Job Description
⚡ Founder’s Associate – Right Hand to the CEO 🌱
Salary: £45,000 – £55,000 + equity scheme
Hours: Full-time (flexible working available)
Start: ASAP (willing to wait notice period)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Hybrid – London HQ with UK & international travel
🚀 Culture Guru is recruiting on behalf of a bold, high-performing business operating at the intersection of real estate, planning, and environmental strategy. They help housebuilders and property clients unlock planning permission on complex sites - and do it faster than anyone else in the industry.
🎯 Now entering a scale-up phase, the Founder is looking for a sharp, ambitious, and highly capable Associate to become his right-hand - someone who can not only support but eventually lead.
🙌 This is a rare opportunity to step into the inner circle of a growing business, with a clear trajectory to take over leadership within five years.
🤝 Responsibilities of the role, but not limited to:
- Deliver high-impact projects across operations, commercial strategy, and client delivery
- Attend and eventually lead meetings with clients, stakeholders, and partners in the CEO’s absence
- Research, prepare, and present proposals, pitch decks, and insight packs
- Act as the connector between departments and external collaborators
- Manage day-to-day execution of key initiatives with energy and precision
- Provide direct support to the CEO on both strategic and logistical fronts
- Contribute to brand communications, social content, and thought leadership
🤩 Desirable attributes of the successful candidate:
- Future leader mindset - you’re not just here to assist, you’re here to grow into command
- Emotionally intelligent, commercially sharp, and calm under pressure
- Happy to be thrown in the deep end and figure things out fast
- Able to manage your own time, projects, and pace without constant oversight
- Interested in entrepreneurship, scale-ups, or becoming a future CEO
- Comfortable with flexible working, travel, and varied days
✅ Why you’ll love working here:
- 💷 Equity options
- 🌴 40 days of paid annual leave
- 🩺 Private medical insurance with full cancer cover
- 🎓 Unlimited CPD budget for personal/professional growth
- ⏰ Total flexibility - no micro-management
- 🌍 Incredible socials, including paid-for international trips and events
- 🛫 Work directly with a visionary founder - and take over in future
📩 Apply now through Culture Guru and step into the most important role of your career.
This is more than a job - it’s your training ground to take the reins. If you’re ready to lead, learn, and eventually take over, we want to hear from you.