Founder's Associate
Crane Venture Partners, California, MO, United States
About Us
Encord is the universal data layer for AI that helps 300+ AI teams train and run models on the right data. Our platform indexes, curates, annotates, and evaluates data across the full AI lifecycle, from development through production.
Trusted by Woven by Toyota, AXA, UiPath, Zipline, and more. We're an ambitious team of 100+ working at the frontier of AI and have raised $60M in Series C funding from Wellington Management, CRV, Next47 and Y Combinator.
The Role This is a unique opportunity for an ambitious, multi-talented individual who wants to see the inside of a fast-paced scale-up and work closely with the co-founders and senior team. The ideal candidate is a superstar who is willing to work hard, roll up their sleeves and support the founders in their day-to-day tasks, while learning about every aspect of what it takes to run a fast growing business.
You will work directly with Encord's senior team and get unique visibility into an exciting, high-growth, mission-based scale-up.
What You'll Do
Work directly with the co-founders and other members of the senior team on a variety of projects and tasks: from presentations and spreadsheets, to basic reporting and various growth initiatives
Research: ranging from customer research to identifying new opportunities to supporting strategic decisions
Track the ROI of various growth channels to improve resource allocation and identify new growth curves
Design, release, and improve a careers page to attract the next wave of Encord talent
Ensure we keep our start-up atmosphere as we scale: plan and coordinate activities and events (e.g. team outings, in-office events)
Be an integral part in growing the business — support Encord's presence on social media, conferences, and more
Crunch numbers on customers' usage of the product to help inform our Customer Success team's quarterly success planning
Who We're Looking For
2+ years of experience in high-intensity, high-velocity environments: early-stage startups (as an early employee or founder), or top-tier consulting, investment banking, private equity, or similar fast-paced settings
A do-er — happy to roll up your sleeves and get stuff done, from slides for an internal meeting to a demo for a client
Expert at taking end-to-end ownership of broad, ambiguous problems and thinking from first principles to achieve a result
Obsessed with achieving an objective and getting results — you work best when given an outcome to aim towards and iterating autonomously to find a way there; scrappy and resourceful
Entrepreneurial — you want to be part of building a business from the ground up, and you're comfortable context-switching between a candidate interview, an Excel model, and a vision-pitch draft
Detail-oriented and organised, with a strong bias for proactive communication — your team is always up to date and things rarely slip, even across a large surface area
Experience Requirements
2+ years of experience in a high-intensity, high-velocity environment — early-stage startup (founding team or first 20 employees), top-tier management consulting, investment banking, private equity, or a similarly demanding, execution-focused setting
Demonstrated ability to own projects end-to-end with minimal direction — you can take an ambiguous brief, structure the problem, and drive it to a high-quality output without hand-holding
Strong analytical and quantitative skills — comfortable building Excel or Google Sheets models, analyzing product usage data, tracking growth metrics, and drawing actionable conclusions from numbers
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce polished decks, memos, and external-facing materials quickly and to a high standard
Proven track record of managing multiple workstreams simultaneously without dropping the ball — organized, detail-oriented, and proactive in flagging risks and pulling in the right people
Bonus: Prior exposure to a B2B SaaS or AI/ML environment; experience supporting a founder or C-suite executive directly; familiarity with growth or GTM functions (e.g. marketing, sales ops, customer success)
What We Offer
Competitive salary, commission, and equity in a hyper-growth business
Strong in-person culture: most of our team is in the office 3+ days a week
Generous holiday allowance + public holidays
Annual learning and development budget
Paid trips to visit prospects, attend conferences, and host events across the UK, Europe, and US
Company lunches twice a week
Monthly socials & bi-annual off-sites
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Trusted by Woven by Toyota, AXA, UiPath, Zipline, and more. We're an ambitious team of 100+ working at the frontier of AI and have raised $60M in Series C funding from Wellington Management, CRV, Next47 and Y Combinator.
The Role This is a unique opportunity for an ambitious, multi-talented individual who wants to see the inside of a fast-paced scale-up and work closely with the co-founders and senior team. The ideal candidate is a superstar who is willing to work hard, roll up their sleeves and support the founders in their day-to-day tasks, while learning about every aspect of what it takes to run a fast growing business.
You will work directly with Encord's senior team and get unique visibility into an exciting, high-growth, mission-based scale-up.
What You'll Do
Work directly with the co-founders and other members of the senior team on a variety of projects and tasks: from presentations and spreadsheets, to basic reporting and various growth initiatives
Research: ranging from customer research to identifying new opportunities to supporting strategic decisions
Track the ROI of various growth channels to improve resource allocation and identify new growth curves
Design, release, and improve a careers page to attract the next wave of Encord talent
Ensure we keep our start-up atmosphere as we scale: plan and coordinate activities and events (e.g. team outings, in-office events)
Be an integral part in growing the business — support Encord's presence on social media, conferences, and more
Crunch numbers on customers' usage of the product to help inform our Customer Success team's quarterly success planning
Who We're Looking For
2+ years of experience in high-intensity, high-velocity environments: early-stage startups (as an early employee or founder), or top-tier consulting, investment banking, private equity, or similar fast-paced settings
A do-er — happy to roll up your sleeves and get stuff done, from slides for an internal meeting to a demo for a client
Expert at taking end-to-end ownership of broad, ambiguous problems and thinking from first principles to achieve a result
Obsessed with achieving an objective and getting results — you work best when given an outcome to aim towards and iterating autonomously to find a way there; scrappy and resourceful
Entrepreneurial — you want to be part of building a business from the ground up, and you're comfortable context-switching between a candidate interview, an Excel model, and a vision-pitch draft
Detail-oriented and organised, with a strong bias for proactive communication — your team is always up to date and things rarely slip, even across a large surface area
Experience Requirements
2+ years of experience in a high-intensity, high-velocity environment — early-stage startup (founding team or first 20 employees), top-tier management consulting, investment banking, private equity, or a similarly demanding, execution-focused setting
Demonstrated ability to own projects end-to-end with minimal direction — you can take an ambiguous brief, structure the problem, and drive it to a high-quality output without hand-holding
Strong analytical and quantitative skills — comfortable building Excel or Google Sheets models, analyzing product usage data, tracking growth metrics, and drawing actionable conclusions from numbers
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce polished decks, memos, and external-facing materials quickly and to a high standard
Proven track record of managing multiple workstreams simultaneously without dropping the ball — organized, detail-oriented, and proactive in flagging risks and pulling in the right people
Bonus: Prior exposure to a B2B SaaS or AI/ML environment; experience supporting a founder or C-suite executive directly; familiarity with growth or GTM functions (e.g. marketing, sales ops, customer success)
What We Offer
Competitive salary, commission, and equity in a hyper-growth business
Strong in-person culture: most of our team is in the office 3+ days a week
Generous holiday allowance + public holidays
Annual learning and development budget
Paid trips to visit prospects, attend conferences, and host events across the UK, Europe, and US
Company lunches twice a week
Monthly socials & bi-annual off-sites
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