Founder associate

Join cargo.one’s CEO Office as a Founder’s Associate and work side by side with our founders and leaders on the projects that shape the future of the company. This is a high impact role where you’ll gain a front-row seat to building and scaling a VC-backed SaaS marketplace, while tackling challenges that cut across strategy and operations in all domains of the business. This opportunity is for a builder - someone who is comfortable with the unknown and ambiguity, can make things happen and values impact.

Think of this role as a career accelerator: you’ll be trusted with meaningful responsibility, develop the problem-solving and operating skills of a founder, and graduate with a toolkit to build your own company or take on impactful positions at cargo.one.

You will join a massively international team, with 110 Cargonauts of 40 nationalities working across 23 countries in a fully remote set up. This is a unique, entrepreneurial opportunity to be driving the digitalization of the global $182bn air freight and logistics market in a fast-growing Series B company backed by leading Venture Capital firms including Index and Bessemer.

🌍 This is a fully remote role so you can work from a permanent location (almost) anywhere within 2 hours of CET. See which countries we can employ in currently by checking out this list here. In Berlin? You are welcome to join us at our Moritzplatz office. Elsewhere? You can work from home or a local coworking space via our partner and we will fly you in for regular company offsites. We foster a positive, dynamic, hard-working and feedback-heavy culture, with a strong dose of playfulness. Join us now and transform air cargo!

• Work directly with founders and senior leaders on high-priority initiatives, from investor or key client materials, to new business bets, to architecting and engineering improvements to our remote operating system that brings all 110 Cargonauts across the world together, virtually and in person.

• Work on multiple projects in parallel that require you to adapt, build relationships and deliver across multiple functions

• Scope and deliver projects across functions - from product, sales and partnerships to people and finance

• Build relationships and communication with internal and external stakeholders

• Design and improve operating processes and systems that help us scale globally

• Identify opportunities and support strategic decision-making through data analysis, research, and crisp storytelling

• Jump into whatever challenge is most pressing — no two weeks will look the same
  

• 3–6 years of professional experience in a high-performance environment (consulting, VC, start-up, or banking)

• Track record of being a top performer in several different areas with a reputation for getting things done to a high standard

• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills; comfortable with Excel and data-driven decision making

• A bias for action - you take ownership and make things happen even in ambiguity

• Strong communication and presentation skills, able to distill complex topics into simple narratives and general concepts into compelling storylines.

• Curiosity and adaptability; you thrive on learning fast and switching contexts

• Low ego, high output - motivated by impact, not optics
  

• You are a builder, are hungry to drive change and have impact

• You value building great relationships and trust with your team and managers.

• You thrive in the unknown - from experimenting and iterating new ideas, from dealing with ambiguity and finding opportunity in the unknown

• In everything you do, you take ownership and get a kick out of exceeding expectations.

• When faced with the choice, you’d rather opt for the ambitious to ensure you grow, than take the easy option.

• You see the value of giving and receiving feedback and incorporate this into everything you do.

• You are not afraid to voice your opinions and like using data to back them up

• You see working remotely successfully as a pioneering challenge which is constantly evolving.

🤔 What is so exciting about working in the air cargo industry? Imagine trying to book a holiday without Skyscanner or Kayak—that’s exactly the challenge facing the air cargo industry today. Despite being a $182bn global market, air cargo is still dominated by manual, time-consuming processes. We’re changing that. Backed by leading international investors, we’re building the tech platform that brings transparency and instant booking to airlines and freight forwarders worldwide. You’ll join a truly international team, working with partners and customers across the globe, and help drive the digital transformation of one of the last major industries yet to modernize. If you want to have a real impact at the forefront of change, we’d love to hear from you.