About constellr
We are operating at the interface of climate tech, agriculture and space, combining engineering, Earth Observation, and agronomy to address one of the biggest challenges of our time: how to ensure global food security!
With offices in Brussels, Freiburg,Munich, and Toulouse, we are a diverse team, comprised of highly motivated and passionate professionals who share a common vision to revolutionise decision-making in tomorrow’s smart farming industry.
Our Mission
We are at the forefront of precise temperature monitoring from space, revolutionizing food security worldwide. Constellr’s technology provides the most accurate and dependable thermal data, with our Land Surface Temperature model delivering precise temperature measurements crucial for agricultural organizations. Our expertise supports transformative projects in global food production, ensuring more efficient and sustainable practices. Join us in advancing initiatives that enhance food security and promote resilient agricultural systems.
The Role
As a Founder’s Associate, you will be a strategic partner to our Managing Directors, driving key initiatives and contributing to the growth of the company. This role offers substantial growth potential and a unique opportunity to be deeply involved in the start-up ecosystem and our company's scale-up phase. You will play a crucial role as we progress through Series A and prepare for our first satellite launch this year. Your role will involve the following responsibilities:
- Strategic Planning: Collaborate with the Managing Directors to develop and execute business strategies that drive growth and scalability.
- Financial Analysis: Conduct detailed financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting to support strategic decisions and investment opportunities.
- Business Development: Identify and pursue new business opportunities, partnerships, and markets to expand our reach and impact.
- Project Management: Lead and manage strategic projects, ensuring alignment with company goals and timely execution.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with investors, partners, and other key stakeholders.
- Operational Support: Optimize business operations and processes, driving efficiency and effectiveness across the organization.
- Market Research: Conduct comprehensive market research to inform strategic decisions and identify emerging trends and opportunities.
- Communication: Prepare high-level presentations and reports for board meetings, investor updates, and other
- Event Representation: Experience attending events and representing our Managing Directors at a strategic level, with the ability to scope out opportunities and influence stakeholders.
Location – This position is based in Munich, offered on a hybrid basis requiring a minimum of 2 days per week on-site in our Munich office.
Requirements
About you
- Strategic Thinker: Proven experience in strategic planning, business development, or a similar role within a high-growth start-up or tech environment.
- Financially Savvy: Strong financial acumen with experience in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Effective Communicator: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a high level of professionalism with proven experience of representing senior management at external events and meetings.
- Proactive Leader: Ability to take initiative, manage multiple priorities, and drive projects to completion autonomously.
- Problem-solver: Proactive in identifying and solving problems with meticulous attention to detail.
- Adaptable: Comfortable with changing priorities and able to make decisions in uncertain environments.
- Driven: Passionate about our mission and committed to making a positive impact on global food security.
- Highly organised – proven experience working within a fast-paced high-tech company supporting executive-level management enabling capacity to prioritise and advise on their behalf.
- Languages - Fluent in both German & English.
- Join a fast-growing, diverse and motivated team with a strong drive for positive change
- Autonomy to set and deliver against your own goals, develop new skills and capabilities, and lead others to do the same.
- Directly influence your contribution to achieving several of the UN's sustainable development goals, including Zero Hunger, Clean Water, No Poverty and Climate Action
- Be part of a multi-disciplinary, and diverse team with a strong desire to change the world.
- Be a formative part of the team delivering the world’s first commercial infrared constellation into orbit, enabling an unprecedented understanding of our planet and its resources.
Our Benefits
- An attractive virtual shares package (Virtual Share Option Program)
- A company pension scheme (bAV) in cooperation with WWK Lebensversicherung (20% subsidy) for German employees
- Flexible working: we support remote or semi-remote working for many of our roles
- Work-life balance: we value everyone’s time and respect family or personal commitments. We support you to be as productive as you can in the time you have
- Lovely offices in Brussels situated between the attractive Etterbeek and Watermael districts; in Freiburg, southwest Germany, bordering the Black Forest, France and Switzerland; a brand-new office in central Munich, a stone’s throw from the beautiful German Alps and lakes and soon we are opening our office at the heart of Toulouse’s aerospace cluster and the thriving Occitania food and drink scene.
At constellr, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming workplace. We are an equal-opportunity employer and believe that diversity fuels innovation, creativity, and the ability to tackle complex challenges effectively. We encourage individuals from all walks of life to join us on our mission to reduce global food insecurity.
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