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Founder Associate (GTM, Biz Ops, Product)

Compensation
$100,000–$170,000/year

Job Description

Ventura is building the AI workforce for the industrial sector. Ops teams in the industrial sector still spend huge parts of their day buried in email, spreadsheets, and legacy ERP systems. Ventura automates the repetitive low-value work. Today, Ventura handles quoting and order entry. Over time, most operational work in this industry will be automated.

We’re looking for a founder’s associate to join us full time in person in SF.

Swen previously bootstrapped and sold a company in this space in Switzerland.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/swenkoller/

Jack has spent his career in AI automation, and was founding engineer at Develop Health (0 → $7m ARR w/ 5 employees).
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackmpcollins

Ideal candidate:

  • Founder DNA: has founded a company or aims to found a company in the future - you’ve probably set up side projects, events, run student clubs or similar
  • Self-guided missile: given a target, figures out how to hit it without hand-holding
  • Experience in a startup or another high-performance environment
  • Is passionate about building from the ground up, with a strong bias toward action and intensity
  • Uses AI in non-obvious ways to multiply output
  • Has exceptional communication skills

We fully support visa sponsorship and relocation to San Francisco. We’ll help with anything that prevents you from doing your best work.

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Job Details

Category
Business & Finance
Employment Type
Full Time
Location
San Francisco, CA, US
Posted
May 3, 2026, 09:40 PM
Listed
May 3, 2026, 09:40 PM
Compensation
$100,000 - $170,000 per year

About Ventura

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