Chief of Staff, nebenan.de
4 days a week in office
Hyperlocal social network for neighbors in Germany
Be an early applicant
Hyperlocal social network for neighbors in Germany
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
4 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
Nebenan.de's mission is to help neighbors to connect with each other in real life.
Role
Who you are
- Outstanding academic background, MBA preferred
- 2-5 years of experience ideally in consultancies, scale-ups, VCs, or PEs; previous experience as COO of a small start up, CoS or Head of Operations or Special Projects in a mid-sized start up beneficial
- Excellent project management skills, building slides (Google Slides) and spreadsheets for daily business use cases with an analytical, structured, and process-oriented approach
- Professional and clear communication in both written and verbal form
- Ability to thrive in ambiguous situations and be able to lead something with little input/context
- Strong analytical skills and a high affinity for data, business models, and operational metrics
- Structured, self-driven, and pragmatic way of working, with a steep learning curve and strong follow-through
- A natural ability to build and maintain relationships and anticipate needs and challenges as well as thinking ahead
- Resilient, persistent, and proactive attitude as well as trustworthy with confidential information
- Business-level proficiency in both German and English is a must
- Excited by in-person collaboration. This role requires 4 day office attendance, one day can be worked remotely
What the job involves
- We're looking for a results-driven Chief of Staff to build the operating backbone behind our leadership team
- This role exists to support our COO and the wider C-level move faster: turning strategy into structured decisions, taking high-priority initiatives from idea to delivery, and making sure the way we work as a company actually keeps up with how we want to work
- You'll sit at the intersection of strategy, organizational design, and daily execution, with real ownership over how well the company runs, reporting directly to the COO
- Help teams move and settle into our new team structure, support them in working together effectively, and shape how our enabling teams support other teams
- Own high-priority initiatives end-to-end, partnering directly with senior leadership and department heads from first concept to delivery
- Steer and track cross-departmental projects, keeping them accountable to their timelines
- Assess our organizational structure, spot capability gaps, and lead the work to close them
- Design and refine the internal processes, workflows, formats, and meeting rhythms that keep the company moving
- Prepare & steer internal leadership meetings, keep track of deliverables
- Support the build-out and optimization of processes, tools, and automation
- Improve cross-team collaboration and introduce new ways of working
- Work closely with the C-level on delivering key priorities and operational topics in day-to-day business
- Take on high-visibility administrative and organizational special topics, stepping in with hands-on coordination when leadership needs it to unblock something important
- Prepare analyses, presentations, decision papers, and management reporting for leadership
- Organize and follow up on management meetings, workshops, and steering sessions
Our take
Whilst neighbors will often bump into each other and exchange some small talk, it can be difficult to build meaningful connections without knowing more about the person. Whilst community groups on social networks such as Facebook provide ways for neighbors to connect more meaningfully, this can also be a toxic environment full of gossip, scams, and advertisement for illegitimate services.
Nebenan.de provides a hyperlocal social network for neighbors in Germany, allowing users to connect with neighbors to sell and give away items, meet up for community events, and generally connect with people nearby. The platform also allows local organizations and companies to join, allowing them to advertise local shops, services, and non-profits.
Whilst social networks such as Nextdoor will present competition to Nebenan.de, the company has taken a unique focus not only on facilitating neighborhood socializing but also to help local businesses, services, and non-profits thrive. Through this approach, the company aims to bring neighborhood communities closer together, filling the gap in the market before companies such as Nextdoor expand to provide services for Germany.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Mar 2018
$18.3m
SERIES A
Jul 2016
$6.3m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $24.6m
Company benefits
- A growing multidisciplinary design team
- Taking ownership of a specific module of the product
- A young and dynamic environment
- Remote friendly
- SpenditCard
- A strengths-based personal development culture (we work with the Gallup StrengthsFinder)
- A workplace in Berlin-Kreuzberg, in a cheerful team and regular online events like Lunch & Learn and Yoga
- A company pension plan
- You are working CO2-neutrally with us - we plant a tree for every employee joining the company
- A flexible vacation policy - take as much vacation as you need. We also offer the option of a sabbatical
- A meaningful job! We create a great product with real social impact
Company HQ
Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
Christian Vollmann
(Chairman of the Board & Co-Founder)Co-founder and Managing Director of Affinitas GmbH's eDarling from 2009 to 2013. Experience as Founder and CEO of C1 Green Chemicals AG since 2022.
Till Behnke
(Co-Founder)Experience as Co-founder of Oktoberfest7s GmbH since 2017. Founder, CEO, and Chairman of betterplace.org since 2007.
Axumawit Berhe
(CFO & Co-Founder)Head of Finance for Red Onion GmbH from 2008 to 2014. Finance Lead for YND from 2018 to 2020 and for TheDive from 2020 to 2021.
Matthes Scheinhardt
(CSO & Co-Founder)Co-founded Good Hoog GmbH's nebenan.de as CSO in 2015.
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