AI-Native Founder’s Associate
About The Position
We’re building the modern, healthy PepsiCo: a next-generation functional nutrition company making vibrant wellness effortless for millions of Americans through scientifically advanced, delicious products. Our ambition is extreme. By 2026, our goal is to grow the business 20×, reach $40M ARR, and be profitable with a lean team of ~10 people. We believe the next generation of category-defining companies will be built by small teams with extreme leverage, powered by AI, automation, and exceptional people. As our AI-Native Founder’s Associate, you will work directly with the CEO on the highest-impact problems across operations, growth, and finance. You are not a coordinator. You are not an observer. ou are a force multiplier. Your job is to take ambiguous, high-stakes problems and turn them into structured analyses, decisions, and execution—often by building AI-powered systems and workflows yourself. This role is intentionally broad and demanding. It is designed for someone early in their career who wants maximum learning, responsibility, and exposure in the shortest possible time.
Requirements
- Degree from a top-tier university in engineering, science, math, business, or a related field.
- Candidates with a business background must have self-taught at least light forms of coding and demonstrate technical fluency.
- AI-native mindset, with hands-on experience using AI tools, automation platforms, and low-code solutions to drive real outcomes.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving ability, with comfort working across operations, growth, and finance.
- Genuine interest in solving real-world business problems, including those involving physical operations such as production, supply chain, warehousing, delivery, and customer experience.
- Extremely hungry and ambitious, actively seeking responsibility and steep growth.
- Strong work ethic and intensity, comfortable operating in an environment closer to 8–7 than 9–5 when needed.
Responsibilities
- Support and improve day-to-day operations across fulfillment, customer experience, supply chain coordination, and internal workflows.
- Identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies and help design AI-driven solutions to remove them.
- Own specific operational projects end-to-end, from problem definition to execution.
- Support growth initiatives across marketing, experimentation, and performance tracking.
- Build AI-assisted workflows for reporting, analysis, and execution.
- Help translate growth objectives into operational and financial implications.
- Support financial analysis, forecasting, and unit economics.
- Build and maintain models, dashboards, and AI-powered reporting tools.
- Help leadership make decisions based on contribution margin and real economics, not vanity metrics.
- Leverage AI, automation, and low-code tools to improve speed and quality of execution across all functions.
- Build internal tools, scripts, and workflows that reduce manual work.
- Continuously look for opportunities to replace effort with systems.
- Tackle high-priority, ad-hoc projects directly with the CEO.
- Move fluidly between strategy and execution depending on what the business needs.
- Be comfortable owning problems that do not come with instructions.
Benefits
- Direct Founder Exposure
- Unmatched Learning Velocity
- Real Responsibility Early
- Elite, Small Team
- Modern Stack
- Meaningful Upside
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
