Founders Associate supporting the Founder team in strategic and operational tasks for a leading Workation network in Europe. Managing projects, coordinating with partners, and ensuring project success in rural areas.
About the role
- Chief of Staff driving US expansion for innovative restaurant management startup Nory. Collaborating with the CEO on strategic operations and market entry to enhance profitability and efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Lead the US market entry from the ground up: design GTM strategy, define hiring needs, set up operations and regulatory structures, and ensure the P&L model is clear and achievable.
- Take ownership of execution: translate strategy into action plans, keep the “trains running on time”, and ensure accountability across teams.
- Work across functions as an integrator (Product, Sales, Marketing, Finance, People), driving alignment, prioritisation, and delivery of key projects.
- Establish operational discipline: build scalable processes (reporting, OKRs, dashboards) to keep us focused and fast as we scale.
- Provide financial oversight: own budgets and forecasts at a US market level, and ensure decision-making is data-driven in partnership with Finance.
- Support on CEO priorities: from investor relations and board prep, to special projects, partnerships, and external communications.
- Shape the US team: support hiring, onboarding, and organisational design to ensure early US hires succeed.
- Be a cultural amplifier: bring energy, charisma, and people-first leadership that others want to rally around.
Requirements
- Proven operator: 6+ years in senior operations, GM, or strategy & ops roles at scaling startups (ideally Series A–C).
- Market entry experience: you’ve led the launch of new geographies, ideally the US, and know what it takes to go from nothing to traction.
- Independent ownership: you take ambiguous goals and run with them end-to-end, creating clarity and momentum without waiting for direction.
- Strong financial acumen: comfortable with budgets, P&Ls, and forecasts — you can use numbers to drive decisions and spot risks early.
- Project management at scale: you’ve delivered complex, multi-month, cross-functional projects under pressure.
- Startup mindset: you’re scrappy, pragmatic, and biased to action — always seeking quick impact while thinking about long-term scalability.
- Excellent Communication and stakeholder management: you’re a clear, concise communicator who can distil complexity and influence at every level. You’re charismatic, people gravitate to you, and you create momentum in new and unstructured environments.
- Nice to have: Experience with fundraising, investor relations, or board preparation
- Prior exposure to scaling from ~50–200 headcount
- Some people management experience
Benefits
- Meaningful equity with standard 4-year vesting and 1-year cliff – at Nory everyone is an owner!
- 401k with company match up to 4%
- 20 days paid time off, plus public holidays
- Private health, dental, and vision insurance with 100% employee cover and 50% dependent cover
- 12 weeks paid parental leave for birthing parent, 4 weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parent and baby loss support
- $1,000 annual personal development budget + quarterly book budget
- $250 home office workspace budget
- Regular travel to London or Dublin, or for team offsites (we’re heading to Lisbon in October)
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