Founder Associate

**Our mission**:
Electrogenos is at the forefront of the ClimateTech industry, striving to create a cleaner future for our planet. Our mission is to revolutionize green hydrogen production, aiming to reduce its cost to just $1 per kilogram by 2025. Our innovative technologies such as soft-tooling, unique stack architectures, and powerful non-platinum catalysts are at the core of our scalability and continuous manufacturing approach. As a pre-seed start-up raising our seed round, we offer an exceptional opportunity to join a fast-paced, high-growth culture where every employee has the opportunity to contribute to our vision and grow with us.

**About The Role**:
We are searching for a dedicated Founder Associate to join our ambitious team. This role offers an unparalleled opportunity to get hands-on experience with all aspects of our business, from business development and fundraising to planning and operational efforts.

You will work directly with our co-founders in a fast-paced, high-growth environment within the hydrogen production industry. From day one, you will be instrumental in solving various challenges typical of start-ups, such as improving our business pitch, preparing investor reports, and designing our operational digital infrastructure. This position provides an unparalleled opportunity to play a crucial role in making a significant impact on the industry and improving lives globally.

**What you can expect**
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of our business and the hydrogen production industry. You'll have a holistic experience while learning the various aspects of our venture.
- Work closely with the COO, shadowing them during strategic meetings and developing follow-up analyses and action plans.
- Design and implement a digital operational infrastructure to classify, collate, and organize information, enabling real-time visualization for task prioritization.
- Engage in both qualitative and quantitative analyses of suitable geographic markets and industry verticals.
- Function as a bridge between the founding team and the different business functions, fostering cross-functional collaboration.
- Coordinate monthly accounting and annual financial statements with the external tax advisor.
- Prepare hiring processes and interface with external personnel accounting agencies.
- Compile monthly (financial & project) status reports including KPI statistics.
- Enjoy regular feedback sessions and discussions with your team for continuous improvement.

**Tasks**:

- Assist in developing and executing strategic business development plans.
- Actively participate in fundraising activities, investor relations, and capital strategy planning.
- Support the planning, implementation, and monitoring of new business initiatives.
- Assist in strategic planning and operational tasks to help scale the business.
- Contribute to a high-growth, fast-paced start-up culture by bringing innovative ideas and solutions to the table.

**Essential Skills**:

- Proactive and ambitious character, with excellent analytical and communication skills.
- Proven track record of succeeding in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment.
- Experience in business development, partnerships, and/or financial modelling.

**Desirable Skills**:

- Knowledge or interest in the hydrogen production industry.
- Previous work experience in a start-up, venture capital, or management consulting.
- Experience with business strategy development, project management and implementation.

**Why us?**:
As a Founder Associate, you will gain unique exposure to the inner workings of a high-growth start-up, and will have the opportunity to work closely with our leadership team. We offer a competitive compensation package and flexible work hours. In addition to gaining valuable experience, you will also have the opportunity to make a real impact on our business and the future of sustainable energy.

Electrogenos offers the option of doing extended 4 day weeks with the equivalent compensation as if it were a standard 5 day work week, with additional perks such as flexibility, autonomy, and international exposure. We provide a great deal of freedom and professional colleagues to realise your ideas. In exchange, we ask for committed and passionate individuals who are present and working without distractions like mobile phones. We offer an additional day of holiday for your birthday and encourage you to take trainings that will help you grow in your role.

**About us**:

- Electrogenos is revolutionizing the production of green hydrogen by significantly lowering the cost of alkaline electrolysers. Our innovative approach involves a complete redesign of the manufacturing process, which replaces hard-tooling with soft-tooling solutions to automate and streamline output while reducing capital requirements for manufacturing plants. With this optimized process, make alkaline electrolysers produce hydrogen at less than $1 per kilogram.

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