Chief of Staff (Strategy & Operations)(All Genders)

<br><strong>Hey!</strong><p><strong style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-weight:600;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">Imagine amateur football finally had the platform it deserves.</strong><br style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;">Every weekend, millions of people write their own personal football stories – on pitches, in clubs and on the sidelines. We believe this passion deserves a digital home too.</span><br style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><strong style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-weight:600;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">That's exactly what we're building every single day.</strong></p><br><strong>tl;dr</strong><p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">We're looking for a Chief of Staff who works closely with Nik to structurally build out our company- &amp; org processes. </span></p><br><strong>Main information </strong><p><ul style="border:0px solid;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;"><strong style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-weight:600;">Start: </strong>immediately (flexible start)</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;"><strong style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-weight:600;">Location: </strong>Cologne</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;"><strong style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-weight:600;">Workload: </strong>Full-time</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;"><strong style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-weight:600;">Team: </strong>Founder's Office</li></ul></p><br><strong>Is this a match?</strong><p><span style="font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;">The most important basics – so we both know if it could work.</span><br><ul style="border:0px solid;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;"><strong style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-weight:600;">Location:</strong> You’ll be based at our office in Cologne (Belgisches Viertel) and should be on site at least twice a week.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;"><strong style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-weight:600;">Experience:</strong> You have 5–8 years of experience in strategy &amp; operations and feel confident in your role.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;"><strong style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-weight:600;">Languages are no problem:</strong> You speak German and English fluently.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;"><span style="font-weight:600;">Your connection to football:</span> You're genuinely interested in amateur football and have a feel for what moves this community.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;"><strong style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-weight:600;">Start-up spirit:</strong> You prefer to play an active part in shaping things rather than just going through the motions – even if that sometimes means tackling things without a ready-made roadmap.</li></ul></p><br><strong>What you'll do - your playing field</strong><p><span style="font-style:italic;">This is how you move our mission forward every day.</span><ul><li>End-to-end ownership of selected strategic and operational projects from concept to execution</li><li>Building and continuously improving central company processes</li><li>Close collaboration with Nik on cross-functional strategic projects and prioritization</li><li>Supporting process optimization in other operational areas as needed</li><li>Preparing decision-making materials and analyses for the founder team</li></ul></p><br><strong>What you bring to the team</strong><p><span style="font-style:italic;">We're not looking for a perfect CV. But you should recognise yourself in these points.</span><ul><li>Strong process- and structure-oriented thinking, even in ambiguity</li><li>Experience independently executing projects in a fast-growing environment</li><li><strong>Tools:</strong> Notion, project management tool, Google Workspace, Slack</li></ul><strong>Good to know</strong><br>We want you to know what this role really looks like from day one.<ul><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span>This role is significantly more hands-on than the title might suggest: you don't just plan, you execute, and take ownership across shifting topic areas. The exact focus will be sharpened further together with the team. If you're looking for pure strategy work without hands-on execution, this role isn't for you.</span></li></ul></p><br><strong>Bonus</strong><p><span style="font-style:italic;">Not a must – but this'll definitely earn you extra points.</span><br><ul><li>Experience in a high-growth startup</li><li>Early experience building People/org processes</li></ul></p><br><strong>Benefits</strong><p><span style="font-style:italic;">We want you to love joining us - and still love being part of the team a long time from now.</span><br><ul style="border:0px solid;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;"><span style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-weight:600;">Employee participation (VSOP)</span> - directly benefit from the company’s success.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;"><strong style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-weight:600;">Modern tech setup</strong> - We provide the tools and devices you need to be productive.</li><li><strong>AI-powered work </strong>- We use AI tools to work smarter and more efficiently, and provide you with the tools you need to make the most of AI in your day-to-day work.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;"><strong style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-weight:600;">27 vacation days per year</strong> - For your rest and to recharge. Plus special arrangements if you’re a parent, so you can better balance family and relaxation.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;"><span style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-weight:600;">Remote work</span> - depending on your distance to the office, you work 1–3 days a week onsite and the rest flexibly remote - whatever suits you best. Tech &amp; Product roles sometimes offer 100% remote.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;"><strong style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-weight:600;">Three cool offices in Cologne, Berlin, and London</strong> - true startup vibes to work and grow together. Want to visit another office? We support that too!</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;"><strong style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-weight:600;">Remote, even from afar</strong> - Whether it’s a week of sunshine abroad or a few days with family - we allow flexible work from outside your usual location.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;"><strong style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-weight:600;">Team events at our locations</strong> - Whether after work in Cologne, Berlin, or London: we regularly bring teams together to connect and grow stronger.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;"><strong style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-weight:600;">Offsites with the whole team</strong> - Four days out of the daily grind with the entire team: trips, brainstorming, onsite collaboration, and real team spirit.</li></ul></p><br><strong>Still here? Sounds like a pretty good match.</strong><p><span style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;">If you've made it this far, we hope we've managed to show you one thing: how we work, what we believe in and why this role at PREMATCH is something special.</span><br style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;">Maybe this is exactly the moment you've been waiting for: a team that thinks big, a vision that actually moves things and the chance to help reshape amateur football digitally – together with us.</span><br style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><br style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><span style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';background-color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline;"><strong style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-weight:600;">Now it's your turn.</strong></span><br style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><ul style="border:0px solid;font-family:Inter, '-apple-system', 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Open Sans', 'system-ui', '-apple-system', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;text-transform:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">Click on ‘Apply now’ – it’ll only take 2 minutes.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">All we need is your CV. You can tell us the rest in our simple, short application form.</li><li style="border:0px solid;margin:0px;">Don’t meet all the requirements? If you think you’re still a good fit – just apply</li></ul></p><p>Find more <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.com/english-speaking-jobs">English Speaking Jobs in Germany</a> on Arbeitnow</a>