Founder's Associate

Job Opportunity At Encord

Encord is the universal data layer for AI that helps 300+ AI teams train and run models on the right data. Our platform indexes, curates, annotates, and evaluates data across the full AI lifecycle, from development through production.

This is a unique opportunity for an ambitious, multi-talented individual who wants to see the inside of a fast-paced scale-up and work closely with the co-founders and senior team. The ideal candidate is a superstar who is willing to work hard, roll up their sleeves and support the founders in their day-to-day tasks, while learning about every aspect of what it takes to run a fast growing business.

You will work directly with Encord's senior team and get unique visibility into an exciting, high-growth, mission-based scale-up.

What You'll Do

• Work directly with the co-founders and other members of the senior team on a variety of projects and tasks: from presentations and spreadsheets, to basic reporting and various growth initiatives
• Research: ranging from customer research to identifying new opportunities to supporting strategic decisions
• Track the ROI of various growth channels to improve resource allocation and identify new growth curves
• Design, release, and improve a careers page to attract the next wave of Encord talent
• Ensure we keep our start-up atmosphere as we scale: plan and coordinate activities and events (e.g. team outings, in-office events)
• Be an integral part in growing the business — support Encord's presence on social media, conferences, and more
• Crunch numbers on customers' usage of the product to help inform our Customer Success team's quarterly success planning

Who We're Looking For

• A do-er with a founder's mentality — comfortable rolling up your sleeves for anything from an internal slide deck to a client demo, and energised by building something from the ground up
• You take end-to-end ownership of broad, ambiguous problems and think from first principles to get to a result — without needing hand-holding
• Obsessed with outcomes: you work best when given a goal and the autonomy to find a way there, iterating scrappily and resourcefully until it's done
• Entrepreneurial and comfortable context-switching rapidly — a candidate interview, an Excel model, and a vision-pitch draft might all land in the same afternoon
• Detail-oriented and proactively communicative — your team is always up to date, things rarely slip, and you're already thinking three steps ahead

Experience Requirements

• 2+ years in a high-intensity, high-velocity environment — early-stage startup (founding team or first 20 employees), top-tier management consulting, investment banking, private equity, or a similarly demanding, execution-focused setting
• Demonstrated ability to take an ambiguous brief, structure the problem, and drive it to a high-quality output end-to-end
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills — comfortable building Excel or Google Sheets models, analysing product usage data, tracking growth metrics, and drawing actionable conclusions from numbers
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce polished decks, memos, and external-facing materials quickly and to a high standard
• Proven track record of managing multiple workstreams simultaneously without dropping the ball
• Bonus: prior exposure to B2B SaaS or AI/ML; experience supporting a founder or C-suite executive directly; familiarity with GTM functions such as marketing, sales ops, or customer success

What We Offer

• Competitive salary, commission, and equity in a hyper-growth business
• Strong in-person culture: most of our team is in the office 3+ days a week
• Generous holiday allowance + public holidays
• Annual learning and development budget
• Paid trips to visit prospects, attend conferences, and host events across the UK, Europe, and US
• Company lunches twice a week
• Monthly socials & bi-annual off-sites