Founder Associate

The role

You will take on high-impact work across product, growth, operations, and partnerships. You will lead founder-priority projects and improve candidate outcomes for an early-stage AI-powered recruiting and talent marketplace company.

What you will do

• Lead founder-priority projects from exploring new markets to executing strategic initiatives
• Improve the candidate experience, funnel conversion, and hiring outcomes
• Design and implement scalable operating processes and systems
• Support go-to-market efforts by refining messaging, running experiments, and developing partnerships
• Turn feedback from candidates and hiring companies into actionable product priorities
• Independently shift between operations, strategy, recruiting, and special projects

Required qualifications

• Approximately 1 to 3 years of relevant professional experience
• Experience as a Founder Associate, Chief of Staff, or comparable startup operator
• Hands-on ownership in founder support, strategy, recruiting, growth, or special projects
• Ability to work independently across varied, ambiguous projects and drive outcomes end to end
• Willingness to work closely with a small founding team in an early-stage environment
• Must be based in San Francisco or willing to relocate

Before you apply

• Visa sponsorship is available

About the company

clera is an early-stage AI-powered recruiting and talent marketplace company.