--- title: 'Founders Associate (Growth) at Lio' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/founders-associate-growth-lio-new-york-egj9dxfrzjzb' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-28' --- # Founders Associate (Growth) at Lio - **Company:** Lio - **Location:** New York, NY - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-10-14 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-28 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/lio/672bb2ac-739f-4e15-a2f3-9f7afada6d6f ## Job description Work directly with Lio’s founders to turn strategic priorities into action and help transform how companies operate. You’ll work across go-to-market, customer initiatives, and internal operations, taking ownership of projects that help Lio grow. This role combines analytical thinking with hands-on execution. One week, you might build a business case for an enterprise customer. The next, you might explore a new market or improve how our teams work together. You’ll bring structure, keep things moving, and turn ideas into measurable outcomes. ## What You’ll Do - Drive strategic projects: Work with the founders on high-priority initiatives, bringing research, analysis, and clear recommendations to important decisions. - Help shape our go-to-market approach: Explore customer segments, test growth initiatives, and sharpen how we communicate Lio’s value. - Contribute to customer opportunities: Support discovery, develop business cases, and coordinate follow-up on selected enterprise opportunities alongside the founders and Sales team. - Connect customers and product: Turn customer insights into actionable feedback, working with Product and Solutions Engineering to identify valuable use cases. - Build better ways of working: Improve processes across the company so teams can collaborate effectively and scale what works. - Own projects end-to-end: Define the problem, bring the right people together, and drive execution through to a clear outcome. Success means turning priorities into progress: stronger customer insights, effective growth initiatives, and processes that help the company scale. ## Your Profile We’re looking for someone ambitious, entrepreneurial, and caring. Someone who takes ownership, moves fast, and goes above and beyond for customers and teammates. You’re a good fit if you: - Have 1–3 years of experience in consulting, strategy, finance, operations, or a high-growth startup. - Understand businesses quickly, ask thoughtful questions, and turn analysis into practical action. - Bring commercial instinct and enjoy understanding customers, markets, and what drives growth. - Communicate clearly and confidently with colleagues, customers, and senior stakeholders. - Combine attention to detail with initiative. You follow through and keep projects moving. - Thrive with changing priorities and are curious about how AI can transform enterprise operations. You don’t need a traditional sales background. We care about your judgment, curiosity, and ability to make things happen. Why Join Us? We’re looking for the first 150 exceptional people to help us transform an entire industry. At Lio, you’ll work closely with the founders and gain direct exposure to the decisions that shape our company. You’ll own meaningful projects, contribute to our growth, and help build the foundations for what comes next. You’ll build alongside people who are ambitious about what we can achieve and care about how we get there. Bring your ideas, take ownership, and build with us. Sound like you? Join the Lio Mafia. Apply and we’ll connect you with the right people at Lio. ## 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. 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