Mercura

Operations Associate Intern

Remote Full-time

About the role

We’re looking for an Operations Associate Intern to help us 10x our company over the next year.

This is a fast-paced , hands-on role for candidates with high agency. As the right hand to our CPO, you’ll help design the operational backbone that enables us to scale to €10M ARR and beyond.

If you're excited about taking ownership in the early stages of a venture and thinking about founding yourself - this is your opportunity to lead, learn and contribute.

What you will be working on

  • Collaborate closely across product, customer success, and commercial teams

  • Optimize the entire customer lifecycle, from seamless onboarding to ensuring maximum satisfaction and 0% churn

  • Build and manage relationships with customers

  • Translate customer insights into new features, prototypes, and product improvements

  • Drive recruiting and onboarding of a stellar team

  • Build, execute and optimize the operational processes that drive us to 10x revenue next year

  • Grow with the company and collaborate with other stellar team members to achieve ambitious goals

What we’re looking for

Personality & Experience

  • You are a strong operator with experience in building, executing and managing processes and projects in fast paced environments (e.g. startups, consulting, VC, initiatives)

  • You’re energetic and caring , enjoy working with people , and find purpose in supporting others through thoughtful acts of service

  • You a strong problem solver and and excel in taking full ownership of tasks

  • You have strong customer empathy and business sense to understand customer pain points and needs

  • You a strong and professional communicator in German & English

Commitment & Mindset

  • Your job is part of how you define yourself. You treat your work as a top priority , and you’re fully committed to achieving ambitious goals amid uncertainty

  • You’re are entrepreneurial , hands-on , ambitious , resilient and not afraid of doing unglamorous work

  • You’re a team player who cares about people and leads proactively when situations call for it

  • You want to work in-person in Munich with a higher intensity than in a 9-5 job

Company Perks

  • An ambitious team that feels like family and sees their work as more than just a job

  • Free team dinner (up to 4x/week)

  • UrbanSportsClub membership - join our team workouts 3x/week

  • Easy relocation to Munich — our office is located in the Werk1 Startup Incubator, where you can rent a 1-bedroom apartment right next to the office for just €750/month

  • Access to any AI or productivity tools you need

About the interview

Step 1: Intro call

Casual intro meeting with one of the founders to get to know each other and introduce Mercura.

Step 2: Take home challenge & role play

A take-home challenge to showcase your skills, followed by a call to walk us through your approach, insights, and solution for the take-home exercise.
The call can include a brief role play in which we simulate the interaction with a customer.

Step 3: Personal Fit

Meet another co-founder to get a feel for our culture and working style.

Step 4: Offer

If we see a great fit, you will get an offer, including a competitive compensation package.

_ You know someone great? _ _ Introduce them to us _ _ and get up to €10,000 in referral bonuses if we hire them! _

  • For Full-Stack/AI Engineers: €10,000 bonus

  • For BDRs/AEs: €5,000 bonus

  • For internships/part-time roles: €500 bonus

  • Any other role: €1,000 bonus

🚀 Y Combinator Company Info

Y Combinator Batch: W25
Team Size: 14 employees
Industry: B2B Software and Services -> Sales
Company Description: AI Quote and Order Automation for Distributors & Manufacturers

💰 Compensation

Salary Range: $2,500 - $3,000

📋 Job Details

Job Type: Full-time
Experience Level: Any (new grads ok)