Executive Assistant, Pliant
Digital corporate credit card solutions
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Digital corporate credit card solutions
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
201-500 employees
Company mission
To empower businesses to grow by providing a smart payment option that grows with their business.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience as an Executive Assistant, Founder’s Associate, or in a high-trust operations role
- A passion for productivity, structure, and clarity
- Strong organizational and multitasking skills — you stay calm when others get overwhelmed
- Clear, confident communication (both written and verbal) in English; German is a plus
- High level of discretion and trustworthiness; you’re comfortable handling sensitive topics
- Familiarity with tools like Google Workspace, Slack, Notion, and modern project management tools
- Bonus: experience working in a startup or scaleup environment
What the job involves
- As Executive Assistant to our Co-Founder & CPO, you will play a key role in enabling Pliant’s next phase of growth by helping one of our founders operate at maximum focus and leverage
- You’ll support across a wide range of topics – from structuring calendars and filtering communication to keeping strategic initiatives on track and supporting company-wide planning processes. Your role will sit at the intersection of executive productivity, operational excellence, and organizational clarity
- This is a high-trust, high-impact role that requires structure, proactivity, and strong communication skills. You'll work closely with the CPO and regularly interface with leaders across Product, Tech, Brand, Data, People, Finance, and Legal
- Act as a force multiplier for the CPO, helping prioritize time and focus across a dynamic and fast-moving schedule
- Own and manage calendars, meeting preparation, and follow-ups across internal and external stakeholders
- Filter and structure incoming communication (email, Slack, etc.) into tasks, insights, and priorities
- Coordinate and support recurring company-wide processes such as OKRs, leadership planning, org development, and operating system updates
- Help structure and track special cross-functional projects
- Build and maintain internal documentation and systems (e.g. Notion, Google Workspace, project boards)
- Collaborate with other assistants, team leads, and department heads to keep initiatives moving
- Take initiative to spot gaps, reduce friction, and raise the overall effectiveness of the leadership team
- Maintain confidentiality and professionalism while handling sensitive topics
Our take
The corporate credit card industry, historically dominated by giants like AmEx, has seen rapid disruption and growth over recent years. An influx of VC investment boosted smaller outfits like Divvy and Brex Inc. to multi-billion dollar operations, and this has cracked open the market to a host of smaller fintech startups.
Pliant is a German company entering the scene, but it’s a competitive one. It's hoping to stand out by prioritising seamless software integrations, competitive cashback, and a new optional feature offsetting travel-related CO2 emissions. The latter is incredibly novel and has undoubtedly won the company some press in an increasingly sustainability-oriented climate.
Pliant’s offering of both physical and digital cards, as well as its suite of advantages and services, has enabled the company to successfully adapt to the growing payments market. The company has, thus far, entered seven additional European markets and expanded its customer portfolio sixfold. Following successful funding rounds, Pliant is set to further expand operations and its business reach, with a focus on the US.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
233% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2025
$41.1m
SERIES B
Apr 2024
$21m
SERIES A
Total funding: $122.8m
Company benefits
- Home office and remote work
- Flexible working hours
- Mobility discount
- Budget for professional development and training
- Railcard
- Monthly food allowance
- Gympass
- Weekly mindfulness sessions
- Team events
Company HQ
Kollwitzkiez, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
Fabian Turner
(Co-Founder & CPO)Previously the Head of Operations at Lendico, and went on to serve as CPO at FinCompare.
Malte Rau
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a Portfolio Manager and Head of Fintech Investments at Global Growth Cap, they then went on to found Geldspeicher GmbH.
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