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Founder's Associate (Healthcare Venture)

Merantix

Merantix

Berlin, Germany
Posted on Friday, May 31, 2024
What we do
The Venture

Health services are essential to our society, but the current landscape is marred by inefficiency, inaccessibility, and high costs. Our mission is to revolutionize the health industry by harnessing the power of large language models and AI to streamline processes and increase access to health. We aim to automate medical conversations between all stakeholders, boost the efficiency of health professionals, and make medical documentation easier and accessible to those in need.


We're seeking a passionate founder associate to help bring our AI-driven health tech solutions to life. As a founder associate, you'll be instrumental in every step of the journey, from validating use-cases to scaling the organization. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, a keen interest in AI, and a desire to make a meaningful impact on the world of health tech services, this opportunity is perfect for you!


PART OF AN AI ECOSYSTEM

The Merantix AI Fund is Europe‘s first and leading comprehensive, specialized AI fund! Our team builds and invests in category-defining early-stage AI-native companies, always seeking the largest exponential lever through AI as a general-purpose technology. We strongly believe in and focus on vertically integrated business models, data flywheel effects, multidisciplinary founding teams, societal impact, and leveraging the European industry sovereignty.

To source and build a portfolio of 40 strong AI-native companies, the Merantix AI Fund leverages the Merantix Platform to attract and foster interactions between ideas, talent, industry, and policy at an exceptional scale. Having built 10+ AI ventures, counting more than 60 technical experts with Merantix Momentum, and being orchestrators of 100k+ people interaction on the Merantix AI Campus, Europe’s largest AI community space, form our key differentiator factors and a magnet for anyone building or investing in AI.


Your role

In order to build outstanding companies with the help of a distinguished team, state-of-the-art machine learning technology as well as a comprehensive AI company building framework, we seek exceptional entrepreneurial minds that have the ambition to make an impact. As a founders associate, you will be working side by side with an experienced founder, who already built multiple companies in this space, to ideate and validate cases in the health tech space and ultimately build the company from the ground up. Once the case is ripe for incubation, you will have the chance of joining the team full-time as one of the first hires with equity options.

If that resonates with you, here is what your role at Merantix includes:

  • Conducting research around the market and the competitive landscape

  • Ping-Ponging with expert stakeholders to validate and calibrate the idea

  • Conceptualizing our vision of building “billion-dollar” companies when formulating the business model and go-to-market approach

  • Building an MVP

  • Identifying talent and building the initial team

  • Initiating and maintaining relationships to potential investors and partners

Your profile

We define ourselves by a culture of ownership and cooperation. We are looking for driven, capable, visionary, and prudent talents with proven track records of personal, academic, and professional achievement.

  • You have an undergraduate degree from a top-­tier university, MA/MSc/MBA is a plus;

  • You have gained professional experience in an impactful entrepreneurial environment, at a leading technology company, or in management consultancy/ venture capital;

  • You have superb communication (verbal and written English; German would be a plus) and interpersonal skills and an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams;

  • You have a demonstrated interest in technology and the legal industry

  • You have strong organizational and multitasking skills with the ability to prioritize appropriately and effectively;

  • You are available to work with us for a minimum of 6 months at a time.

What we offer

Our hierarchy is flat and communication direct, which means that we operate and learn fast, as a team. Perks of working with us can be summarized as follows:

  • Most importantly, you will work shoulder to shoulder with an experienced founder and get immediate exposure to all the crucial steps necessary to build an amazing company;

  • You will be able to develop a great network of Europe’s best engineers, entrepreneurs, investors, opinion-leaders, and advisors;

  • You will have the unique opportunity of joining the company as a first hire and receiving shares in the company;

  • Every day you have the chance to learn how to channel your creativity, focus and ambition by shadowing proven entrepreneurs;

  • We provide you with the toolbox of growing personally and professionally by giving you ownership within a cooperative environment.

The venture will be built in a remote-first setting - allowing you to work from anywhere you want whilst ensuring that we still don’t lose the personal touch through frequent personal encounters in Berlin.

In addition to a competitive salary, you can expect the following:

  • Flexible working hours as we believe in ownership and trust;

  • Learning & development program for all our team members;

  • Regular team events and intensive exchange with all Merantix companies;

  • Equal rights, respect, and promotion of diversity.

About us
We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity. We consider all applications equally regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity. We strongly encourage individuals from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech to apply, and we can help with immigration.