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# Founders Associate – COO Office  -Product Communication & Change Management (all genders) at Lio

- **Company:** Lio
- **Location:** Munich, Germany
- **Employment:** internship
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-07-24
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/lio/94d1639a-e50f-40c0-9981-2474e8084076

## Job description

Are you ready to take ownership? You will not just support the COO, you will help amplify the impact of our product across the organization and our customers. As a Founders Associate Intern in the COO Office, focused on Product Communication and Change Management, you will work hands-on across product, operations and cross-functional teams to translate strategic priorities into clear, engaging, and actionable communication.

## WHAT YOU’LL DO

In this role, you will:

- Support the COO on product communication and strategic cross-functional initiatives
- Create engaging product content, including newsletters, product overview pages, adoption materials and rollout guides
- Prepare and moderate change management and user adoption workshops together with the implementation team and the clients
- Develop a deep understanding of Lio’s product and translate complex features and updates into clear, audience-specific communication
- Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Go-to-Market, and Customer Success to align product communication with business and customer needs
- Help optimize and scale internal processes that improve collaboration, product adoption and company-wide execution
- Take ownership of projects end-to-end, from initial planning through implementation and measurable outcomes

## YOUR PROFILE

You are a strong fit for this role if you:

- Have a genuine interest in product communication, change management and content creation
- Ideally have initial experience in product communication, marketing, change communication, consulting, project management, or a high-growth startup environment
- Are excited to develop a deep understanding of a complex B2B agentic product
- Communicate clearly and confidently with stakeholders across teams, including senior leadership
- Think analytically, act proactively, and know how to translate insights into action
- Thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment and adapt quickly to changing priorities
- Take full ownership of your projects from day one
- Are available to start on 1 or 15 September 2026

WHY JOIN US?

Join Lio and work side by side with the COO, our product teams, enterprise customers, and the wider Lio organization to shape how a category-defining AI product is communicated, adopted, and scaled.

You will own projects with real impact, build communication processes that scale, and gain unparalleled exposure to the inner workings of a fast-growing enterprise AI company. Move fast, own your impact, and become part of a team where every contribution drives company success.

Are you in?

## About Lio

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Lio builds the world's first multi-agent AI workforce for enterprise procurement, automating the entire purchasing process from request to delivery.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Vladimir "Vladi" Keil (CEO), Lukas Heinzmann (CTO), Till Wagner (COO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Enterprise AI / Procurement Automation / Supply Chain Technology
- **Target customers**: Large global enterprises (150+ enterprise clients) — B2B, Enterprise
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To make work faster, smarter, and more human through AI — transforming procurement from a bureaucratic bottleneck into a frictionless, strategic function.

## Products & Services
- **Lio Multi-Agent Procurement Platform**: An AI-driven system where specialized agents work in parallel to research vendors, negotiate terms, manage approvals, and track deliveries. Integrates with existing P2P/ERP systems. Available in five layers that customers can adopt incrementally: Operational Automation, Agent-Augmented Buying, and others. [lio.ai](https://lio.ai/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $30.1M (Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Andreessen Horowitz (lead investor in Series A), Y Combinator (YC alum), Microsoft (Official Microsoft Partner)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 1,000,000+ users across 150+ enterprises in less than three years
  - 100% customer retention — not a single customer has churned
  - 428.6% headcount growth YoY (from ~16 to 87 employees)
  - Awarded BME Procurement Excellence Award (with REHAU) and DPW Growth Award
  - Average 10% additional cost savings for customers and 85% reduction in operational workload

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover in multi-agent procurement**: World’s first multi-agent system purpose-built for procurement, not a generic automation tool.
- **Enterprise-grade security & compliance**: ISO 27001 certified, hosted on Microsoft Azure Europe, fully GDPR compliant — a critical moat for large enterprise adoption.
- **Deep integration ecosystem**: Official Microsoft Partner with secure integration into Microsoft architecture and existing P2P/ERP systems.
- **Proven ROI at scale**: >95% of procurement requests flow through standardized, compliant processes; customers achieve 10% cost savings and 85% workload reduction.
- **Zero churn**: 100% customer retention signals extreme product-market fit and stickiness.

## Strategic Focus
- **Global expansion**: Actively hiring for Head of US Sales, indicating a push into the North American market. Already has a presence in the US and UK.
- **Product depth**: Continuing to build out the five-layer platform to deepen automation and expand the scope of AI agents.
- **Talent scaling**: Rapidly growing headcount (87 employees, +428.6% YoY) across engineering, sales, implementation, and operations.

## Why Work Here
- **High-growth environment**: 428.6% YoY headcount growth means significant ownership, impact, and career acceleration for early hires.
- **Mission-driven work**: Employees describe it as "a rare chance to build something that truly matters" alongside people who "raise your standards for the rest of your career."
- **Strong engineering culture**: Founded by a CTO with expertise in machine learning; building the world's first multi-agent procurement system.
- **Premier benefits package**: Top-notch Apple equipment, Employee Stock Options (SOPs), EGYM Wellpass, Mobility Allowance, Breakfast/Dinner/Shakes & Snacks provided.
- **Culture**: "Lions" — a culture of celebrating milestones with true team spirit. Values-driven environment (specific values not publicly detailed).
- **Work policy**: Not explicitly stated as remote/hybrid/office, but headquartered in Munich with roles listed across Germany, US, and UK. Likely hybrid given the collaborative startup environment.
- **Notable perks**: Employee Stock Options (SOPs), premium equipment, meals on-site, wellness pass.

## Sources
1. [lio.ai](https://lio.ai/)
2. [lio.ai/about-us](https://lio.ai/about-us)
3. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://de.linkedin.com/company/lio-ai)
4. [Y Combinator Profile](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/lio)
5. [Careers Page (Ashby)](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/lio)

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