Project Manager (m/f/d) - Innovation and Ventures

hy is looking for a motivated Project Manager for the Innovation and Ventures team. We want to open up new perspectives with you under our motto 'Redefine Consulting'!

Your Team

In the Innovation & Ventures team, we identify and develop promising growth opportunities for our clients and create sustainable solutions for the successful scaling of innovative business models.

With the systematic validation of business ideas along the dimensions of Desirability, Viability, and Feasibility, we create the basis for sound entrepreneurial decisions. We advise our clients on the implementation of a business idea with regard to a build, partner, or investment strategy and actively support them as partners in its implementation. We consider the entire value chain, starting from intelligent supplier management, through necessary transformation processes in production, to digital customer interfaces in sales and communication. We also support our clients as competent co-entrepreneurs or investors in building an MVP, a Minimum Viable Venture, or in scaling existing business models. We always act as if it were our own business and always work for the success of our clients.

Your Mission

• As an Engagement Manager (Project Manager), you will work on projects in various industries and with different topics, being responsible for conception, control, and execution, among other things. You ensure excellent delivery and targeted impact of the projects.
• You are responsible for building MVPs and products or product areas for our clients as well as internally at hy.
• You validate ideas based on prototypes, analyze data collected during validation, and define product visions, strategies, and roadmaps.
• As a contact person for our clients, you are significantly responsible for project management, preparation of client meetings, and excellent client presentations.
• You shape our approach to redefining management consulting in your role as a team player and modern leader.
• You independently use various AI-supported applications in your work.

What we wish for

• You bring at least 5 years of professional experience in demanding environments such as consulting, corporate innovation, company builder or start-ups with extensive experience in the development and realization of new digital business models.
• Your focus was primarily on analytical topics or you have gained experience in business model development, product development and technology integration.
• A big plus is if you have founded a company yourself or run a "side hustle".
• You have a Master's or equivalent degree.
• You bring a deep understanding of innovation processes, new technologies and digital business models in both B2B and B2C.
• You have gained initial leadership experience. Communication with various stakeholders is not a problem for you.
• Large datasets do not deter you. On the contrary, they allow you to recognize patterns that you creatively process with your outstanding analytical skills to derive pragmatic recommendations for action.
• Your presentation style is authentic and confident, and you are fluent in negotiations in English and German.

What else you can score with

• You have a well-maintained network.
• Your team spirit, based on values such as cohesion, excellence, curiosity, and entrepreneurship, distinguishes you.
• Your presentation style is authentic, confident, and you are fluent in negotiations in English and German.
• You have already gained experience with No-Code/Low-Code and AI-supported automation tools and understand the implications of current AI developments for our business model.

What is a matter of course for us

• Fair and transparent salary structures.
• With our modern office in Kreuzberg, we offer you an ideal working environment.
• 28 vacation days a year, plus Christmas and New Year's Eve off.
• State-of-the-art hardware setup.
• Mobility offers, e.g., free Deutschland-Ticket and JobRad.
• Corporate Benefits platform via Axel Springer with exclusive advantages and discounts.
• Discounts on fitness offers from the Axel Springer family, as well as internal subsidy for an Urban Sports Club M membership #hyenergy.
• FreeFood Initiative - subsidy for lunch/snacks and drinks in the Axel Springer canteens and on the rooftop.
• ... and last but not least: drinks, fruit basket, and foosball ;-)

What makes us special

• In the first weeks after birth, (married) partners receive two weeks of paid special leave.
• A culture based on transparency, appreciation, and trust, which puts people at hy at the center.
• Opportunity to participate in hy: You benefit from dividends and potential exit of a rapidly growing company.
• During child (emergency) care time, hy pays your full salary - completely without loss of earnings.
• Time blockers for your personal topics, which are respected by everyone without exception.
• Annual training budget of €1,000 for what makes you grow - professionally and personally.
• Multi-day company retreat once a year.
• Extremely steep learning curve and transparent career development concept with two development dialogues per year.
• Concierge Service (at Axel Springer) - dry cleaning, flower services, shoe repair, tailoring, etc.
• As a company, we want to give back and enable our employees to engage in a good cause as a team or individually - during working hours. For this purpose, every hy employee receives 2 days of paid special leave per year, which they can use for charitable engagement.