Special Projects Associate

Imagine a future where everyone has instant, low-cost access to intelligence. We're building a fully featured European AI cloud - with everything one needs to train, experiment with, and deploy AI models at scale. Our GPUs run on 100% renewable energy, powering a more sustainable AI ecosystem.

We're ambitious, curious, and gutsy doers. Low hierarchy, high ownership, and a big vision. After raising $64M in Series A, we're only getting started.

Join Verda while it's still being built - not once it's finished.

About the role

We're hiring a Special Projects Associate to support the CEO on a mix of daily leverage, coordination, and high-priority business projects. This is a junior, high-exposure generalist role for someone who is highly organized, proactive, and excited to work closely with company leadership in a fast-moving startup environment.

This role combines administrative support with operational and special project work. You'll help make the CEO more effective by keeping priorities moving, managing coordination, and taking ownership of selected workstreams across the business.

Why Verda

• Cash + equity compensation along with various fringe benefits (e.g., healthcare, lunch, wellbeing, etc.).

• Profitable operations with rapid, sustained growth.

• 31 nationalities, with 6 different ones on the management team.

• An opportunity with make a clear impact and work alongside world-class engineers, researchers, and partners across the global AI ecosystem.

• A community-like atmosphere: we often enjoy each other's company after work, e.g., munching on BBQ made by Ruben, our CEO by day and master chef by night.

Practicalities

• Location: Helsinki

• Working mode: Hybrid (with up to 4 days of office presence)

• Start date: As soon as possible

• Employment type: Full-time and permanent

Your responsibilities

• Support the CEO and Chief of Staff on high-priority cross-functional projects

• Manage the CEO's calendar, inbox, travel, and day-to-day logistics, including traveling with the CEO as needed

• Support CEO email management, including drafting replies, and helping ensure timely follow-up

• Help prepare the CEO for internal and external meetings through briefs, notes, and materials

• Conduct research, analysis, and synthesis to support decision-making

• Help drive follow-through on internal initiatives and action items

• Take ownership of discrete special projects across operations, hiring, go-to-market, or other business areas as needed

Your key competencies

• At least 1 year of experience in a startup, operations, business support, consulting, investing, or similar high-performance environment

• Exceptional organizational skills and strong attention to detail

• Clear written and verbal communication in English

• High reliability, discretion, and good judgment

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and stay calm in a fast-moving environment

• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive attitude

• Comfort handling both administrative tasks and project-based work

• Eagerness to learn quickly and take ownership

What's next

Apply sooner than later. We'll close the job ad when we've found the right person.

Please submit your application in English through our Careers page. We don't accept applications sent by mail.

For more information, you can reach out to Marina Ponomareva at marina (at) verda.com.