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Prime Intellect · 2 months ago

Founder's Associate, Business Operations (SF)

Prime Intellect is a frontier AI company focused on building the open superintelligence stack. They are seeking a Founder's Associate in Business Operations to support senior management, drive priorities, and enhance organizational execution across various functions.

Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingMachine Learning

Responsibilities

Act as a day-to-day extension of senior management: follow-ups, prioritisation, and closing loops
Turn ambiguous problems into clear plans, timelines, owners, and shipped results
Drive special projects across functions (ops, finance, recruiting coordination, internal comms, logistics)
Prepare briefs, updates, decision memos, and meeting notes that keep everyone aligned
Build lightweight systems that make execution predictable (tracking, documentation, SOPs)
Create a high-quality internal 'operating rhythm': weekly priorities, reporting, and accountability
Spot recurring friction and implement fixes that reduce overhead for the team
Jump on whatever is highest priority that week — and deliver without hand-holding
Coordinate across time zones (SF/Berlin) to ensure tight communication and fast turnaround
Support key moments: hiring/onboarding coordination, team planning, travel/event logistics when needed

Qualification

Leadership supportProject managementCross-functional coordinationOperational systemsCommunication skillsOrganizational instinctsHigh standardsJudgmentAccountability

Required

Exceptional judgment and execution skills
Ability to operate independently with excellent judgment and follow-through
Clear and proactive communication skills, especially in high-velocity environments
Strong organizational instincts and ability to impose structure on ambiguity
Elite execution ability: fast, precise, relentlessly reliable
Comfortable doing whatever it takes to get the job done while maintaining high standards and discretion
Experience in leadership support and execution
Ability to turn ambiguous problems into clear plans, timelines, owners, and shipped results
Experience in driving special projects across functions (ops, finance, recruiting coordination, internal comms, logistics)
Ability to prepare briefs, updates, decision memos, and meeting notes
Experience in building lightweight systems for predictable execution (tracking, documentation, SOPs)
Ability to create a high-quality internal operating rhythm: weekly priorities, reporting, and accountability
Experience in spotting recurring friction and implementing fixes
Ability to jump on high-priority tasks and deliver without hand-holding
Experience in coordinating across time zones (SF/Berlin)
Ability to support key moments: hiring/onboarding coordination, team planning, travel/event logistics

Preferred

Top-performing early-career candidates from finance, consulting, investing, research, or high-intensity startups
People who've held high-responsibility leadership roles and thrive in demanding environments

Company

Prime Intellect

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Prime Intellect is a full-stack platform that offers agentic training infrastructure for organizations to train frontier AI using LLMs.

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$70.44M
Key Investors
Founders Fund
2026-01-15Series Unknown· $49.94M
2025-02-28Seed· $15M
2024-04-22Seed· $5.5M
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