder residency from the inside of a category-defining AI company.

##### What You'll Do

- Partner with the CEO to translate high-level strategy into concrete execution across all business functions.

- Own the end-to-end hiring engine for the next wave of critical hires, from planning through closing.

- Build and maintain financial reporting, budgeting, and KPI dashboards that give founders and the board full clarity.

- Design operating systems including cadences, processes, and communication loops that let the company scale at speed, with AI automation built in by default.

- Lead strategic projects from zero to done: market entry, pricing architecture, partnership structures, and other high-stakes initiatives without clear owners.

- Manage the fundraising process end-to-end, including data rooms, investor narratives, updates, and board relations.

- Identify and solve problems that nobody else can own yet, moving fast in ambiguous, high-pressure situations.

##### What We're Looking For

- 2+ years in a high-intensity environment such as top-tier strategy consulting, investment banking, a fast-moving venture-backed startup, or founding a company.

- Deep fluency in business fundamentals: P&L, SaaS metrics, unit economics, and financial modeling.

- Experience designing and implementing operational processes, communication cadences, and scaling systems at growing companies.

- Proven ability to own end-to-end hiring processes, including sourcing, evaluation, and closing candidates.

- Experience managing fundraising workflows: data room preparation, investor communications, and board reporting.

- Strong written communicator who turns complex technical or financial concepts into clear narratives for boards and investors.

- AI-native mindset: you use AI tools daily and have a clear point of view on how an AI-first company should operate internally.

- High agency and comfort with ambiguity; you write the playbooks rather than waiting for them.

- Fluent in both English and German (C1+ level) is required.

- Background in industrial operations, supply chain, enterprise B2B sales, or prior experience advising AI/ML companies is a plus.

##### Location

On-site five days per week in Berlin, Germany (Berlin-Mitte). No visa sponsorship is available for this role.

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