Founders Associate, Howbout

• 2-4 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, consulting or a similar commercial role or a fast-growing technology company
• Appreciation for quality: You strive to analyse problems and present solutions at a level of excellence
• Coachability: You absorb data and feedback easily, adapting and improving quickly
• Collaboration: You collaborate effectively with a variety of team members of different seniority. You have strong proficiency in Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides) or Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and project management tools like Notion and Slack
• Grit: You persevere towards challenging goals which may take weeks or months. You have strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to troubleshoot unexpected issues on the fly
• Growth mindset: You embrace challenges, welcome feedback, and believe you and others can always grow
• Hustle: A strong work ethic, team player mentality and ability to work independently across a range of diverse tasks
• Leadership: You're able to unlock the fullest potential of those around you through coaching, motivation, and vision-casting
• Management: You can manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment to tight deadlines and with a commitment to always delivering at a high quality
• Ownership: You accept full accountability and take initiative to find solutions to achieve results
• Proactive positivity: You move on from challenges stronger and happier and bring care and intention to how your words and actions make others feel
• Sense of humour: We don’t take life too seriously at Howbout!

Desirable

• Everything and anything. You'll have full insight into every aspect of the business. The right person for us is someone who can think big picture enough to lead on an entire project but also has the attention to detail needed to execute effectively on a specific task.
• Supporting goal setting & KPI planning, organisational design philosophy and supporting the performance of business areas
• Performing data analysis, building metrics dashboards and talking to our users to identify behaviours and trends that could point to opportunities, challenges or problems within the app
• Helping to source and hire key talent into our dynamic and energetic team
• Assisting with financial and operational reporting and communications to the board and existing investors, as well as supporting future fundraising efforts
• Undertaking strategic competitive, commercial and market research to ensure we’re ahead of the game, no matter what direction we’re heading in
• Researching and performing cost-benefit analysis on new software and initiatives to improve productivity and team welfare
• Championing culture and team-building by organising strategy offsites, planning socials and maintaining an exciting, productive office environment

• 1. Apply here and tell us these 3 things:
• A) What excites you about working as a Founder’s Associate?
• B) What about Howbout specifically inspired you to apply?
• C) Tell us about one app on your phone that you use daily and couldn’t live without (and why)
• 2. Video call with one of our co-founders
• 3. Take-home challenge & follow-up interview
• 4. Final in-person interview