Growth Associate

About the role

We’re looking for a Growth Associate to help us grow our customer base and deliver exceptional customer experiences
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This is a fast-paced, hands-on role for candidates with high agency. As the right hand of our CEO, you will work side-by-side with us and collaborate closely with customers and our sales team across the entire lifecycle — from outreach and lead generation to closing deals and ensuring customer success.

If you're excited about taking ownership in the early stages of a venture and thinking about founding yourself - this is your opportunity to lead, learn and contribute.

• Work side-by-side with our CEO on high-priority, high-impact growth initiatives

• Drive the full sales cycle — from lead generation to closing deals

• Own and optimize Mercura’s GTM engine to 10x our revenue next year

• Build and manage relationships with customers

• Grow with the company and collaborate with other stellar team members to achieve ambitious goals

Personality & Experience

• You bring experience in building or scaling a company and driving sales in a startup or own projects

• You have worked in fast-paced environments (e.g. startups, consulting, VC)

• You’re outgoing, energetic, caring, and enjoy working with people

• You have strong customer empathy and business sense to understand customer pain points and needs

• You a strong problem solver and and excel in taking full ownership of tasks

• You are a strong and professional communicator in German & English

Commitment & Mindset

• Your job is part of how you define yourself. You treat your work as a top priority
  , and you’re fully committed to achieving ambitious goals amid uncertainty

• You’re are entrepreneurial, hands-on, ambitious, resilient and not afraid of doing unglamorous work

• You want to work in-person in Munich with a higher intensity than in a 9-5 job

• You’re a team player who cares about people and leads proactively when situations call for it

• Guaranteed career advancement opportunities in a rapidly growing team

• An ambitious team that feels like family and sees their work as more than just a job

• Real shares in our company with the most favorable tax treatment - no VSOP/ESOP

• Free team dinner (up to 4x/week)

• Urban Sports Club  membership - join our team workouts 3x/week

• Easy relocation to Munich — our office is located in the Werk1 Startup Incubator, where you can rent a 1-bedroom apartment right next to the office for just €750/month

• Access to any AI or productivity tools you need

The target total compensation (cash+bonus+equity) for this position is €80,000-€130,000 annually. Actual offers and compensation are based on specific job duties, experience, performance, total rewards structure, and other considerations.

Step 1:
Intro call

Casual intro meeting with one of the founders to get to know each other and introduce Mercura.

Step 2:
Practical exercise & role play

Two practical exercises to showcase your skills, followed by a call to walk us through your approach, insights, and solution for the exercise. The calls will include role plays in which we simulate the interaction with a customer.

Step 3:
Personal Fit

Meet another co-founder to get a feel for our culture and working style.

Step 4:
On-Site

Work alongside the entire team for a day on-site from our Munich office to fully immerse yourself in our culture and collaboration style. This on-site will be paid.

Step 5:
Offer

If we see a great fit, you will get an offer, including a competitive compensation package.

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• For Full-Stack/AI Engineers: €10,000 bonus

• For BDRs/AEs: €5,000 bonus

• For internships/part-time roles: €500 bonus

• Any other role: €1,000 bonus