Founder's Associate (f/m/x)
Job description
Founder's Associate at lemon.markets working closely with the Founder and CEO and leadership team to drive strategic priorities and operational execution, with a strong focus on brokerage, custody and capital markets.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Work mode
- On-site · Berlin Office
What you'll do
- Support the Founder and CEO on strategic and operational projects that drive company goals and priorities.
- Own and lead projects with a deep focus on brokerage, custody and capital markets.
- Analyse market developments, competitor dynamics, and trends across the European brokerage, wealth, and investment infrastructure landscape.
- Take ownership of special projects that support the next stage of lemon.markets' growth.
- Lead and mentor the Founder's Associate Intern team, providing structure, guidance, and prioritisation across projects while helping develop their skills and ensuring high-quality execution.
- Contribute to refining and scaling internal processes, documentation, and operating structures across the company, especially in light of what becomes possible with AI.
- Help develop, structure, and execute cross-functional initiatives across teams.
- Act as a connector across the organisation by understanding team priorities, spotting gaps and blockers early, and helping drive effective cross-functional collaboration.
What we're looking for
- Background (bachelor and master degree) in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Computer science or a similar area.
- Entrepreneurial problem solver.
- Strive to take ownership of tasks and apply analytical skills, structured thinking, and independent working style towards solving them.
- 2 years or more of hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment.
- Hands-on experience in brokerage, trading, custody, or capital markets infrastructure, or a track record in strategic roles (e.g. CEO office, executive board office, in-house consulting) working on company-level topics with senior leadership.
- Cope well with frequent change and ambiguity.
- Able to think logically, break down complex problems and prioritise between multiple tasks.
- Team player who shares knowledge naturally.
- Never let anything fall down your plate; on top of things and no hesitation to follow up on people until the job gets done.
- Ready and willing to take ownership; identify problems, take initiative, and challenge the status quo.
Nice to have
- Ideally, you have worked in an early-stage startup, fintech, consulting, tech company or similar.
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About lemon.markets
We enable anyone to be an investor.
lemon.markets is a Brokerage-as-a-Service platform: simple digital access to capital markets through a single API. Our API-first infrastructure abstracts brokerage complexity with a well-documented API, a self-service customer operations portal, and a clear regulatory framework, so partners can launch customer-centric, compliant products in weeks, not months. As part of the dwpbank group, we continue to operate as an independent fintech with our own team, product, and start-up identity under the dwpbank umbrella.
Mission
To grow investing opportunities for all European customers and businesses by empowering FinTechs, banks, and wealth managers to offer investment products and help create financial well-being for their customers.
Key facts
- Brokerage-as-a-Service / fintech infrastructure
- Part of the dwpbank group
- Brokerage-as-a-Service platform with API-first infrastructure
- Operates as an independent fintech under the dwpbank umbrella