<h3>About the Role</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em">A fast-growing <strong>AI-powered energy intelligence startup</strong> in the DACH market is looking for a <strong>Founders' Associate / Chief of Staff</strong> to work directly alongside the founding team. This is a high-ownership, hybrid GTM and operations role — ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of outbound sales, strategic projects, and operational execution in an early-stage environment.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">The company provides an AI-driven platform for holistic energy cost optimisation for industrial enterprises, helping them make smarter procurement decisions and manage energy consumption more efficiently. The business is well-funded at the pre-seed stage and is actively scaling its commercial and engineering teams across the DACH region.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>No visa sponsorship is available for this role.</strong></p><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build and maintain a strong enterprise sales pipeline across DACH in close partnership with the founders.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Run outbound execution including cold calls, emails, and LinkedIn outreach with tailored, persona-specific messaging.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Refine ICP, targeting strategy, and value propositions using real market and prospect feedback.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Produce high-quality sales materials — decks, one-pagers, follow-ups, and business cases — to improve conversion rates.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Join discovery calls to surface customer insights and translate them into sharper positioning and product messaging.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Act as an extension of the founders on strategic and operational topics, including investor updates and reporting.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Own and lead high-priority special projects end-to-end: market research, partnership development, and internal initiatives.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Support marketing content and event preparation (newsletters, social posts, event messaging).</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Rapidly develop deep knowledge of energy markets and the product to drive improvements across sales and product roadmap.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Operate autonomously in ambiguous, fast-changing environments and continuously iterate on team processes.</p></li></ul><h3>What We're Looking For</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Must-haves (dealbreakers):</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">3+ years of experience in enterprise sales or outbound demand generation, building and delivering top-of-funnel pipeline in the <strong>DACH region</strong>.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional initiatives and acting as an operational right hand to founders in a startup en