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Founders Associate (m/w/d) - Berlin

Berlin
Full-time
Permanent employee

Your Mission

Your Impact

At Bees & Bears, we're not just building a product right now — we're building a scalable and resilient Operations function. And that's exactly what we need you for.

As a Founders Associate, you'll work directly with our Head of Operations. You'll take full ownership of operational projects, drive new product launches, design processes, and build scalable infrastructure.

Your Mission

  • You take operational load off the Head of Operations — concretely, noticeably, fast.
  • You own your own workstreams and drive them from problem definition through to execution.
  • You support the go-to-market of new products and make sure initiatives build momentum.
  • You create structure in areas that have been too dependent on Leadership.
  • You coordinate cross-functionally between Operations, Sales, Product, Finance, and external partners.
  • You spot operational bottlenecks before they escalate — and fix them.
  • You prepare analyses, business cases, and project overviews when decisions need to be made.
  • You help implement new workflows, tools, and routines — thinking not just in processes, but in leverage.

Your Talent

  • You've already gained first experience in a demanding, fast-moving environment — startup, consulting, IB, VC, or similar. Startup experience is a must: you know what chaos looks like, you can handle ambiguity, and you still deliver.
  • You don't need detailed instructions to get started — you get what you need, and you'd rather ask one question too many than one too few.
  • You think analytically and structurally, but act just as pragmatically.
  • You're tech-savvy and comfortable with AI tools, vibe coding, and data — you use them to work faster and better.
  • You have a background in Business, Finance, Engineering, or similar. Your exact degree matters less than your ability to learn fast and act with ownership.
  • You don't just want a job — you want to understand how a company really works, and help build it.
  • You're based in Berlin and available immediately or on short notice.
  • You communicate at a very high level in English; German is a plus.

Our Offer

Growth & Culture
We move fast, we build a lot of new things, and we learn every day. You'll be part of a team that doesn't just work — it actually builds something — with a lot of ownership and genuine team spirit.

Impact
Your job has a direct impact on the energy transition. Full stop.
And because that matters to us, we give extra days off for climate activism.

Flexibility
We work hybrid and on a trust basis. Working from home is completely normal for us — 2 days per week is the standard, and we shape the rest around what works best for collaboration and focus. Workations are possible if it works for you and your team.

Perks
You get a flexible bonus to use however you like — sport, culture, travel, whatever works for you.

Food & Energy
Long days happen. When the office is running, so is the food: just order something via Wolt.

Team & Vibe
We take our mission seriously — but not ourselves. Offsites, team evenings, and our "Bees & Beers" are just as much part of the job as the work itself.

About us

At Bees & Bears, we’re a Climate FinTech on a mission to unlock capital for the energy transition. We believe finance is the key to accelerating the shift toward a sustainable future. The challenge ahead is massive: by 2050, the world needs to invest €150 trillion (!) to reach climate neutrality. 65% of this investment will need to be financed through loans.

Our mission is to channel capital into the sustainable economy — to accelerate the transition and make the world greener.

What we do:

We work closely with installers of climate hardware such as solar systems, energy storage, and heat pumps — enabling their customers to finance installations easily through monthly installments. Our platform provides the technical and financial foundation to make this happen. In doing so, we’re actively accelerating the energy transition — for households, for our partners, and for the planet.

We’ve recently secured €500 million in funding commitments to green 25,000 households over the next two years. Prior to that, we raised two funding rounds backed by several renowned VCs — and we’ve been growing rapidly ever since.

Sound like the perfect job for you? 
We look forward to your application and to getting to know you! 

At Bees & Bears, we place a high value on equal opportunity and are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We strive to create a friendly, safe, and welcoming environment for all our employees, regardless of ethnic origin, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability and abilities of any kind, physical appearance, social background, marital status, age, or religion (or lack thereof).

Even if you don’t meet the requirements 100%, we still encourage you to apply.

You don’t want an ordinary job. You want to build something that truly matters. Be part of shaping it from day one, move fast and feel your impact. In a startup that doesn’t ask if something is possible – but how fast. Then you’ve come to the right place!