Founder's Associate, Business Operations (SF)

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Primeintellect · San Francisco

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About the role

Prime Intellect is hiring a Founder's Associate, Business Operations to act as a right hand to senior management . This is a high-trust, high-pace role for someone with exceptional judgment and execution who wants to operate at the centre of a frontier AI company. You'll work directly with leadership to drive priorities forward, keep execution tight, and remove friction across the org. The work is varied, ambiguous, and intensely practical - the reward is outsized learning, real responsibility, and a clear path to bigger scope for high performers. About Prime Intellect Prime Intellect's mission is to build the open superintelligence stack : from globally distributed compute to frontier agentic models, enabling anyone to train, deploy, and benefit from AGI. Backed by leading investors including Founders Fund and Menlo Ventures , we're building foundational infrastructure and models for openly accessible AGI.

Responsibilities

This role is designed to be a force multiplier for senior leadership. You'll own outcomes end-to-end and build the operating cadence that helps a fast-growing team move faster.

Leadership Support & Execution

Act as a day-to-day extension of senior management: follow-ups, prioritisation, and closing loops

Turn ambiguous problems into clear plans, timelines, owners, and shipped results

Drive special projects across functions (ops, finance, recruiting coordination, internal comms, logistics)

Prepare briefs, updates, decision memos, and meeting notes that keep everyone aligned

Operational Cadence & Systems

Build lightweight systems that make execution predictable (tracking, documentation, SOPs)

Create a high-quality internal "operating rhythm": weekly priorities, reporting, and accountability

Spot recurring friction and implement fixes that reduce overhead for the team

Cross-Functional Problem Solving

Jump on whatever is highest priority that week - and deliver without hand-holding

Coordinate across time zones (SF/Berlin) to ensure tight communication and fast turnaround

Support key moments: hiring/onboarding coordination, team planning, travel/event logistics when needed

Who We're Looking For

We're looking for exceptional horsepower + low ego - someone who is comfortable doing whatever it takes to get the job done, while maintaining high standards and discretion.

You'll likely be a strong fit if you:

Have elite execution ability : fast, precise, relentlessly reliable

Can operate independently with excellent judgment and follow-through

Communicate clearly and proactively, especially in high-velocity environments

Enjoy being accountable for outcomes, not just tasks

Have strong organisational instincts and can impose structure on ambiguity

Common backgrounds that do well here:

Top-performing early-career candidates from finance, consulting, investing, research, or high-intensity startups

People who've held high-responsibility leadership roles and thrive in demanding environments

What Success Looks Like (First 90 Days)

Leadership trust is earned quickly: you're plugged into priorities and reliably closing loops

Cross-functional projects move faster because you create clarity and accountability

The team has stronger operating rhythm: fewer dropped balls, faster decisions

You build scalable systems that reduce friction and increase execution velocity

Why This Role Is Different

Proximity to decision-making: learn how frontier companies are built from the inside

High trust + real responsibility: meaningful scope from day one

Meritocratic growth: strong performers expand scope rapidly

Mission + intensity: work alongside a world-class team pushing the frontier of open AGI

To apply s end a short note on

(1) a time you operated at unusually high standards under pressure

(2) why Prime Intellect and this role.

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