Founders Associate - Sales
About the Role
This is a high-ownership, generalist role sitting directly alongside the founding team of an early-stage B2B SaaS company in the commercial energy storage space. You'll drive sales outreach and revenue growth while contributing to operations, recruiting, and strategy — going wherever the business needs you most.
What You'll Do
Build and execute the sales playbook, including outreach to key decision-makers and identifying new revenue opportunities.
Work across sales, growth, and customer success, adapting to the company's highest-priority needs.
Design and implement internal operational processes to keep daily workflows running smoothly.
Support talent acquisition, from coordinating hiring logistics to attracting strong candidates.
Tackle ambiguous, undefined problems with speed and a bias for action.
What We're Looking For
1+ years of experience at a high-growth startup, venture capital fund, investment bank, or strategy consulting firm — or a Bachelor's/Master's degree with strong academic results plus at least one relevant internship in those environments.
Demonstrated ability to execute B2B sales outreach and close deals with business decision-makers.
Hands-on experience building sales processes and identifying revenue opportunities from scratch in B2B markets.
Comfortable designing and rolling out internal operational processes.
Familiarity with CRM systems and sales automation tooling.
Experience coordinating or supporting recruiting processes is a plus.
Background in product, growth, marketing, strategy, or operations is a bonus.
Prior exposure to CleanTech, battery energy storage (BESS), or European energy markets is advantageous but not required.
Thrives in fast-paced, early-stage environments with rapidly shifting scope.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: €70,000 – €85,000 per year
Equity: VSOP / equity package included with standard vesting schedule
Location
On-site in Berlin, Germany (Hamburg or Kiel also considered). This is a fully on-site role.