As the first Founders Associate at Prior Foundry, you will work directly with the founders in Paris to build the operational backbone of a fast-growing AI startup. You will manage cross-border finance, hiring, and legal workflows, turning ambiguous problems into reliable processes that enable the company to scale globally.
Founders Associate/Business Operations at Prior Foundry
Join Prior Foundry as their first Founders Associate and work alongside a world-class team from Stanford and Palantir to transform government policy with AI. From managing cross-border finance to scaling international teams, you will tackle high-impact projects that define how the company grows. If you are a bilingual professional with a background in consulting or high-growth ops, this is your chance to see how a category-defining company is built from the inside.
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Location
Paris, France
Compensation
Not Disclosed
Company
Prior Foundry
Role overview
Fundamentally changing the way government policy is drafted, evaluated and implemented. Team of political and computer scientists from Stanford, Cambridge and Oxford.
What you will do
- Lead end-to-end hiring operations, including sourcing, candidate experience, and coordinating interview processes to scale the team across three countries.
- Manage cross-border financial operations, including budgeting, invoicing, and coordinating with accountants across French, UK, and US jurisdictions.
- Execute critical special projects and legal workflows, such as setting up international subsidiaries, office management, and preparing board-level materials.
Who this is a fit for
- Full professional fluency in both French and English is mandatory to navigate complex legal entities and international client relationships daily.
- Proven experience in high-intensity environments like management consulting, investment banking, or early-stage startup operations where you thrived on ambiguity.
- Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to handle both meticulous tasks like expense tracking and complex strategic projects like prepping board updates.
Why this role is remarkable
- Work directly with a world-class founding team of Stanford PhDs and ex-Palantir engineers on a high-stakes mission to improve public-sector decision-making.
- Join a high-growth company backed by premier investors including Relentless, a16z Speedrun, and Liquid 2 as their first dedicated business operations hire.
- Gain unparalleled exposure to every aspect of company building, from international entity administration to investor relations and strategic internal systems design.
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