Founder Associate (NYC)

Prior Labs•New York City, NY

10d•Onsite

About The Position

As our Founder Associate, you sit in the founders' office and work directly with the founders and Chief of Staff to shape and execute the initiatives that drive Prior Labs' growth. You get real ownership of business functions, with broad exposure across the company, from strategy to execution. We run our business functions with defined areas of ownership: Growth, Sales & Enablement, Marketing & Community, and People Ops. You pick up ownership across these areas based on what the company needs and where you're strongest, and you go deep where you have the most impact. Everything we do is AI-first, so you'll spend less time on the grunt work and more time building the systems that make it obsolete.

Requirements

A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field, or you've done the work without the credential
1-2 years of experience in consulting, venture capital, start-ups or similar roles
An AI-first way of working: you try new tools the moment they come out, you know where they save time, and you know where your own judgment still has to take over
High agency: you ship a v1 quickly, iterate, and don't wait for a brief to figure out what needs doing
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on execution
Structured and reliable: when you own something, it's handled
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, in English

Nice To Haves

Experience working in or with early-stage startups
You've built automations, agents, or internal tools that people actually used
Background in machine learning, data science, or related technical fields
Familiarity with open source, foundation models, or data science ecosystems
Proven ability to manage cross-functional projects or initiatives
Interest or experience in sales enablement, content creation, or community building

Responsibilities

Own the inbound pipeline end to end
Remove the manual steps that are left: better scoring, smarter routing, more automation
Build the pipeline reporting the founders and sales team actually use
Test new channels: data sources, outbound angles, our first paid experiments
Own tracking and attribution, so we know where pipeline actually comes from
Automate call prep: short briefings so no one walks into a call cold
Own decks, case studies, battle cards, and demo assets
Keep POCs on track: milestones, follow-ups, next steps
Turn closed deals into reference stories and case studies
Pick the most annoying recurring workflow each month and automate it
Build agents and automations across our stack: HRIS, CRM, Notion, Slack
Own the internal tooling landscape: what we use, how it connects
Prototype fast: a working script this week over a perfect system next quarter
Ship things the whole company uses daily
Help open our new offices and set up new countries
Own onboarding end to end, from signed contract to a solid first week
Take clunky people processes, redesign it, ship it
Make our HRIS the single source of truth, with automations doing the boring parts
Run the operational side of hiring: scheduling, candidate communication, interview logistics