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Founder's Associate (Commercial) - Internship

Urban Connect

Key facts

LocationSchlieren, Zurich, Switzerland
StartNov 2026
Duration24 weeks
Workload100%

What you bring

Ongoing or completed degree ideally in business, economics, marketing, or AI/ML/data science with a business track. Some first practical experience. Business-fluent German and English; proficiency in French and/or Italian is a strong plus. Clear, concise written and oral communication. Confident with Excel and PowerPoint. Comfortable with data and complex numbers. Enjoys getting to the bottom of things. Prefers starting, learning, and adjusting over waiting for perfect plans. Takes decisions in own area and owns outcomes. Pitches in wherever needed. At ease with wide and shifting responsibilities. Regularly uses AI tools and interested in new ways of working and AI capabilities. Reliable and enjoys working with people. Missing one requirement? Tell us why you’d still be great.

Your tasks

Support the commercial team across the sales process and maintain a pipeline of qualified leads. Build convincing pitch decks, proposals, and sales materials for clients and internal use. Present product solutions to clients. Help shape demand-generation campaigns, events, and discovery meetings with external partners. Put numbers behind commercial decisions and turn data into actionable insights. Improve internal processes and automate manual work. Use AI tools to speed up established processes. Keep the CRM accurate, current, and actively used. Handle ad-hoc tasks as priorities shift.

What they offer

A varied and demanding role with a lot of freedom to shape it. Real responsibility from week one and fast, direct feedback from people who care whether you improve. Chance to develop in areas that genuinely interest you; the company backs people over processes. Strong, no-ego team spirit. Access to a fleet of e-bikes and e-cars. Where the fit is right, the clear goal is to convert to a full-time role. Ideal for intellectually curious, ambitious candidates excited by solving meaningful problems.

About the role

As Founder's Associate you will work closely with the founders and management team on commercial, product, and internal-process topics. You sit near where decisions are made, bring your own thinking, and take real ownership of the work that follows. Most of what you touch becomes visible to the whole company within weeks, days, or even hours. Tasks include sales support, building pitch decks and sales materials, presenting product demos, demand-generation campaigns and events, turning data into actionable business cases, improving internal processes, using AI tools to automate work, keeping the CRM accurate and useful, and handling whatever else comes up as priorities shift.

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