AI-Native Founder's Associate

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$120k–$160k

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Clera AI-Native Founder's Associate at Clera partners directly with the CEO to solve high-stakes problems and execute projects across operations, growth, and finance. The role involves designing and deploying AI-driven solutions to optimize workflows and support growth initiatives.

Responsibilities

This is a core operator role sitting directly alongside the CEO of a fast-growing consumer health and e-commerce company. You will own high-impact projects end-to-end across operations, growth, and finance, in a lean, no-bureaucracy environment where your work has immediate, visible effect. It is designed as a genuine launchpad into senior leadership.
Partner directly with the CEO to turn ambiguous, high-stakes problems into structured analyses, decisions, and execution plans.
Support day-to-day operations spanning fulfillment, customer experience, supply chain coordination, and internal workflows.
Identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies, then design and deploy AI-driven solutions to remove them.
Use AI to scan the market for new products and ingredients, converting signals into a prioritized sourcing pipeline.
Build automated supplier discovery, qualification, and outreach workflows that operate at scale.
Design AI-assisted negotiation workflows covering pricing, minimum order quantities, and contract terms from first contact to signature.
Support growth initiatives across marketing experimentation, performance tracking, and channel analysis.
Develop financial models, dashboards, and reporting tools grounded in real unit economics.
Leverage AI, automation, and low-code platforms to replace manual effort with durable, scalable systems across all functions.
Own ad-hoc, high-priority projects and move fluidly between strategy and hands-on execution.

Qualification

Experience with operational analysisTechnical fluencyExperience conducting market researchHigh agencyBonusExperience in e-commerce

Required

Degree from a top-tier university in engineering, science, math, business, or a related field.
Hands-on experience building AI-powered systems, automation workflows, or low-code solutions that delivered measurable business outcomes.
Proficiency with automation and AI platforms such as Make, Zapier, n8n, or equivalent APIs.
Experience as a startup operator or in a comparably autonomous, early-stage environment, rather than a primarily large-corporate background.
Strong analytical capability across operations, growth, and finance, including financial modelling and business intelligence tooling.
Experience with operational analysis, process optimization, or supply chain workflows across fulfillment, sourcing, or logistics.
Technical fluency, whether through an engineering or science background or self-taught coding with demonstrated applied output.
Experience conducting market research, supplier discovery, or vendor evaluation and negotiation.
Proven ability to own projects end-to-end from problem definition through execution and measurement.
High agency: you spot problems, take ownership, and execute without waiting for instructions.
Bonus: experience with growth analysis, A/B testing, or marketing analytics; familiarity with e-commerce, direct-to-consumer, or membership models; interest in functional nutrition or consumer products; passion for content creation and storytelling.