Startup Business Associate | A-Players

A-Players is a talent and management company that has grown to $1.5M+ ARR over 7+ years, bootstrapped. We place high-performing Business Associates (BAs) directly with early-stage US tech startups — embedded with founders and C-level executives as their main communication and operations layer.

We hire, train, and manage BAs ourselves, and we stay accountable for performance after placement.

This role is always open. We hire Business Associates continuously, not for a single vacancy. New startups come to us every month, and we match trained BAs to them as they do. There is no application deadline and no "position filled": if you are a fit, we move you through the process whenever you apply, and training cohorts start regularly.

You'll work full-time embedded with a US startup — directly with a founder or head of function. A-Players is your employer; the startup is where you operate. The exact shape of the role depends on the placement: some BAs focus on customer success and account management, others on BD support and outreach, others on executive operations and stakeholder communication. What's consistent across all placements is that you're the person external stakeholders actually hear from — and you're accountable for what happens next.

• Own external communication on behalf of the founder or head of function — with clients, partners, and prospects. That means drafting outreach, follow-ups, and proposals in their voice; running check-ins; and making sure nothing slips between conversations.

• Track deal and relationship health in the CRM. Flag what's going cold, what needs attention, and what looks like an expansion signal — with a clear recommendation, not just an alert.

• Support business development work — prospect research, outreach sequencing, and lead qualification. Keep the pipeline moving and the founder informed on what's worth their time.

• Build the materials that move things forward: onboarding docs, one-pagers, decks, status reports. Coordinate meetings and introductions end-to-end, from agenda to follow-through.

• Take full ownership of your workstreams. Clean documentation, proactive updates, nothing waiting on a reminder.

• Use AI to move faster on research, drafting, and recurring workflows. Our training takes you from prompting to building your own automations in Claude Code, Make, and n8n.

• Strong written and verbal English (C1+); comfortable representing someone else's voice, not just your own.

• From 0 to 3+ years of experience. We hire at three levels, from a first serious role to executive support, and your level sets your scope and salary.

• Interest in how early-stage startups work and an instinct for what moves revenue, not only what keeps things tidy.

• Organized and reliable across multiple workstreams; clean documentation, no follow-up required.

• You already use AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) in your work and want to go much deeper. Google Workspace is your daily environment. Experience with a CRM, Canva, or an outreach tool helps but is not required. Automation tools like Make, n8n, and Claude Code we teach you ourselves.

Full-time, remote. Your working hours follow your client's US time zone. For someone based in Europe this usually means a shift that starts in the afternoon and ends late evening local time, roughly 3 PM to 11 PM CET. The exact schedule is agreed per placement.

Before your first placement, every BA completes a 2-week training program, about 10 working days at 4 to 6 hours a day on a flexible schedule. Week 1 is real startup work: lead research, outreach, content, data, ops documentation, founder communication. Week 2 is our AI Intensive, where you build working automations in Claude Code, Make, n8n, HubSpot, and Airtable at one of three levels, from beginner to advanced. Every task gets written feedback from your Team Lead the next day, plus a weekly 1:1. Graduates receive a signed certificate and go straight into matching.

• Remote-first work in a high-performing, globally distributed team.

• Performance reviews at 1, 6, and 12 months on structured client feedback. Salary reviews after 6 and/or 12 months in your first year, typically 10 to 20%.

• Strong ownership culture — initiative, judgment, and impact are what move you forward.

• 20 paid vacation days + unlimited sick leave.

• Continuous learning through internal workshops, training, and access to our knowledge base.

• Access to premium tools.

We run this process year-round. Apply when you are ready, not when you see a deadline.

1. Initial interview with the Team Lead.

2. Take-home test assignment.

3. A-Players Startup Training.

4. Offer & reference check.

Compensation depends on your experience and the results of your test assignment.

If you communicate well, move fast, and want to be at the center of how early-stage startups grow — we want to talk.