Founders Associate (AI)

Location: Hybrid, San Francisco and the Bay Area, United States; requires in-person collaboration, travel with founders, and availability for last-minute travel demands.

Company

hirify.global is an early-stage AI company building efficient intelligence that evolves in real time through flexible, personalized, and accessible AI systems.

What you will do

• Act as a central point of leverage for the founders by anticipating operational needs, removing friction, and coordinating next steps.
• Handle operational tasks across procurement, team logistics, internal communication, and day-to-day execution.
• Build internal rituals, communication channels, and operations infrastructure for a fast-growing distributed team.
• Switch between strategic problem-solving and urgent tactical execution based on founder priorities.
• Travel with the founders for investor meetings, conferences, key hires, and strategic offsites while managing door-to-door logistics and live operational needs.
• Own ambiguous, cross-functional 0-to-1 initiatives and build working systems from first principles.

Requirements

• 1–6+ years of experience in operations, a founder's office, or special projects, ideally in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment; former founders are welcome.
• Availability on short notice and comfort with irregular hours, rapid turnarounds, and last-minute travel during critical build phases.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities, switch context seamlessly, and keep initiatives moving without losing details.
• Low ego, high agency, and willingness to handle tasks of any size while taking ownership of high-stakes projects.
• Strong organizational and logistical instincts, exceptional attention to detail, proactive anticipation of founder needs, and reliable administrative follow-through.
• Adaptability and willingness to propose bold ideas and work effectively in ambiguous conditions.

Culture & Benefits

• In-person collaboration in the Bay Area alongside a distributed, global-first team.
• Team offsites and an annual travel stipend to explore a country never visited before.
• Weekly meal allowance for take-out or grocery delivery.
• Comprehensive medical benefits and generous paid time off.
• Talent-dense environment focused on continual adaptation, bold ideas, and expanding access to intelligence.