Founder Associate

ph3Founder Associate /h3 pbMilan · Full-time, on-site · Italian required /b /p h3Why Livia exists /h3 pItalians have put everything into their homes: the savings of two generations, their identity, their children's future. No country loves the home more. And no country administers it worse. /p pMost of us live in a condominium. You can track a €10 pizza in real time on your phone, but your building's €200,000 budget disappears once a year into an unreadable PDF. You call, and nobody answers. The leak becomes a stain, and the stain becomes a dispute. In the end, nobody is accountable. /p pThe real monopolist in this market isn't any administrator. It's resignation: 'tanto è così.' Livia exists to revoke this mandate. /p h3What we're building /h3 pLivia is building the operating system for residential living, and we are running it ourselves. /p pWe don't sell software to administrators. We are the administrator, and we build the technology that powers us from the ground up. That lets us make promises no one else in the market makes: every euro visible in real time, no kickbacks from contractors, an answer within one hour on emergencies, and a full refund if a building isn't satisfied in the first year. /p pUnderneath, we're building something harder to see: the deepest context layer on Italian buildings. Every repair request, contractor job, assembly decision, and resident conversation becomes structured knowledge. When a pipe leaks, our system knows which pipes are in the wall and which plumber last worked on them. The better the context, the better the AI; the better the AI, the more buildings run proactively rather than reactively. That compounding context is our moat, and it's why we're rebuilding the data architecture from scratch instead of bolting AI onto legacy tools, as incumbents are now trying to do. /p pBut property management is a trust business, and AI can't take responsibility. So our administrators become what they should always have been: dedicated people who know their buildings, run assemblies well, and put their name on every decision, while software handles the groundwork. /p pWe grow by integrating established administration firms. We welcome their teams and expertise and give them better processes and tools. The best administrators in Milan will be with us. /p pWe're backed by Italian Founders Fund, Vento, 2100, and leading Italian families and angels. The market has thousands of fragmented firms and no reference company yet. We intend to become the alternative and fix the world's oldest asset class. /p h3The Role /h3 pAs Founder Associate, you'll work directly with our founders, Alessandro and Matthias, on whatever matters most right now. Each problem is yours to take on, understand, solve, and hand over in working order, running without you. /p pYou can't list everything a Founder Associate does, because you might be asked to help on almost anything. The role shapes itself around your strengths and is designed for someone who wants to lead a part of Livia, or one day found a company of their own. /p h3How We Work /h3 pLivia is not a typical Italian company, and this is not a typical Italian job. /p pWe're a team of internationals and Italians who left, built careers at some of the world's fastest-growing startups and unicorns, and came back. We brought that playbook home: high standards, fast decisions, radical ownership, and an intensity that doesn't exist in Italy. /p pWe believe Milan can become a startup ecosystem that rivals London, Paris, or Berlin, and we intend to help build it. That means proving that a world-class company can be built here, with homegrown and international talent, in one of the most traditional industries in the country. /p pHere’s what that looks like day to day: /p ul lipbWe move fast. /b Decisions take days, not months. What you propose on Monday can be live the same day. /p /li lipbWe hold a high bar. /b We expect excellent work, and we tell each other directly when something falls short, including the founders. /p /li lipbWe own outcomes, not tasks. /b "I did my part" isn't the finish line; the problem solved is. /p /li lipbWe work hard, on purpose. /b Building a category-defining company takes real commitment, especially in these early years. We protect what matters (health, rest, the people you love), but we won't pretend this is an easy job. /p /li /ul pWe're looking for people who want to do their life's work. If that's not you right now, that's completely fine. It just means Livia isn't the right place for you. /p h3What You’ll Work On /h3 pbAcquisitions and integration. /b Source and evaluate administration firms, build valuation models, run due diligence, negotiate alongside the founders, and lead the transition of buildings, teams, and data onto Livia. /p pbOperations and process. /b Design the workflows that make quality consistent across every building: who does what, by when, with what outcome. Find what breaks at 500 buildings before we reach 50.000. /p pbProduct, data, and AI. /b Work with engineering on the context layer and the tools our administrators use daily. Map real workflows, spot what can be automated, and test new features with residents and administrators. /p pbGrowth. /b Open new channels to win buildings, build partnerships with contractors, insurers, banks, and service providers, and turn happy residents into our best sales force. /p pbFinance and governance. /b Prepare board materials, build the models behind key decisions, and support fundraising and investor relations. /p pbTalent and culture. /b Help find and hire the people who will build Livia with us, including the next Founder Associates. /p pbExamples of what you might own in your first months /b /p ul lipLeading due diligence and integration for an administration firm joining Livia, from data room to the first assembly under our name /p /li lipRedesigning how resident requests flow through the company so every one has a name and a deadline /p /li lipBuilding the model that tells us which firms to approach next, then reaching out to them /p /li lipBuilding a vetted contractor network in a new part of Milan and defining how we rate every job /p /li lipDefining with engineering how a building's history is structured, so the AI can actually use it /p /li lipPreparing the materials and analysis for our next fundraising round /p /li /ul h3Who We're Looking For /h3 ul lipbAnalytical sense and critical thinking. /b Much of the work is research and analysis. You frame the right questions, break problems down objectively, and simulate outcomes before acting. /p /li lipbBusiness and product sense. /b You'll think at company level on topics with cross-cutting impact. You understand what makes a business great (product, commercial, brand) and make sound decisions under ambiguity. /p /li lipbExecution and orchestration. /b Given the scope and pace, you move people toward an outcome, starting with yourself. You're as comfortable at a building assembly as in a spreadsheet. /p /li lipbVersatility. /b You switch between an acquisition, a contractor dispute, and a data model in the same week, with the same quality. /p /li lipbAutonomy and precision. /b You carry projects from start to finish with minimal supervision, and the details are right. In our business, a wrong number in an account breaks trust. /p /li lipbClear communication. /b You'll work with founders, administrators, residents, sellers, and contractors. Sharp writing, explicit asks, and real deadlines are essential. /p /li lipbGoing the extra mile. /b You deliver fast and well, and you also propose initiatives, go beyond the assigned task when needed, and anticipate what's coming. /p /li lipbGrowth mindset. /b You ask for feedback, take it well, and learn quickly. /p /li /ul pbLanguage. /b Fluent Italian and English, spoken and written. /p pbTechnical aptitude. /b AI is core to how we work, so we expect you to use it daily. /p pWe welcome candidates from business, economics, engineering, law, mathematics, and data science, whether you spent 1–4 years in consulting, banking, private equity, or a fast-growing startup, or built a project or company of your own. Degrees matter to an extent, but if you've built something, we'd love to hear from you. /p h3What We Offer /h3 ul lipbCompetitive Salary /bgrowing with your responsibility /p /li lipbEquity for everyone /b: you become a co-owner, so the value you build is yours too /p /li lipbFull access /b: to the numbers, the decisions, and the rooms where things happen /p /li lipbReal ownership from month one /b, and a short, concrete path to leading a part of Livia /p /li lipbFlexible /b bvacation /b and working hours /p /li lipbLearning /b: free books and a budget for courses and conferences, as an attendee or speaker /p /li lipbWellbeing /b: a budget for therapy, if and when you need it /p /li lipbDaily meal vouchers /b and a generous transport allowance /p /li lipb€500 bonus /b if you move within a 20-minute walk of the office /p /li /ul /p #J-18808-Ljbffr