Project Management

A startup ecosystem generalist internship covering community management, event planning, business development, marketing, and operations at a Cologne-based startup incubator. Involves cross-functional exposure with minimal technical coding requirements.

Lead digital marketing client relationships and strategy, managing cross-functional teams, defining marketing channel mix (SEO, SEA, Social), and balancing strategic planning with hands-on implementation of marketing initiatives.

This role involves translating company strategy into actionable plans, managing cross-functional workflows, tracking progress against goals, and ensuring operational efficiency across sales, product, and delivery teams. It's essentially internal project/operations management with heavy emphasis on systems thinking and accountability.

Lead engineering strategy, team building, and technical decision-making for a GovTech startup. Day-to-day involves mentoring engineers, defining architecture standards, collaborating with product/AI teams, and managing hiring/organizational growth rather than writing code.

Coordinate data protection and AI governance processes across a GovTech organization, managing documentation, compliance workflows, and stakeholder communication between technical teams and regulatory bodies.

Lead building automation projects from conception through delivery, managing technical teams, coordinating external engineers and contractors, and ensuring compliance with regulations and standards. Day-to-day involves planning, cost tracking, stakeholder communication, and quality oversight rather than hands-on coding.

Service Coordinator role focused on intake, triage, and end-to-end coordination of IT hardware service cases. Day-to-day involves managing customer tickets, coordinating repair workflows across vendors and distribution centers, and ensuring SLA compliance through communication and tracking.

Report directly to the CEO managing high-leverage organizational projects, with initial focus on designing and scaling employee onboarding systems, developing manager training curriculum, and improving internal processes. This is an organizational development and project leadership role rather than a coding position.

Executive leadership role focused on defining technology strategy, system architecture, and organizational structure rather than hands-on coding. Involves translating business goals into technical decisions, managing risk, and scaling the engineering organization.

Plan and optimize industrial manufacturing capacity, evaluate production technologies, and coordinate automation/digitalization projects from conception through implementation. This role bridges engineering knowledge with operational strategy rather than hands-on coding.

Lead and strategically manage customer service and professional services teams for a mobility software company, overseeing project delivery, customer relationships, and team performance across support and consulting functions.

Work directly with the CEO on strategic initiatives including fundraising materials, investor communications, data analysis, and cross-functional coordination. Day-to-day involves preparing decision documents, managing priorities, building dashboards, and ensuring execution of company-critical projects.

Lead member relations and customer success for an industrial association, managing the full lifecycle from onboarding through retention. Involves developing strategy, building scalable processes, implementing CRM solutions, and ensuring members see measurable value from membership.

Lead digital transformation and automation initiatives across a large facility management company, coordinating between executive leadership, business units, IT teams, and external vendors to translate digitalization and AI strategies into implemented solutions.

Lead IT infrastructure modernization and process automation projects using no-code/low-code platforms (n8n, Zapier, Airtable) and cloud services, managing end-to-end digitalization initiatives from planning to implementation across ERP, CRM, and e-commerce systems.

Lead building automation projects from conception through delivery, managing technical specifications, coordinating with stakeholders, and overseeing implementation of HVAC/automation systems across commercial and residential properties.

Senior leadership role managing client relationships, project delivery teams, and operations for eDiscovery and government investigation services. Day-to-day involves strategic client oversight, team leadership, ensuring project delivery standards, and driving account growth.

A business operations and strategy role at an early-stage sports tech startup, focusing on fundraising support, process optimization, market analysis, and go-to-market execution rather than coding.

Build recruiting processes and structures for a non-profit organization as a volunteer, working 3-5 hours weekly to help match talent with social impact roles. This involves strategic recruiting work rather than hands-on coding.

Build and manage all operational aspects of a boutique padel sports club, including facility management, systems oversight, community coordination, and day-to-day club operations in a fast-growing startup environment.