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Manex AI is building autonomous factories and has recently closed a Seed round from Lightspeed and BlueYard with leading enterprise manufacturing customers. The company is now scaling operations across all departments.
As Founders Associate for People & Talent, you will own the growth of Manex's team while working directly with the founders. This is a multifaceted role combining talent acquisition, employer branding, and operational scaling.
Key responsibilities:
- Talent Acquisition: Proactively identify and approach outstanding candidates across LinkedIn, universities, communities, and the company's network. Convert initial conversations into hires.
- Hiring Process: Own the candidate experience end-to-end, from first outreach through interview coordination to offer stage.
- Events & Community: Plan and run talent evenings, meetups, and community formats to attract great people and grow the Manex brand in Germany.
- Marketing & Employer Branding: Drive the company's presence across LinkedIn, website, and other channels. Tell the Manex story in ways that attract top talent.
- Operational Scaling: Document and automate core processes to strengthen internal operations.
- Culture & Communication: Establish team rituals, strengthen culture, and sharpen employer brand.
- Cross-functional Support: Support founders on projects across the company as it scales, including compliance topics, public funding initiatives, and marketing.
- Flexibility: As a small, fast-moving team, you'll step in wherever needed and take on projects beyond your core scope.
You will work in a high-trust environment with direct impact on how Manex grows, reporting to and collaborating closely with the founding team.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Strong drive and hands-on mentality; you get things done rather than waiting for them to happen.
- Love working with people; enjoy building relationships and convincing people.
- Organized and structured; able to juggle many things at once without dropping the ball.
- Clear and confident communication, both in writing and in person.
- Ownership mindset and enjoyment of variety in a fast-growing startup.
- Business-fluent in German and English (required).
