Founders' Associate

This is a role that TechTree is recruiting for on behalf of one of our clients. TechTree is an AI-driven recruitment platform working with high-growth companies.

When you apply, our AI Agent matches you not just to this role , but to other relevant opportunities across our network, so one application can unlock multiple roles. Founders' Associate — Be the right hand to the founders of a fast-growing defense tech startup. On-site, Toulouse, France. GPS fails in contested airspace — jammed, spoofed, gone. Most drones go blind. Ours don't: we build the module that lets a drone navigate by what it sees, no satellites required, already flying with leading aerospace manufacturers and defense agencies in Europe.

This is not a traditional operations job. You'll work directly with the founders, taking ownership of the systems, decisions, and details that keep the company moving — one week coordinating an international flight test, the next building the financial picture or a NATO funding application.

What You'll Do → Act as the right hand of the founders, driving important problems independently

→ Coordinate travel, logistics, and preparation for customer visits and flight tests

→ Support financial operations — budgets, payments, cash tracking

→ Support applications for grants, NATO, and European funding programs

→ Manage purchasing, suppliers, and operational dependencies

→ Take ownership of unexpected problems and drive them to resolution

What We're Looking For → Fluent French (mandatory) and near-fluent English

→ High energy, proactive, comfortable with ambiguity and incomplete information

→ Organized, reliable, strong attention to detail

→ Comfortable with numbers and basic finance

→ A bachelor's degree is enough — we're hiring for judgment, not years of experience

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