Founder's Associate, Product

Clera
Berlin, Germany
On-site

Who this role is best for

Best suited to candidates with technical product experience and a background in AI or voice AI systems, working in a fast-moving, experimental product environment in Berlin.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with technical product experience and a background in AI or voice AI systems
    — “Experience working on AI or voice AI systems, or testing and evaluating AI models and prompting techniques”
  • Individuals who thrive in fast-moving, experimental product environments
    — “Experience in a fast-moving, experimental product or engineering environment”

Things to consider

  • On-site presence in Berlin is mandatory, with no remote flexibility implied
    — “Full-time, on-site in Berlin, Germany.”
  • Visa sponsorship is not available, which may limit international applicants
    — “Visa sponsorship is not available.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your hands-on product-building experience and AI experimentation in your resume
    — “A technical background with hands-on experience building or shipping products”
  • Emphasize your ability to synthesize customer insights into actionable product decisions
    — “Analyze customer data and product feedback to identify and prioritize important problems to solve”
  • Showcase your skills in competitive research and technical evaluation of candidates
    — “Experience with competitive research and analysis, and participating in engineering hiring or technical evaluation”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • identifying and prioritizing important product problems
  • conducting customer interviews
  • researching market opportunities
  • testing ai models
  • supporting cto with recruiting
Typical background
technical backgroundhands-on product experienceai or voice ai experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Product-strategyCustomer-insightsVoice-aiAi-modelsCustomer-interviewsMarket-researchProduct-decision-makingTechnical-evaluationRecruitingProblem-solvingCommunicationOwnershipFeedback-receptiveness

Preferred

Fast-moving-environmentB2c-product-experienceVoice-ai-experienceAi-model-evaluation

Stack & domain

AIVoice AICustomer InterviewsCompetitive ResearchTechnical EvaluationCommunicationProblem SolvingOwnershipFeedback Openness

About the role

Original posting from Clera via Ashby

ABOUT THE ROLE

Join the product team as a Founder's Associate, working directly with the CTO on product strategy, customer insights, and hiring. This is a hands-on opportunity to help shape a voice AI product by understanding customer needs, assessing market opportunities, and exploring emerging AI approaches.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Analyze customer data and product feedback to identify and prioritize important problems to solve.
  • Conduct customer interviews to understand user needs and pain points.
  • Research market opportunities and competitors to inform product strategy.
  • Test and evaluate AI models, prompting techniques, and voice AI approaches.
  • Triage incoming product feedback and assess which issues merit engineering effort.
  • Support the CTO with recruiting and technical evaluation of engineering candidates.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

  • A technical background with hands-on experience building or shipping products.
  • Experience working on AI or voice AI systems, or testing and evaluating AI models and prompting techniques.
  • Experience conducting customer interviews and using customer data and feedback to inform product decisions.
  • Experience with competitive research and analysis, and participating in engineering hiring or technical evaluation.
  • Clear written and verbal communication, structured problem-solving, high ownership, and openness to direct feedback.
  • Experience in a fast-moving, experimental product or engineering environment; B2C product experience is relevant.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Visa sponsorship is not available.

LOCATION

Full-time, on-site in Berlin, Germany.

Source: Clera careers (Ashby)

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