Founder's Associate

Job Description About Morpho

Morpho is a leading Decentralized Finance (DeFi) lending protocol that raised $70 million from Ribbit Capital, a16z crypto, Coinbase Ventures, Variant, Brevan Howard, Pantera, Blocktower, and 50 others to build an open lending network giving anyone, anywhere, access to the best possible terms. Morpho is experiencing explosive growth, with over $10 billion in deposits on the network, solidifying itself as the new standard for DeFi lending. Now, Morpho is scaling its team of contributors to establish itself as a cornerstone, not just of DeFi, but of a new internet-native financial system.

Our Mission Morpho’s mission is to power human ambition with open access to capital. Human ambition has no borders, but the capital to fuel it does. Today’s financial system is closed and fragmented. No one sees all opportunities, most overpay, and some are excluded entirely. We believe capital should flow efficiently to where it’s needed most — giving anyone, anywhere, access to the best possible terms.

Location Paris or New York

How we work We move fast on hard problems in a nascent market with no set playbook: navigating uncertainty is part of the job. You’ll be challenged: anyone can question work and decisions must be justified. We keep a high bar and match it with high support: we help each other unblock and share context openly, with low ego. More about our values: morpho.org/jobs.

Role The mission of this role is to compound the CEO’s time by providing direct C‑level support and building AI‑native leverage across executive operations, growing into a trusted strategic operator as Morpho scales.

Responsibilities

Build the Machine

Design and ship AI‑powered workflows using Claude, AI agents, and automation tools to eliminate repetitive tasks across executive operations (email triage, scheduling, travel booking, briefing prep).

Create scalable playbooks and SOPs for every recurring exec ops process. If something happens twice, it should be documented. If it happens ten times, it should be automated.

Run Executive Operations

Own the CEO’s daily rhythm: calendar, travel, inbox prioritization, and a daily “pulse” update that aligns on the first meeting, key decisions, and top priorities for the day.

Shadow the CEO to learn context, decision‑making patterns, communication style, and stakeholder dynamics. The faster you build this map, the faster you earn autonomy.

Ramp with existing ops support. You won’t be alone on day 1. You’ll partner with our current ops team to progressively take ownership as your systems and context grow.

Drive Strategic Impact

Support investor and board preparation — synthesize data, draft materials, build narratives. Quality and speed matter equally.

Drive cross‑functional initiatives with minimal supervision. Create structure in ambiguous contexts, unblock stakeholders, and keep projects moving without becoming a bottleneck.

Become a trusted proxy. Within a year, you should be able to represent the CEO in internal workstreams, make judgment calls on reversible decisions, and elevate the right things early.

What Success Looks Like

First 30 days

Understand the CEO’s operating system, preferences, and escalation thresholds.

Ship a first useful automation that saves time in a real workflow.

Contribute to day‑to‑day exec ops with context‑complete written updates.

First 4 months

Reliably run core exec ops (calendar, scheduling, travel) with minimal back‑and‑forth.

Deploy multiple AI/agent workflows that measurably reduce manual work and errors.

Make good calls on reversible decisions and elevate the right things early.

In 1 year

Become a trusted strategic partner who can represent the CEO in internal workstreams.

Own investor/board support workflows end‑to‑end with strong quality and speed.

Systematize exec ops so it runs smoothly with low oversight, and demonstrate readiness to grow into a Chief of Staff scope.

Job Requirements Must‑have Experience & Skills

2‑3 previous high‑quality internships or work experiences, in fast‑paced environments: startups, VC, crypto/DeFi, tech, consulting, or founder‑adjacent roles.

Hands‑on AI and automation experience: built with Claude, ChatGPT, AI agents, or automation tools.

Strong systems thinking, vibe‑coding a simplified workflow that can be turned into a scalable process, set up agents, or prototype an automation without waiting for an engineer.

High ownership and bias for action, with comfort making reversible decisions quickly and learning fast.

Clear, crisp async communication, with low‑noise writing that is easy to act on.

Ability to handle sensitive information with strict confidentiality and discretion.

Humble.

Perks & Benefits We design benefits around deep work and growth, so you can do the best work of your career. Expect fair, top‑tier compensation, real flexibility, time together in Paris, great health coverage, and support to keep learning.

Equal Opportunity We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and hire based on talent, potential, and values alignment.

Ready to shape the future of finance? Ready to shape the future of finance?

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