Founders Associate – CEO Office (m/w/d)

Description About Recare As one of the leading German HealthTech companies, we are reshaping discharge management – technology-driven, patient-centered, and free from bureaucracy. In addition to our market-leading SaaS platform, we develop AI solutions that radically simplify processes in hospitals and for aftercare providers, relieve healthcare professionals, and refocus attention on patients. Today, we already connect two-thirds of all German hospitals with over 650 rehabilitation clinics and 25,000 nursing and homecare providers. With currently around 120 employees from a broad range of nations, we continue to grow – and we’re now going far beyond our core business, aiming to eliminate bureaucracy and admin in hospitals with a whole portfolio of AI products. This is what you can expect from us as a Founder’s Associate (m/w/d): Work with Purpose — Your work has a real impact on patients and healthcare professionals. By helping our CEO and leadership team turn priorities into action, you contribute to improving healthcare. Work Closely with Our Founder — Gain direct exposure to company-building, strategic decisions, and leadership. You’ll take ownership of meaningful work and see its impact across the business. Corporate Culture — We embrace structures that foster high performance and strong team dynamics. Our interactions are characterized by mutual respect, loyalty, and recognition. We work towards common goals and expect the same from you. Flexibility — As a remote-first company, we offer flexible working hours and the flexibility to work from anywhere in Germany. By arrangement, you’re also welcome to take a workation. Probonio — Choose a benefit that suits you best, from gift cards to fitness. Professional Development — Your development matters to us. We support you in building your capabilities, taking on responsibility, and growing in your role. Extra Day Off on Your Birthday — So you can celebrate with your loved ones. Requirements This is how you will make an impact as a Founder’s Associate: Your mission is to make our founder more effective every week. Working directly with our CEO, Max, you will help turn company priorities into a clear leadership rhythm, well-prepared decisions, and reliable execution. Keep the CEO focused on what matters. Manage priorities, coordinate the founder’s agenda, and prepare key internal and external meetings so that time and attention go towards the highest-impact topics. Run our leadership rhythm. Own the preparation and follow-through of our Exec Sync and other leadership formats—from agendas and pre-reads to decision logs and action tracking. Turn strategy into accountability. Support Max in running our Must-Win Battles goal framework. Coordinate review cycles, make progress and blockers visible, and follow up with directors on their commitments on behalf of the CEO. Close the loop on decisions. Track CEO and leadership decisions through implementation, ensuring clear owners, deadlines, and timely escalation when work gets stuck. Prepare clear, compelling communication. Draft CEO communications, presentations, and briefing materials for internal audiences, customers, hospitals, and other external stakeholders. Drive selected strategic projects. Take ownership of time-boxed, cross-company initiatives—from structuring the problem to coordinating delivery and handing over to a clear long-term owner. Put AI into practice in the CEO Office. Become a hands-on user of agents built on Recare’s internal AI operating system. Help embed them into daily workflows while ensuring their use meets Recare’s governance and project standards. Your Profile: You have experience turning priorities into results. You bring relevant experience from a founder’s office, business operations, consulting, project management, or another fast-paced environment where you coordinated complex work and delivered outcomes. You bring structure to ambiguity. You can break an open-ended challenge into clear questions, priorities, owners, and next steps—without creating unnecessary process. You follow through. You are organized, dependable, and comfortable keeping senior stakeholders accountable. You know when to resolve an issue yourself and when to escalate. You communicate with clarity and judgment. You can turn complex information into concise briefings, effective presentations, and actionable meeting materials. You build trust across functions. You collaborate confidently with senior leaders and colleagues, challenge constructively, and handle sensitive information with discretion. You combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution. You are as comfortable preparing a decision as you are maintaining an action tracker or coordinating the details that make a meeting productive. You are curious about AI and thoughtful about its use. You enjoy testing tools, improving workflows, and applying AI responsibly to practical business problems. You care about making healthcare work better. You are motivated by meaningful impact and want to help build a company that improves the experience of patients and healthcare professionals. We’re looking forward to receiving your application!