Founders' Associate

About the role

Vagon streams high-performance cloud computers and applications to any device through the browser, working with large frontier AI labs on the next generation of models. As a Founders' Associate you work directly with the founders to keep daily operations running and move projects forward, covering finance, HR, data analysis, market research, investor relations, legal coordination and purchasing. The role is full-time and based in Istanbul with a hybrid setup.

Key responsibilities

• Handle financial tracking, reporting and coordination with accountants
• Support hiring and day-to-day people operations
• Analyse business data, track KPIs and turn findings into clear reports
• Research markets, competitors and potential business opportunities
• Help prepare investor updates, presentations and supporting materials
• Coordinate contracts, documentation and follow-ups with legal advisors
• Keep operational details, deadlines and people aligned

Required profile

• Industrial Engineering graduate from a leading Turkish university
• At least 1-2 years of professional or similar experience
• Strong analytical thinking, comfortable with numbers, spreadsheets and self-checking work
• Highly organised, hardworking and dependable, with close attention to detail
• Clear communicator, comfortable coordinating colleagues, candidates and external partners
• Interest in computers, AI and how startups operate
• Strong written and spoken English

Required skills

• Bonus: experience in a startup, business operations, financial analysis or process improvement
• Bonus: familiarity with SQL, Python or AI tools

Candidates with a few years of experience or recent graduates apply by sending a short note and CV to the company, describing one project or operational problem they took ownership of. Part-time arrangements of at least 3-4 days per week are open for final-year students or those pursuing a master's or PhD.