Founders Operations Associate

Join Papaya – Work Side-by-Side with the CEO

Papaya is rethinking the fleet management industry, building the first AI Copilot for fleets to reduce downtime, cut CO2 emissions, and lower total cost of ownership (TCO). We’re a lean and ambitious startup with huge opportunities ahead.

This is a rare chance to work directly with the CEO . You’ll be in the room for critical decisions, have a hand in running the company, and get unmatched exposure to the reality of building an early-stage startup.

Our Team

We’re a lean, fun, international team with very different paths into tech. We don’t care about degrees, fancy titles, or big-company logos on your CV. What matters is passion for building, ownership, and making an impact to transform an industry from the ground up.

Everyone Has a Voice

We work in an environment where you can actually make change happen . If you have an idea for a feature or process, you run with it. Our mindset : strong opinions, loosely held.

Iterate to Move Fast

We believe in shipping value, not endless meetings. Build small, ship fast, learn, and improve. We launched our MVP in 1 month (with 2 engineers), signed our first customer right after, and raised our first round within 3 months. That’s how we roll.

The Role

We’re hiring a Founder’s Operations Associate to help run Papaya day-to-day. This is a hands-on role that mixes operations, admin, and strategic projects.

You’ll :

• Work directly with the CEO on both operations and strategy.
• Own the essentials : payroll, onboarding / off-boarding, HR docs, accountants coordination.
• Maintain our P&L and support quarterly financial reporting.
• Build customer and investor decks , proposals, and quarterly updates.
• Lead market research and validation : competitor scans, market sizing, interviews, analysis.
• Draft crisp communications : investor updates, customer emails, team strategy memos.
• Support hiring : sourcing, scheduling, onboarding.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, and commercial teams.
• Be a sparring partner to the CEO : test ideas, challenge assumptions, bring solutions.
• Solve problems with a solution-oriented mindset and keep things organised.

Who you are

early-stage startup mentality.

What you’ll get

Who this role is not for

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