Business / Industry Co-Founder (F/M/D) Role At Startup Guardsphere

Go-to-market & sales

• Build GuardSphere's route into German manufacturing and utilities, converting strong customer interest (47+ contacts across 6 events) into pilots and paying customers.
• Bridge NeuroX Shield's technical capabilities with the budget and risk-appetite decision cycle of Plant Managers and CISOs.

Commercial strategy

• Understand and navigate industrial procurement processes, budgets and buying decisions in OT/manufacturing.
• Own pricing, packaging and commercial positioning as the prototype becomes a repeatable product.

Company build-up

• Lead incorporation (planned mid-2027) and support fundraising alongside Farah Elshenawy (Project Lead / CEO track).

Requirements

What you bring

Core experience

• Business development or sales experience in OT/ICS cybersecurity, industrial automation, or a closely related B2B industrial technology field.
• Understanding of German manufacturing and utilities procurement, budgets and decision cycles.

Especially valuable

• Existing network among Plant Managers, CISOs or OT security buyers.
• Familiarity with IEC 62443 and industrial compliance standards.
• GuardSphere is separately seeking a CTO/Developer co-founder, hands-on OT/ICS software development experience is valuable for that parallel track.

Benefits

Why join GuardSphere

• A prototype already validated through 47+ customer conversations and 6 industrial events, real market pull, not just a hypothesis.
• €800k in non-dilutive StartupSecure funding already secured.
• Ground-floor equity in a company addressing a growing, regulation-driven market (IEC 62443, rising OT/ICS attack surface).

GuardSphere welcomes co-founder candidates regardless of gender, age, ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, sexual identity, or any other characteristic. This is a search for the right partner to build the company with, not a conventional hire.

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Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), table; dl-de/by-2-0; StarIn's calculation