Internship: Founders’ Associate

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Description

Company Mission:

Centeon is an early-stage, deeptech company pioneering the future of low-carbon ammonia. Our mission is to develop a scalable, cost-competitive way to create local, resilient, electric (and emissions-free) ammonia supply to address market demand across key sectors like agriculture, chemicals and energy. The company has unlocked several breakthroughs since incorporating 2 years ago and aim to bring their first commercial solution to market in 2027.

About the Role

Centeon is looking for an entrepreneurial-minded MBA intern to join us as a Founders’ Associate , working closely with the CEO and founding team on strategy, operations and market discovery. This is a unique opportunity to gain deep exposure to the inner workings of an early-stage climate tech startup while shaping business decisions that have real impact.

If you are excited by climate action, industrial decarbonization, and translating scientific breakthroughs into scalable ventures — this internship is for you.

Key Responsibilities

·  Support the CEO and founders on strategic planning, business development and company building.
·  Work on go-to-market research , stakeholder mapping, business cases for commercial opportunities and establishing/ maintaining a customer pipeline.
·  Assist in the preparation of pitch decks , grant applications, and funding pipelines (public + private).
·  Conduct market research and techno-economic analysis relevant to bio-based chemicals, energy and commodity markets and emerging climate policies (e.g., CBAM, EU ETS).
·  Contribute to business development and partnership strategies (particularly from industry and government).
·  Be a sounding board for new ideas – and drive execution where it is most needed.

✅ You Might Be a Good Fit If You Are

·  An MBA student from a top-tier French or international business school (HEC, ESCP, ESSEC, INSEAD, etc.)
·  Have a previous experience with another deeptech start-up, in other start-up like environments or in relevant heavy industries (e.g. agriculture, chemicals, energy)
·  Passionate about deeptech , climate innovation , and industrial startups
·  Comfortable operating in fast-paced, agile and flexible environments
·  Fluent in English (French is a plus but not required)
·  Interested in learning how startups are being continuously built – not just watching, but contributing and often in role-ambiguous ways

Our Offer:

This is a high-growth role in a fast-evolving start-up at the cutting edge of clean tech. You’ll join a small founding team (10-11 people initially, growing rapidly) and get to shape both the tech and the company from the ground up. We offer:

·  Competitive salary & benefits
·  Mentorship from founders and domain experts
·  Full visibility into company-building: from engineering to strategy to fundraising to investor relations
·  Location: Paris, France — a hub for climate tech with a high quality of life

If you’re excited about shepherding the commercialization of technology that could redefine entire industries and want to join a mission and impact-led team from the start, we’d love to hear from you.

⚡ Apply Now:

Reach out with your CV and two sample essays or presentations (that you are proud of).

About the Company and the Founders:

Centeon is an early-stage ammonia company based in Paris, France. Since incorporating two years ago, they have demonstrated key technical milestones that unlocked the support of select early-stage investors. The two founders (Jerome and Daniel) bring different and complementary experience, expertise and leadership by execution to their young team as they sprint to meet their technical and commercial targets. Daniel (Mexican) is a repeat biotech founder and has a track record of innovating in areas as diverse as cancer diagnostics to plant-based bioproduction. Jerome (Filipino) brings a track record in technology commercialization across many areas of hardware, in managing multi-million funded R&D projects and in coordinating partnerships with government and commercial stakeholders.

We believe that a diverse group of minds is key in building fast-moving, innovative and resilient organizations. We strongly encourage women and people of colour to apply. Studies have shown that under-represented candidates are less likely to apply for a role unless they feel they meet every single qualification. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and mission-driven team. If you’re excited about the position but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with what you read here, we encourage you to apply anyway!