Ex-Founder / Ex-CTO

Clera

Munich, Germany

On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have startup leadership experience in AI or service businesses and are open to relocating to San Francisco.

Best fit for

Candidates with prior experience as a founder or CTO in AI or service businesses
— “Experience founding a venture-backed or bootstrapped company, serving as a startup CTO or first technical hire”
Individuals who can design and execute a strategic first-90-days plan with clear ownership
— “Able to describe a practical first-90-days plan and interested in a role designed around your strengths”
Professionals comfortable with building platforms from scratch and shaping company decisions
— “Bring founder-level judgment to product and company-building decisions, with scope tailored to your experience”

Things to consider

Relocation to San Francisco is required, despite on-site options in Munich
— “Willingness to relocate to San Francisco”

How to stand out

Highlight your ability to craft and execute a first-90-days plan in your resume and interview responses
— “Able to describe a practical first-90-days plan”
Emphasize your experience in AI or service businesses, even if not explicitly stated in your background
— “Interest or experience in AI and service businesses”
Showcase your leadership in building products or companies from the ground up
— “Bring founder-level judgment to product and company-building decisions”
Demonstrate flexibility in taking on different areas of responsibility based on the company's needs
— “This flexible leadership role is shaped around your strengths in engineering, product, or company operations”
If applicable, mention your prior experience with visa sponsorship or relocation readiness
— “Visa sponsorship is available”

Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · LowAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Company

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

Proposing and executing a first-90-days scope
Building a platform for AI-enabled services

Typical background

Startup experienceTechnical leadership

Skills & requirements

Required

Founder ExperienceProduct DevelopmentCompany OperationsAI Infrastructure

Preferred

Service Business Experience

Stack & domain

AI InfrastructureService BusinessesProduct DevelopmentCompany OperationsTechnical LeadershipAI CoordinationProduct ShippingService Business OperationsFounder-level JudgmentProduct And Company-buildingProblem-solvingCommunicationTeam CollaborationStrategic ThinkingAI

About the role

Original posting from Clera via Ashby

ABOUT THE ROLE
Join an early-stage AI infrastructure startup building tools for service businesses that want to coordinate AI workers alongside human teams. This flexible leadership role is shaped around your strengths in engineering, product, or company operations, and offers the opportunity to help build the platform and team from an early stage.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Propose and take ownership of a concrete first-90-days scope in engineering, product, or company operations.
Help shape and build a platform for AI-enabled service businesses and the teams that run them.
Bring founder-level judgment to product and company-building decisions, with scope tailored to your experience.
For a technically focused candidate, take on a technical leadership role as the team grows.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
Typically 3 to 10 or more years of relevant experience.
Experience founding a venture-backed or bootstrapped company, serving as a startup CTO or first technical hire, shipping a product with lasting team impact, or running a service business in a relevant industry.
Able to describe a practical first-90-days plan and interested in a role designed around your strengths.
Interest or experience in AI and service businesses; no specific technology stack is prescribed.
Willingness to relocate to San Francisco.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Compensation and equity are tailored to the candidate and role scope. Visa sponsorship is available.
LOCATION
On-site in Munich, Germany, with San Francisco also discussed as a potential location.

Source: Clera careers (Ashby)