Chief of Staff, nebenan.de
4 days a week in office
Hyperlocal social network for neighbours in Germany
Posted today
Hyperlocal social network for neighbours in Germany
101-200 employees
Posted today
4 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To help neighbours 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 neighbours 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 neighbours 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 neighbours in Germany, allowing users to connect with neighbours to sell and give away items, meet up for community events, and generally connect with people nearby. The platform also allows local organisations 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 neighbourhood socialising but also to help local businesses, services, and non-profits thrive. Through this approach, the company aims to bring neighbourhood 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
$18.8m
SERIES A
Jul 2016
$6.5m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $25.2m
Company benefits
- Additional vacation days
- Company pension plan
- Pets allowed
- Company laptop
- Flexible working hours
- Sabbatical
Company HQ
Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
Till Behnke
(Co-Founder)Till is also the co-founder and CEO of Rulemapping Group. They also Founded betterplace.org in 2007 where they served as the CEO until 2013.
Matthes Scheinhardt
(Co-Founder)Matthes co-founded Rulemapping Group alongside Till. They are also a Partner at Made by Humans.
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