Founders Associate / Chief of Staff

3ive GmbH • AI for Manufacturing • Boston, North-end

TL;DR

Right hand of the founders. You run sales support, fundraising, ops, and strategic projects – whatever needs to happen for us to win. No lane. Real Entrepreneurship. Full ownership. Maximum impact.

What you’ll do & support with

• Sales – Decks, prospect research, pipeline, demos, key account management

• Finance – Data room, fundraising support, investor materials, financial models, KPI dashboards

• Product – User interviews, analytics, toolstack decisions, product vision input

• Ops – Processes, contracts, legal admin, partner coordination

• Strategy – Market research, competitive intel, partnerships, hiring

• AI Automations - automatic recurring tasks as self-service or with our dev-team

You

• Sharp, autonomous, fast. We give you a problem – you come back with a solution

• Comfortable with numbers: models, KPIs, data

• AI-native – you already use LLMs daily and push the limits

• Confident communicator with founders, customers, and investors

• Fluent EN (German or Spanish a plus)

• Bonus: Startup / VC / PE / consulting / banking background. Manufacturing or B2B SaaS exposure.

Why 3ive

$16.8T industry. Barely digitized. We’re building AI-first software for how physical products get designed and made – live with major European manufacturers.

What we offer

Low two-digit team. Real customers. Real impact & revenue path. Early equity. Front-row seat. No bureaucracy. High-standards, high ownership A-player mentality. International, multi-cultural global team of passionate humans. Great North-end office with other startups and a beautiful city view.

How to apply

Via Ashby with:

• 2min intro video (via the platform or way you prefer)

• Short description

• What has been the most challenging thing you have worked on?

• Your CV