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Who We Are At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people. We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you. We're united by shared goals and shared motivations at Justworks. These are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team. Our Values If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in. Who You Are You are a thoughtful and performance-driven coach who is passionate about helping teams grow through structured feedback, skill development, and continuous improvement. You have a strong ability to identify patterns in customer interactions, translate insights into practical coaching strategies, and partner with leaders to elevate the overall customer experience. You bring both analytical thinking and strong interpersonal skills to your work. You are comfortable working with data, quality insights, and customer feedback to identify opportunities for improvement. At the same time, you are energized by coaching individuals and teams, helping them build confidence, refine their approach, and consistently deliver exceptional customer experiences. You enjoy building programs that scale. Whether developing coaching frameworks, facilitating skill workshops, or partnering with managers to close performance gaps, you are motivated by seeing measurable improvements in both employee performance and customer satisfaction. You thrive in collaborative environments and work closely with Quality Assurance, Customer Insights, and CSO leadership t

Replit is the agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build applications using natural language. With millions of users worldwide, Replit is democratizing software development by removing traditional barriers to application creation. As a GTM & G+A Sourcer , you won't just be filling seats; you will be the primary architect of the talent pipeline that builds the future of our business, operations, and growth teams. We are seeking a Fixed Term Full Time employee for a 6 - 12 month term . The Mission At Replit, we don’t look for average talent; we look for "10x" builders and creators. Your mission is to find the needles in the haystack—high-impact professionals across Go-to-Market (Sales, Marketing, Growth) and G+A (Finance, People, Ops) who are product-minded and excited by the challenge of democratizing coding. Key Responsibilities Strategic Pipeline Building: Identify and engage top-tier talent for GTM functions and G+A roles. Creative Outreach: Utilize AI tools to streamline workflows while crafting highly personalized, compelling outreach that resonates with the Replit ethos. Deep Research: Map out talent across LinkedIn, X (Twitter), competitive startups, and niche professional communities to uncover "undiscovered" talent. Full Lifecycle Partnership: Collaborate closely with Recruiters and Business Leads to calibrate profiles and refine search strategies in real-time. Data-Driven Iteration: Track conversion rates and leverage data to pivot sourcing strategies as needed. Who You Are Experience: 3+ years of sourcing experience with a focus on GTM or G+A roles, ideally within a high-growth startup environment. Business Acumen: You understand the AI/SaaS landscape and know what excellence looks like in non-technical candidates within our specific culture. Persistence: You possess a "hunter" mentality and enjoy the challenge of identifying talent for highly specific, specialized roles. High Agency: You are self-directed, comfortable operating wi

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. What you’ll do As a Sales Manager, for DACH Startups, you’ll play an instrumental role in fueling Stripe’s growth in the market through new customer acquisition and existing customers growth. You'll lead and coach high-performing account executives, helping them deliver on ambitious targets, as well as roll up your sleeves to work directly with users and prospects. We are looking for an individual who is keen to work alongside a high-performing team of individuals to navigate complex organizations, find new opportunities to make payments a competitive advantage for their businesses, and evolve our joint go-to-market in new ways. Responsibilities Recruit, develop and lead a team of sales professionals, with a particular focus on the startup segment across DACH, CEE and Emerging markets Develop the long-term vision and strategy for the team/markets and manage day-to-day operations, with a focus on performance against key sales metrics Be accountable for increasing revenue and new client acquisition at high rates of growth Driving deal strategy and execution including strong pipeline development, opportunity/renewal management, and forecasting Coach and guide the team in developing consultative and solution-based sales skills through all facets of the sales cycle Play a personal and direct role in building and maintaining enduring customer relationships, up to C-level Inspire, motivate and enable personal and career development of team members, both to pr

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team The Startups Grower team is a highly consultative group that manages relationships, growth, and retention for Stripe’s largest and fastest-growing Funded Startup customers. As a manager on the team, you will oversee a group of Account Executives who have the opportunity to work with the entire suite of Stripe products. You will act as both a people manager and a strategic visionary for the team. What you’ll do As a Manager of the Core Grower team, you will help grow Stripe’s North American startup customers. You will build and lead a team of high-performing Account Executives, helping them develop their skills and deliver on ambitious targets while also working directly with customers. Responsibilities Recruit and build a team of Existing Business sellers Work with senior leadership to develop the long-term vision and strategy for the team, and manage day-to-day operations with a focus on performance against key sales and growth metrics Be accountable for increasing upsell/cross-sell revenue and driving positive renewal outcomes among high-potential Startups Play a personal and direct role in building and maintaining enduring customer relationships, up to C-level Coach and guide the team in developing consultative and solution-based skills through all facets of the sales cycle for existing Stripe users Inspire, motivate and enable personal- and career-development of team members Work collaboratively and cross-functionally across the or

About Novo Small businesses are the backbone of the US economy, comprising almost half of the GDP and the private workforce. Yet, big banks don’t provide the access, assistance and modern tools that owners need to successfully grow their business. We started Novo to challenge the status quo—we’re on a mission to increase the GDP of the modern entrepreneur by creating the go-to banking platform for small businesses (SMBs). Novo is flipping the script of the banking world, and we’re excited to lead the small business banking revolution. At Novo, we’re here to help entrepreneurs, freelancers, startups and SMBs achieve their financial goals by empowering them with an operating system that makes business banking as easy as iOS. We developed modern bank accounts and tools to help to save time and increase cash flow. Our unique product integrations enable easy access to tracking payments, transferring money internationally, managing business transactions and more. We’ve made a big impact in a short amount of time, helping thousands of organizations access powerfully simple business banking. Why Novo? Novo is a rapidly growing series B fintech startup with a mission-driven team that’s passionate about helping every small business in America Positive, inclusive, supportive culture cheering you on your journey We work with very new technologies and architecture patterns We provide learning and development budgets to help you grow and bond with your team Offices in NYC and India The Role We're looking for a Senior Designer / Art Director to own the creative vision across our marketing surfaces—paid, owned, and everything in between. You'll be the person who makes Novo look and feel like the brand it aspires to be, translating business goals into campaigns that stop thumbs, convert prospects, and make our existing customers proud to bank with us. This is an individual contributor role with real influence. You won't manage a team, but you'll shape how the entire company shows up

Do you thrive in the ambiguity and possibility of early stage product design? We're looking for a bilingual Product Designer to help build intuitive, AI-driven experiences for government and enterprise clients across the Middle East. At Scale AI, we're building the future of AI through high-quality data and world-class design. Our products power critical decisions for businesses and governments worldwide. You will: Lead 0-1 Design: Own the entire design process — from raw concept to final implementation — working directly with PMs and engineers to ship impactful products quickly Develop Concepts: Extract key insights from PM and client feedback and translate them into compelling concepts Manage Expectations: Respond effectively to multiple stakeholders and align them around a clear design direction Communicate and Prototype Visually: Deliver polished verbal communication and visual storytelling using AI tools like Cursor and Claude Design to bring concepts to life Design with Data: Make design decisions informed by research, data, and user insights You're a great fit if you: Are fluent in Arabic and English (a hard requirement for this role) Excel at navigating ambiguity in early stage products Have a mix of startup and established company experience; at least one role at a well-respected company with a strong product development culture Have experience in B2B products for government or enterprise clients Want your work to shape the role of AI in modern business applications Have prior work experience in the GCC (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE) Are based in the GCC or open to relocating Have hands-on experience with AI-powered design platforms such as Cursor and Claude Have a degree in HCI, Computer Science, or Graphic Design Have a strong portfolio demonstrating polish, professional presentation, and clear visual storytelling to broad audiences Nice to haves: Experience at notable AI companies Technical background For those applying ba

Who we are At Fluxon, we believe that how you build matters as much as what you build. We help businesses navigate their most important technology decisions with confidence, and take responsibility for seeing them through. Founded by ex-Googlers and startup veterans, we’re proud to partner with teams behind some of the most ambitious products, including Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Walmart and Stripe. Our work spans strategy, design, and engineering — often in complex, AI-driven environments — where clarity, speed and quality are the standard. We use AI intentionally, applying it only where it adds real value and expands what’s possible. Care shapes everything we do. Inside Fluxon, you’ll find a global, remote-first team of experienced builders, who are curious, kind and serious about their craft. We’re building a place where people can take ownership, solve problems that matter and do work they’re proud to stand behind. If you want to do your best work alongside people who care as much as you do, you’ll feel at home here. Note: This position is fully remote and open to candidates based anywhere in Poland. About the role As a Staff Software Engineer at Fluxon, you'll drive the end-to-end delivery of products to market while learning, contributing, and growing in partnership with our leadership team You'll be responsible for: Guiding project delivery all the way to the user, leading projects, building and iterating in a dynamic environment Partnering directly with clients to understand their needs, and achieve business goals Defining product requirements, identifying appropriate system designs and planning development in partnership with our Product and Design teams Supporting development of a healthy and effective engineering culture You'll work with a diversity of technologies, including: Languages TypeScript/JavaScript, Java, .Net, Python, Golang, Rust, Ruby on Rails, Kotlin, Swift Frameworks Next.js, React, Angular, Spring, Expo, FastAPI, Django, SwiftU

Who we are At Fluxon, we believe that how you build matters as much as what you build. We help businesses navigate their most important technology decisions with confidence, and take responsibility for seeing them through. Founded by ex-Googlers and startup veterans, we’re proud to partner with teams behind some of the most ambitious products, including Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Walmart and Stripe. Our work spans strategy, design, and engineering — often in complex, AI-driven environments — where clarity, speed and quality are the standard. We use AI intentionally, applying it only where it adds real value and expands what’s possible. Care shapes everything we do. Inside Fluxon, you’ll find a global, remote-first team of experienced builders, who are curious, kind and serious about their craft. We’re building a place where people can take ownership, solve problems that matter and do work they’re proud to stand behind. If you want to do your best work alongside people who care as much as you do, you’ll feel at home here. Note: This position is fully remote and open to candidates based anywhere in Portugal. About the role As a Staff Software Engineer at Fluxon, you'll drive the end-to-end delivery of products to market while learning, contributing, and growing in partnership with our leadership team You'll be responsible for: Guiding project delivery all the way to the user, leading projects, building and iterating in a dynamic environment Partnering directly with clients to understand their needs, and achieve business goals Defining product requirements, identifying appropriate system designs and planning development in partnership with our Product and Design teams Supporting development of a healthy and effective engineering culture You'll work with a diversity of technologies, including: Languages TypeScript/JavaScript, Java, .Net, Python, Golang, Rust, Ruby on Rails, Kotlin, Swift Frameworks Next.js, React, Angular, Spring, Expo, FastAPI, Django, Swif

About Ema Ema builds AI Employees for HR, IT and Finance. Our AI Employees take on the busy work across the employee experience, from recruiting, onboarding and benefits to IT support, invoice processing and payroll, so people can spend their time on work that needs them. Founded by former executives from Google, Coinbase, Flipkart, and Okta, our team includes engineers from premier tech companies and graduates of Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley, CMU, and IITs. We are backed by industry leading investors including Accel, Naspers/Prosus, Creaegis, Section32, and angels like Sheryl Sandberg and Dustin Moskovitz. Headquartered in Silicon Valley and with offices in London, Bangalore and Vancouver, Ema is at the frontier of what Agentic AI can do in production. We ship real systems that run real business processes at scale. Who are you? We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Software Engineer to join the Ema team in India. As an Enterprise Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining our enterprise software applications. You will work with a cross-functional team of product managers, designers, and developers to deliver high-quality software solutions that meet the needs of our enterprise clients. The ideal candidate has experience building products across the stack and a firm understanding of web frameworks, APIs, databases, and multiple back-end languages. Most importantly, you are excited to be part of a mission-oriented, fast-paced, high-growth startup that can create a lasting impact. You will: Develop and maintain enterprise software applications, including API, data, application, and service development Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code by employing test-driven development process. Build scalable and reliable back-end systems using languages like Go and Python. Develop and maintain APIs using REST, gRPC or GraphQL Integrate multiple enterprise applications and services using a scalable framework like FastAPI Build

Who We Are At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people. We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you. We're united by shared goals and shared motivations at Justworks. These are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team. Our Values If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in. DEPARTMENT Platform Engineering Who You Are Not only do you have the broad, extensive knowledge of core software development technologies, but you also have a high level of empathy and the interpersonal skills to work cross-functionally in an organization. You can grasp and communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. Being able to see the bigger picture, you bring people together to effecti

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team The Global Alliances and Channels team focuses on building, supporting, and going to market with professional services firms including systems integrators, consultancies, and managed services providers such as Accenture, PwC, Deloitte, Infosys, and others. In addition, the team leads the go-to-market initiatives with our strategic technology alliance partners including AWS, Salesforce, Adobe, and others. Our objective is to ensure users have access to the broadest set of solutions leveraging the Stripe platform and the deepest set of technology and industry experts, while at the same time ensuring our partners and Stripe build large, mutually beneficial businesses together. The Strategic Global Alliances (SGA) team focuses on a subset of our highest priority partnerships. These partnerships operate at global scale with Stripe and present opportunities to create significant sales pipeline, deals sold, joint solutions, and scaled delivery expertise. What you'll do You'll support the overall success of Stripe's Global Alliance with Accenture and other key GSIs in EMEA, driving joint GTM (Go-to-Market) and co-sell. You'll work alongside the Accenture Global Partner Development Manager (PDM) and other GSI PDMs to drive net new demand for the partnership in the field across key markets in EMEA. This position is focused on deepening our joint sales motion, joint solutions, and delivery capabilities. This position is fast-paced, highly visible, and

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, where you gain a tremendous amount of responsibility? Do you want to be part of an exceptional entrepreneurial team with young, motivated and extremely driven people? And are you curious or passionate about sales? If so, you might be our next Business Development Manager. About us Retail Insights is Northern Europe’s leading retail forum. We are strengthening the retail ecosystem by building a platform for insights, inspiration, and networking, connecting more than 3,000 leaders yearly from more than 15 countries. Retail Insights is part of United Media ( https://www.united-media.com/ ) which focuses on building large scale industry media and conferences products in sectors such as insurance, HR, private equity, retail, etc. As of today, we have organically launched 8 media companies and acquired one. What we offer you As our Business Development Manager you'll have the unique opportunity to be part of building and scaling a company. By providing you with the ownership of our telemarketing, we want to constantly push you out of your comfort zone. You’ll be working out of our HQ in Copenhagen and to ensure a never-ending growth curve, we provide you with: An opportunity for getting operational experience in a start-up where both your work and the results are highly tangible and matters to the business A chance to work closely together with the CEO on our sales execution Unlimited growth potential in our company - we strongly believe in and have a track record of promoting internally Your Responsibilities Given our global expansion, the Business Development Manager role is strategically important to place us as the market leader in the industry. As we start to amass a large client base which needs an extra touch of care and nurture, this will give you an opportunity to build relationships with C-Level execs and SME business owners in the financial and technology sectors. What we expect from you You possess an unparalleled wor

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, where you gain a tremendous amount of responsibility? Do you want to be part of an exceptional entrepreneurial team with young, motivated and extremely driven people? And are you curious or passionate about sales? If so, you might be our next Business Development Executive. About us Retail Insights is Northern Europe’s leading retail forum. We are strengthening the retail ecosystem by building a platform for insights, inspiration, and networking, connecting more than 3,000 leaders yearly from more than 15 countries. Retail Insights is part of United Media ( https://www.united-media.com/ ) which focuses on building large scale industry media and conferences products in sectors such as insurance, HR, private equity, retail, etc. As of today, we have organically launched 8 media companies and acquired one. What we offer you As our Business Development Executive you'll have the unique opportunity to be part of building and scaling a company. By providing you with the ownership of our telemarketing, we want to constantly push you out of your comfort zone. You’ll be working out of our HQ in Copenhagen and to ensure a never-ending growth curve, we provide you with: An opportunity for getting operational experience in a start-up where both your work and the results are highly tangible and matters to the business A chance to work closely together with the CEO on our sales execution Unlimited growth potential in our company - we strongly believe in and have a track record of promoting internally Your Responsibilities Given our global expansion, the Business Development Executive role is strategically important to place us as the market leader in the industry. As we start to amass a large client base which needs an extra touch of care and nurture, this will give you an opportunity to build relationships with C-Level execs and SME business owners in the financial and technology sectors. What we expect from you You possess an unpa

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team Sales Development is a customer-facing team that connects prospective customers with Stripe. The AMER Sales Development org generates roughly 60% of Stripe's overall sales pipeline through a hybrid inbound and outbound motion, using a multi-touch, multi-method strategy that includes personalized email, LinkedIn outreach, video prospecting, and phone calls. The team covers every market segment, from startups to enterprise, and partners closely with Sales, Marketing, and Sales Development Systems to keep pipeline generation aligned with go-to-market priorities. What you’ll do The role is an operator-builder and change leader: redesigning AMER Sales Development for an AI-first future while raising the bar for human discovery, qualification, user engagement, pipeline progression, and seller handoffs. The leader will partner with AMER Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Sales Development Systems to turn automation capacity into higher-value commercial work and a healthier pipeline. The Head of AMER Sales Development leads the Core AMER Sales Development team across inbound and outbound motions. This leader directly manages managers and owns qualified pipeline, SQOs, ONR contribution, and talent progression into the wider Sales organization. Responsibilities Lead the AMER Sales Development org through a team of sales development managers, who in turn manage the SDRs driving roughly 60% of Stripe's overall sales pipeline Set segmentation a

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies, from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups, use Stripe to accept payments, grow revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. About the team The Financial Partnerships team sits within the Global Partnerships organization and is foundational to Stripe’s success. Our team is responsible for developing and managing Stripe’s relationships with global and regional banks, card networks, and money movement product partners that enable Stripe’s product strategy and deliver new capabilities to Stripe users. Our team executes high-impact, cross-functional product partnership initiatives across existing products and early-stage financial products further up the stack. These partnerships have a significant impact on Stripe and are essential to offering products used by millions of Stripe users. What you’ll do We’re looking for someone to develop and execute high-impact initiatives and strategies with new and existing AMER bank partners. You’ll work closely with Product to support Stripe’s Treasury, Issuing, Capital, and Crypto businesses. This includes product development, defining and aligning on partner requirements, leading partner relationships to execute on those requirements, and negotiating, signing, and managing relationships with global partners to support Stripe’s growing MaaS product line. The role requires close coordination with cross-functional teams, including Product, Engineering, Legal, Finance, and Risk, as well as with partners’ senior executives. Responsibilities Manage Stripe’s critical bank partner relationships, with a focus on executing joint initiatives and launching ne