Founder's Associate Intern

Location: Berlin Office Department: CEO Office

About Parloa

Parloa’s mission is to make every customer conversation feel effortless for both customers and the companies serving them. As agentic AI accelerates, Parloans are shaping the foundation of a new era in customer experience — one where customer support is no longer transactions, but meaningful exchanges. It is not just a vision; Parloa has powered over ONE BILLION interactions between global enterprise brands and their customers, with companies like IKEA and Booking.com already deploying Parloa at scale.

About the role

As a Founder’s Associate Intern, you’ll take on strategic problems that don’t yet have a home and turn them into tangible outcomes, fast. You’ll work directly with our Chief of Staff and the CEO Office team, and from day one you’ll own cross-functional projects wherever the business needs leverage most. High-bandwidth, high-visibility, built for people who thrive in ambiguity and operate with extreme ownership.

Areas of ownership

Strategic Planning: Own CEO Office projects that cut across the company, end-to-end. You find what’s broken, work out why, build the plan, and drive it across teams until it’s done

Project Management Support: Assist in planning, executing, and monitoring various projects of high strategic importance

Research and Analysis: Conduct research, analyze data, and generate insights to support decision-making processes

Operations Support: Assist with our day-to-day operations to enhance efficiency

Who you are

Bachelor's Degree or higher in Business Management or related fields

Ability to work from our Berlin HQ at least 5 times a week

1-2 years experience in fast-paced environments (e.g. Strategy Consulting, Venture Capital,  high-growth start-up)

An entrepreneur at heart with a hands-on mentality

AI-native, always trying out new tools and building the best ones into how you work

Strong organizational & prioritization skills

Excellent communication skills

Your recruiting process at Parloa

Recruiter video call → Meet the Hiring Manager → Meet the Team

Why Parloa?

We’re at the beginning of a new era in customer experience, one where AI doesn’t just respond, but understands, reasons, and takes action. We’re building agentic AI that enterprises trust with their most important customer moments: complex questions, high volumes, real stakes. When millions of people reach out to a brand, those interactions aren’t just support tickets; they’re defining experiences. We’re here to raise the standard: making every conversation seamless, intelligent, and genuinely helpful. If you care about shaping how businesses and customers connect at scale—and want your work to matter in real, everyday moments—this is where you do it.

At Parloa, ownership isn’t a buzzword; it means being accountable for outcomes, not just tasks. We operate in a category that’s evolving fast, where the bar is high, and the problems are complex. We hire people who think in solutions, communicate with clarity, and follow through. People who are comfortable making decisions, taking responsibility, and raising the standard for themselves and those around them.

We’ve grown beyond the earliest startup phase, but we’ve kept the intensity: fast execution, direct feedback, and a strong expectation to contribute meaningfully from day one.

Backed by leading global investors like General Catalyst, EQT Ventures, and Altimeter Capital, we’re scaling with a clear ambition: to become the global category leader in enterprise-grade conversational AI.

Parloa is committed to upholding the highest data protection standards for our clients' and employees' data. All our employees are instrumental in ensuring the utmost care, GDPR, and ISO compliance, including ISO 27001, in handling sensitive information.

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• We provide equal opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, disability status, socioeconomic background and other characteristics.