Founders Associate - People & Talent (f/m/d)

OUR MISSION

Manex AI is on a mission to enable autonomy for the world’s leading organizations and is currently building autonomous factories. After raising our Seed Round from Lightspeed and BlueYard and winning leading enterprise manufacturing customers, we are now focused on scaling operations across all departments. With our world-class team, we are looking for the key individuals who will help take us to the next level and build a truly outstanding organization.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As Founders Associate for People & Talent, you'll own the growth of our team, working directly with the founders. You'll find and win the people who will build Manex, run events that put us on the map in Germany, and shape how the world sees us, from our website to LinkedIn. As a small, fast-moving team, we'll also count on you to step in wherever you're needed and take on projects beyond your core scope.

WHY JOIN US?

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Talent acquisition: Proactively identify and approach outstanding candidates across LinkedIn, universities, communities and our network, and turn first conversations into hires

• Hiring process: Own the candidate experience end-to-end, from first outreach through coordinating interviews to the offer

• Events: Plan and run talent evenings, meetups and community formats that bring great people to us and grow the Manex brand in Germany

• Marketing & employer branding: Drive our presence across LinkedIn, our website and other channels, and tell the Manex story in a way that makes top talent want to join

• Beyond your scope: Support the founders on projects across the company as we scale

YOUR ROLE

• Own recruiting end-to-end in close coordination with all founders

• Scale our internal operations by documenting and automating core processes

• Strengthen culture and communication, establish team rituals, and sharpen our employer brand

• Advance compliance topics, public funding initiatives and marketing

YOU SHOULD APPLY IF

• Have a strong drive and a hands-on mentality: you get things done instead of waiting for them to happen

• Love working with people and enjoy building relationships and convincing people

• Are organized and structured, and can juggle many things at once without dropping the ball

• Communicate clearly and confidently, both in writing and in person

• Take ownership and enjoy the variety of a fast-growing startup

• Want to be part of a team with the same drive, especially in such an exciting phase

• Are business-fluent in German and English

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive compensation package

• Work side by side with our founders, with direct impact on how Manex grows

• A steep learning curve in one of Europe's most ambitious AI startups

• High trust and ownership from day one

• Corporate Wellpass membership and a subsidized Deutschlandticket

• Regular offsites with the greatest team: think Austrian mountains, lakeside retreats or European cities

• Join one of Europe’s most driven and ambitious teams

• EGYM Wellpass & Deutschlandticket

HIRING PROCESS

• Intro Call (30 min) – culture & fit

• Founder Session (45 min) – a case or challenge and a deeper conversation about fit

• Offer – typically within one week