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First hires and functions built from scratch. 53 open roles at 33 startups.

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Head of Hospitals & Home CareLead a 15-person hospital sales team and open home care and médico-social markets from scratch.LeadershipLevallois-Perret · HybridDoctolibDoctolibSeries FOnline booking and practice management software for doctors, Series F backed by Accel, General Atlantic and NVIDIASee Doctolib →
Head of FP&ASet up a market-standard FP&A function from scratch at a listed lender, with CEO, COO, CFO and board as daily counterparts.LeadershipParis · HybridYounited CreditYounited CreditSeries GInstant online consumer loans from €1,000 to €60,000; backed by Goldman Sachs, Bridgepoint and EurazeoSee Younited Credit →
Marketing OperationsBuild Marketing Ops from scratch, with AI agents, at €800M+ ARR.Paris, France; Bordeaux, France; Lyon, France; Marseille, France; Biarritz, France; Nantes, France; Annecy, France; Madrid, Spain; Barcelona, Spain · HybridAlanAlanSeries FHealth insurance plus care and prevention in one app; 1.1M members in 6 countries, backed by IndexSee Alan →
Design Operations ManagerTeam-of-one, build design ops from scratch at Mistral, reporting to the Head of Product Operations.ParisMistral AIMistral AISeries COpen-weight frontier AI models companies run on their own servers; trusted by ASML, backed by Nvidia and MicrosoftSee Mistral AI →
Head of Talent AcquisitionBuild talent acquisition from scratch, COMEX seat, 60-80 hires ahead.Paris · HybridVoccaVoccaSeries AVoice AI that answers every patient call, live in 1,500+ practices with a fresh $20M Series ASee Vocca →
FP&A LeadArchitect group finance from scratch at a $1.4B defense prime.Paris · On siteHarmattanHarmattanSeries BAutonomous drone systems for defense; French Program of Record renewed, orders up fivefold in a yearSee Harmattan →
Talent Acquisition Team ManagerBuild the recruiting operating model from scratch at a Series B fintech.Paris · HybridSwanSwanSeries BBanking APIs that let companies embed accounts, cards and payments; Series B backed by Accel and CreandumSee Swan →
First Sales, French MarketFirst sales hire for France. Sell brand AI agents to a market of 300+ e-commerce brands.DialogDialogSeedAI shopping agents that sell for e-commerce brands; 300+ brands, backed by Galion.exeSee Dialog →
Data Center Long-Term Capacity PartnershipsSecure the next 800 MW toward Mistral's one-gigawatt 2030 target, setting partnership rules from scratch.ParisMistral AIMistral AISeries COpen-weight frontier AI models companies run on their own servers; trusted by ASML, backed by Nvidia and MicrosoftSee Mistral AI →
Global Sourcing Manager Sensors & OpticsFirst hire for optics and sensors. Source the parts behind a defense prime's scaling systems, alongside Engineering and Production.Paris · On siteHarmattanHarmattanSeries BAutonomous drone systems for defense; French Program of Record renewed, orders up fivefold in a yearSee Harmattan →
VP EngineeringBuild the engineering org from scratch behind 100M+ conversations a month, reporting to the CTO.LeadershipParis · HybridLemrockLemrockPre-seedMakes brand products discoverable and buyable inside ChatGPT and Perplexity; 10M+ products live, backed by Galion.exeSee Lemrock →
Lead Credit OpsBuild credit ops from scratch ahead of Pennylane's own financing licences, reporting to the Managing Director.Remote · ParisPennylanePennylaneSeries EFinancial management platform giving small businesses a real-time view of their data; Series E backed by Sequoia and BlackstoneSee Pennylane →
User ResearcherFirst dedicated researcher. Set up the practice from scratch for a product used by Datadog, 1Password and Cursor.Paris · On siteDustDustSeries BAI agents that work across Slack, Salesforce and 70+ tools; used by 3,000+ organizations, Series B backed by SequoiaSee Dust →
Senior Accounting OpsFirst in-house accountant. Build SPV accounting from scratch, designed for thousands of entities, alongside Product and Engineering.Paris · HybridRoundtableRoundtableSeedSocial network for high-end private equity deals, seed-backed by established business angelsSee Roundtable →
Founding Enterprise AEFirst enterprise seller in France. Open Paris and Marseille, close six-figure deals, write the playbook the next sellers inherit.TelliTelliSeedAI voice agents that handle sales and support calls; fresh $15M raise, Y Combinator alumSee Telli →
Head of Laboratory Operations, Cell Biology & GenomicsSet up the wet lab from scratch, equipment to SOPs, producing the perturbation data that trains Rivercell's cell world model.LeadershipParis · On siteRivercellRivercellAI virtual cell that predicts how human cells respond to treatment; launched with $25MSee Rivercell →
Senior Data EngineerDesign the omics data architecture from scratch, reporting to the Head of Computational Biology.Villejuif · HybridOrakl OncologyOrakl OncologySeries AAI trained on patient tumor organoids to speed up cancer drug development; backed by Speedinvest and AWSSee Orakl Oncology →
Deployment StrategistOwn a 30+ hospital portfolio and build ops processes from scratch. Possible Lead Ops path within 24 months.Paris · HybridParallelParallelSeries AAI agents that automate hospital coding and billing; 850+ healthcare clients, Series A led by Index VenturesSee Parallel →
Founding Product DesignerFirst design hire. Build the AI-native design system and agent experiences for a tabular model backed by $275m.RemoteFundamentalFundamentalSeries AFrontier AI lab building a foundation model for enterprise predictions; backed by Battery and Salesforce VenturesSee Fundamental →
Founding GrowthFirst growth hire on a new category, 1M+ members reachable day one.HybridAlanAlanSeries FHealth insurance plus care and prevention in one app; 1.1M members in 6 countries, backed by IndexSee Alan →