
VARM · Berlin
DEINE MISSION * You get the chance to build: validate and prototype new initiatives, products, or business lines inside VARM, with real ownership from day ...
ownership from day one
drawing on VARM's resources, data, and network
outcomes
example as a Strategy Consultant, Management Consultant, Investment Banking Analyst/Associate, VC Analyst/Associate, Founder's
Associate, Business Analyst, Business Operations Manager, or Project Manager
whether it scaled, exited, or taught you hard lessons
audiences
entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to work independently
This role is ideal for you if...
you've founded or built something before (officially or unofficially) and want to build again – this time with more tailwind
you'd rather launch a new project from scratch than manage an existing one
you see ambiguity as room to create, not as a problem
you're coming from a role as Founder, Venture Architect, Venture Builder, Innovation Manager, or Business Development Manager –
and this is your playground
Join one of Europe’s fastest growing climate companies, fresh off a €17.5M Series A!
direct impact, while we are growing and building together
and actively shape the energy transition
together, but offer flexibility for remote working
feedback sessions
DEINE MISSION Kurzfassung für die schnelle Orientierung: Baue als Venture Development Lead (m/w/d) bei VARM das nächste Geschäftsmodell eines der am schnellsten wachsenden Climate-Tech-Startups Europas auf. Nach unserer Series-A-Finanzierung (17,5 Mio. €) entwickelst Du ein neues Geschäftsfeld von der Idee bis zum skalierbaren Business – mit voller Rückendeckung des Gründerteams. Dafür suchen wir eine unternehmerisch denkende Persönlichkeit mit nachweisbarer Erfahrung im Aufbau neuer Geschäftsmodelle. Warum diese Rolle einzigartig ist Die meisten Gründer starten mit einer Idee, aber ohne Kapital, Kunden oder Infrastruktur. Bei VARM ist es genau umgekehrt: Du erhältst eine validierte Problemstellung mit großem Marktpotenzial, Zugang zu einer etablierten Marke, eine bestehende Kundenbasis, ein erfahrenes Team und frisches Series-A-Wachstumskapital. Deine Aufgabe ist es, daraus das nächste große Geschäftsfeld aufzubauen. Die drei größten Probleme, die Du bei uns löst 1. Aus einer validierten Problemstellung ein Geschäft mit Umsatz machen. Wir wissen, welches Problem wir lösen wollen. Jetzt brauchen wir jemanden, der daraus zahlende Kunden macht. 2. Das Venture von 0 auf 1 aufbauen. Heute gibt es weder Team noch Prozesse noch Vertrieb. Du baust alles auf. 3. Entscheiden, was wirklich skaliert. Nicht jede Hypothese wird funktionieren. Deine Aufgabe ist es, schnell zu lernen und konsequent zu priorisieren. Über VARM VARM ist eines der am schnellsten wachsenden Climate-Tech-Startups in Europa: Wir denken Wärmedämmung neu und unterstützen Eigenheimbesitzer dabei, ihre Häuser energieeffizient zu modernisieren – einfach, digital und mit einem direkten Beitrag zur Energiewende und zum Klimaschutz. In den vergangenen drei Jahren haben wir ein erfolgreiches Geschäftsmodell aufgebaut, sind auf rund 70 Mitarbeitende gewachsen und erzielen kontinuierlich Umsatzwachstum – Tendenz weiter steigend. Gerade haben wir eine starke Series-A-Finanzierung über 17,5 Millionen Euro abgeschlossen und starten damit in das nächste Kapitel. Unser Kerngeschäft läuft – jetzt wollen wir das nächste große Wachstumsfeld erschließen. Diese Position wird dafür neu geschaffen. Deine Mission Du baust innerhalb von VARM das nächste Geschäftsmodell auf: ein B2B- und B2C-Plattform-Business – wie ein Gründer, nur mit unfairem Vorteil. Du startest nicht bei null: Du bekommst eine validierte Problemstellung, Zugang zu einer bestehenden Kundenbasis, einer eingespielten Organisation mit rund 70 Mitarbeitenden und frischem Wachstumskapital. Deine Aufgabe ist es, daraus ein funktionierendes, skalierbares Business zu machen – vom ersten Markttest über die ersten Umsätze bis zum eigenen Team. Was genau wir bauen, teilen wir bewusst erst im persönlichen Gespräch – so viel sei gesagt: Das Potenzial ist mindestens so groß wie unser Kerngeschäft. Was macht ein Venture Development Lead bei VARM? Du bist Intrapreneur:in mit voller Ownership. Du validierst die Geschäftsidee am Markt, sprichst mit den ersten Kunden, entwickelst MVPs, definierst Pricing und Go-to-Market, triffst Build-or-Buy-Entscheidungen und baust nach erfolgreichem Proof of Concept Dein eigenes Team auf. Dabei arbeitest Du direkt mit dem Gründerteam zusammen und berichtest an die Geschäftsführung. Uns ist wichtig, dass Du selbst umsetzt. Wir suchen niemanden der in seiner nächsten Rolle nur Slides bauen will. Du baust das Business und kommst aus einem Umfeld, bei der schnelle Entscheidung und hoher Druck der Alltag sind. Deine Aufgaben Validierung & Go-to-Market * Geschäftsidee strukturiert am Markt validieren: Kundeninterviews, Pilotprojekte und erste zahlende Kunden gewinnen * MVPs entwickeln und schnell iterieren – lieber in Wochen lernen als in Quartalen planen * Go-to-Market-Strategie, Pricing und Vertriebsansatz entwickeln * Business Case, KPIs und Meilensteine definieren und gegenüber der Geschäftsführung verantworten Aufbau & Skalierung * Prozesse, Partnerschaften und operative Strukturen für das neue Venture aufbauen * Nach erfolgreichem Proof of Concept Dein eigenes Team einstellen, onboarden und führen * Synergien mit dem VARM-Kerngeschäft gezielt nutzen * KI konsequent einsetzen – von Marktanalysen bis zur Automatisierung operativer Prozesse Operative Umsetzung * In den ersten Monaten selbst verkaufen, testen und umsetzen * Enge Zusammenarbeit mit Gründerteam, Sales, Marketing und Operations Fokus der ersten 12 Monate Erste 6 Monate * Validierung & Kundengespräche: 45 % * Operative Umsetzung: 35 % * Business Case & Strategie: 15 % * Hiring: 5 % Ab Monat 7 * Skalierung & Umsetzung: 40 % * Teamaufbau & Führung: 30 % * Strategie & Steuerung: 20 % * Operativer Vertrieb: 10 % DEIN PROFIL Dein Profil Must-haves * Nachweisbare Erfahrung beim Aufbau eines Geschäftsmodells, Produkts oder Geschäftsbereichs von 0 auf 1 – z. B. als Gründer:in, Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR), Venture Builder, Venture Development Manager, Head of New Business, (Senior) Founders Associate oder in einer Senior-Rolle im Business Development mit voller Ownership * Oder du kommst aus einem High Performance Umfeld wie einer Management Beratung, dem PE / Investment Banking oder einem sehr schnell wachsenden Unternehmen in einer relevanten Rolle. * Unternehmerisches Denken kombiniert mit außergewöhnlicher Umsetzungsstärke – Du validierst mit echten Kunden statt mit Folien * Starkes kommerzielles Verständnis sowie Erfahrung im Aufbau von Umsatz, Vertrieb oder Go-to-Market-Strategien * KI ist für Dich ein selbstverständliches Werkzeug. Du nutzt sie gezielt, um Marktanalysen durchzuführen, Kundenfeedback auszuwerten, MVPs schneller zu entwickeln sowie Vertriebs- und operative Prozesse effizient zu automatisieren. * Analytische Arbeitsweise und datenbasierte Entscheidungen * Deutsch auf Muttersprachen- oder verhandlungssicherem Niveau Nice-to-haves * Eigene Gründungserfahrung – auch (gerade!) wenn das Startup gescheitert ist * Erfahrung im Company Building, z. B. als Venture Architect in einem Venture Studio oder Inkubator * Erfahrung mit Plattform- oder Marketplace-Geschäftsmodellen * Erfahrung im B2B- oder B2C-Vertrieb * Branchenkenntnisse im Climate-Tech-, Energy-Tech- oder Bau-/Handwerksumfeld * Erfahrung im Aufbau und der Führung kleiner Teams Skills & Persönlichkeit Du behandelst das Venture wie Dein eigenes Startup und hast den Anspruch, in kurzer Zeit echte Marktergebnisse zu erzielen. Du überzeugst durch: * Ownership & Unternehmergeist * Außergewöhnliche Umsetzungsstärke (Execution) * Geschwindigkeit und Pragmatismus * Starkes kommerzielles Denken * Kommunikations- und Überzeugungsstärke * Resilienz und Ambiguitätstoleranz * Datengetriebenes Arbeiten * Du hast Freude daran, Dinge zu starten, bevor alle Antworten feststehen. Unsicherheit motiviert Dich mehr, als sie Dich ausbremst. WARUM WIR? Warum VARM? Was VARM Dir bietet * Gründen ohne Gründerrisiko: Du baust ein eigenes Geschäftsfeld auf – mit Kapital, Kundenbasis, Marke und Infrastruktur eines erfolgreichen Series-A-Startups im Rücken * Attraktives Vergütungspaket mit starkem Fixgehalt, leistungsorientierter variabler Vergütung und einem attraktiven VSOP-Paket, damit Du direkt am langfristigen Unternehmenserfolg partizipierst * Direkte Zusammenarbeit mit dem Gründerteam, volle Ownership und kurze Entscheidungswege * Direkten Einfluss auf Umsatz, Unternehmensentwicklung und Klimawirkung * Onsite first, aber hybrid: modernes Office in Berlin-Kreuzberg, drei bis vier Tage pro Woche vor Ort, mit Flexibilität für Remote * Klare Entwicklungsperspektive: Wenn das Venture skaliert, führst Du es – bis hin zur Rolle als General Manager oder Managing Director New Ventures des neuen Geschäftsbereichs
OUR STORY: Every year millions of people are either filing their taxes in fear or giving up on their tax refund altogether. We're working on fixing that. Our intuitive app enables anyone, regardless of education or background, to file their taxes with newfound confidence. Spread across Germany, Spain and the UK, the team at Taxfix Group with its brands Taxfix and Steuerbot, is a compassionate group of solution-finders. We speak our minds openly, and with over 400 professionals, including tax experts, developers, and IT security experts, we're rich in ideas and voices. The group has facilitated more than 3.5 billion euros in tax refunds for its customers since its founding in 2016. THE OPPORTUNITY: Taxfix is building a portfolio of AI-native, SaaS-oriented businesses across different stages of maturity — from established profit pools to scaling businesses and earlier-stage growth bets. We are looking for senior commercial leaders who can take ownership of one of these business areas and build it into a focused, repeatable, and durable growth engine. This role is for high-agency commercial builders who combine strong revenue ownership, sharp customer understanding, and disciplined execution with the ability to operate in ambiguity, experiment quickly, and make clear strategic choices. You will report to the COO or a designated business line leader and work closely with a senior product counterpart in a joint business-building setup. You will own the commercial side of the business while shaping shared priorities across product, monetization, and growth. You will partner closely with Product, Marketing/Growth, Sales, Partnerships, Operations/Service Delivery, Finance, Legal, Data/Analytics, and People. The initial focus is Germany, with potential to support expansion into additional markets. The exact scope will depend on your experience spike and where we see the strongest fit. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES: Own commercial strategy and outcomes. Define growth ambition, profitability targets, commercial priorities, and the execution roadmap for a major business area. Make key commercial choices. Shape ICP, segmentation, positioning, value proposition, pricing, packaging, channels, and customer lifecycle. Build repeatable growth loops. Improve acquisition, activation, conversion, retention, expansion, and win-back through disciplined experimentation. Lead revenue generation. Build or scale the right commercial motion — product-led, sales-assisted, partner-led, account-based, lifecycle-driven, or hybrid. Partner closely with Product. Work with a senior product counterpart on roadmap implications, monetization priorities, and business-critical product choices. Establish performance discipline. Define KPIs, forecasting, dashboards, review rituals, and accountability mechanisms. Build strong teams. Hire, coach, and raise the bar for commercial talent while creating clear ownership and leadership capacity. Manage complexity. Anticipate regulatory, operational, data, partner, and compliance risks and create practical guardrails. WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE: Success depends on the maturity and economics of the business you lead. In more mature businesses, success may mean sharper focus, stronger pricing and commercial discipline, better profitability, healthier cash generation, and durable growth. In scaling or earlier-stage businesses, success may mean clearer ICP and positioning, stronger conversion and retention, validated propositions and channels, healthier unit economics, and repeatable growth loops. Across all cases, success means stronger commercial judgment, faster learning, better execution, and tight alignment between product direction, monetization, and business outcomes. YOUR PROFILE: * 10+ years of experience in commercial, sales, GTM, strategy, or general management roles; experience in SaaS, subscriptions, platforms, marketplaces, fintech, or B2B services is strongly preferred. * Proven ability to build or scale a commercial engine, including sales motion, segmentation, pricing, packaging, channels, lifecycle, and operating cadence. * Strong sales background with hands-on ownership of revenue outcomes, pipeline quality, conversion, forecasting, and commercial performance. * Strong P&L and unit economics orientation, including CAC, payback, retention, expansion, margin trade-offs, service cost, and cash implications. * Strong product-commercial judgment and ability to work closely with Product without relying on hierarchy. * High ownership, structured execution, and comfort operating in ambiguity. * Data-driven and experiment-minded, using evidence, customer signals, and fast learning loops to improve performance. * Talent multiplier with experience hiring, coaching, delegating, and developing strong leaders. * Fluent in English; German is a strong plus. PARTICULARLY RELEVANT EXPERIENCE SPIKES We are hiring across several priority business lines and do not expect every candidate to cover all of them. We are especially interested in profiles with one or more of the following spikes: Consumer SaaS / self-service Experience scaling consumer SaaS, subscription, or product-led growth businesses with high-volume digital funnels, including conversion, lifecycle, retention, pricing, experimentation, and efficient acquisition. Consumer SaaS / expert-assisted services Experience scaling SaaS subscription businesses where software and service delivery are deeply connected, including expert support, operations, quality control, capacity planning, and service economics. SaaS for self-employed professionals Experience building and scaling Business SaaS solutions for self-employed professionals, SMEs, accountants, or similar B2B ecosystems, including sales-led or partner-led GTM, onboarding, retention, expansion, and platform monetization. WHY TAXFIX? * A chance to do meaningful, people-centric work with an international team of passionate professionals. * Holistic well-being with free mental health coaching sessions and yoga. * A monthly allowance to spend on an extensive range of services that you can use and roll over as flexibly as you like. * Employee stock options for all employees—because everyone deserves to benefit from the success they help to create. * 30 annual vacation days and flexible working hours. * A generous learning budget to support your personal and professional development and guidance from our internal L&D experts. * Work from abroad for up to six weeks every year. Just align with your team, and then enjoy your trip. * Plenty of opportunities to socialise as a team. In addition to internal meetups, our international team hosts regular get-togethers—virtually and in person when possible. * Free tax declaration filing, of course, through the Taxfix app—and internal support for all personal tax-related questions. * Have a four-legged friend in your life? We’re happy to have dogs join us in the office. Excited? So are we. Learn more about Team Taxfix on our blog and get a glimpse of our culture. At Taxfix, we believe that incredible things happen when you have a wealth of perspectives and experiences. We're proudly committed to equal employment and development opportunities no matter your gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation, colour, disability, or place of origin. To help mitigate any potential unconscious biases, we ask that you refrain from including your picture, age, or marital status on your CV. Let your experiences speak for themselves. Not sure if you meet all the requirements for this role? Please apply anyway. You might bring something special to the team that we hadn't considered previously.
Remote India Hello👋I am Ashish, Product Operations Lead at Kayzen, and I am now looking for a Product Analyst to join our team 🙌 But wait, you have not heard of Kayzen before?😃 Kayzen is a mobile demand-side platform (DSP) dedicated to democratizing programmatic advertising. We enable leading apps, agencies, media buyers, and brands to run programmatic customer acquisition, retargeting, and brand performance campaigns through its self-serve and managed service options. Built on the three core pillars of performance, transparency, and control, Kayzen powers the world’s best mobile marketing teams with bespoke solutions that fuel business growth and deliver a competitive advantage. With an unprecedented scale of 160B+ daily ad requests from 1.6B+ unique users worldwide, we serve up to 1B+ ads per day in 180 countries. Kayzen is accessible through our APIs and user interface. The team The Product Analytics team sits at the intersection of data, product, business and engineering. We are a highly motivated group aligned in our quest to disrupt the multi-billion dollar ad-tech industry. You will collaborate with a carefully selected, diverse, and globally distributed team spanning customer success, engineering, data science, design, product and more. Why This Role As our Product Analyst, you will own the analytical layer that keeps our product honest and fast. You will pair deep product intuition with strong SQL skills and AI-accelerated workflows to diagnose issues, surface insights, and move faster than a traditional analyst role. This is not just about building dashboards — you will shape how we understand our product, automate recurring investigation work with LLM tools, and directly influence product and engineering decisions with data. If you love going deep on complex systems, debugging hard problems, and turning ambiguous data into clear action, this is your seat. What You'll Do Data Analysis & Insights * Apply a broad range of analytical techniques to derive actionable insights from rich product and event data * Work closely with the product team as a data-driven advisor and partner on strategic decisions and roadmap prioritisation * Conduct deep-dive analyses on product performance, user behaviour, and funnel metrics to identify improvement opportunities * Translate complex data findings into clear, concise narratives for technical and non-technical stakeholders Product Support & Debugging * Serve as the go-to person to analyse, debug, and resolve product issues in collaboration with engineering, Product and Business * Go deep into complex customer-facing issues, identify root causes in data, and drive resolution with product and engineering teams * Become a product and domain expert in RTB (Real-Time Bidding) and the broader programmatic advertising ecosystem Automation & AI-Powered Workflows * Leverage LLMs (GPT/Claude and similar tools) to automate recurring analyses, anomaly triage, data briefs, and BI request resolution — this is a mandatory part of how we work * Build and maintain tools, scripts, and automated pipelines that reduce manual investigation effort and speed up response times * Manage and resolve Business Intelligence requests; develop reusable tools to automate high-frequency reporting needs * Contribute to internal dashboards and analytical tooling that accelerate decision-making across teams Cross-Functional Collaboration * Partner with engineering, data, customer success, and product teams on data-related initiatives and ad-hoc investigations * Provide ideas and quantified feedback for product and process improvement * Champion data quality, accuracy, and a culture of evidence-based decision-making across the organisation Requirements * 2+ years of AdTech industry experience in a data, analytics, or product analyst role * Excellent SQL skills: comfortable writing complex queries including joins, CTEs, window functions, and aggregations against large datasets * Hands-on experience with BI and data exploration tools (e.g. Redash, Looker, Metabase, or similar) * Active user of AI tools (GPT, Claude, or similar) for analytical automation, data summarisation, and workflow acceleration. * Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with a structured, hypothesis-driven approach to problem-solving * High attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy and quality of output * Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional, globally distributed team environment * Self-starter mindset with goal-driven focus and resilience in a high-pressure, deadline-driven environment * Passion for building great products and creating excellent experiences for customers Nice to Have * Python / pandas for ad-hoc analyses and light automation — not required, but a strong differentiator * Familiarity with mobile attribution and measurement (AppsFlyer, Adjust, Singular) * Familiarity with HTML/Rich media creatives What do we offer? * Exceptional career growth and learning opportunity * A unique opportunity to be part of an experienced team of industry experts and entrepreneurs who bring massive change to the Adtech market * Direct, day-to-day work experience with the management * A fun, driven, and multinational team located across Germany, India, Argentina, Ukraine, Turkey, the UK and soon more countries * A flexible work-from-home arrangement * A 500-dollar home-office setup budget * A 1000-dollar annual learning and development budget