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📍 Munich, Germany· Full-time
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Pendo is hiring a Senior Account Executive for our Enterprise Sales team in Munich, Germany to drive new business across our largest DACH Accounts and Dax 40 prospect accounts. This role is built for high-performing enterprise sellers with a proven track record of closing $500K–$1M+ SaaS deals in start-up or high-growth environments. You’ll lead complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles, selling cutting-edge Data & Analytics solutions powered by AI—backed by exciting product innovation and momentum at Pendo—while accelerating growth in one of our most strategic segments. Key Responsibilities Win new enterprise logos across Germany within Pendo’s most strategic segment Lead complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles from first engagement to close Consistently deliver $500K–$1M+ SaaS deals Build trusted relationships with C-level and senior decision-makers Develop and execute clear, strategic account plans Position Pendo’s AI-powered Data & Analytics platform as a critical driver of digital transformation Collaborate cross-functionally to win and expand strategic accounts Maintain accurate forecasting and disciplined pipeline management Experience & Requirements Passion for AI and Technology - you'll be someone who embraces AI in and out of work, and a curiosity for AI and the role it is playing in all that we do Strong track record of closing $500K–$1M+ enterprise SaaS deals across DACH Experience selling into large, complex, matrix organisations Background in Data, Analytics, AI, or enterprise technology solutions Proven success in a start-up or high-growth environment Confident engaging senior stakeholders and executive buyers Structured, strategic, and highly self-driven Fluent German and professional English Pendo Description: Pendo was founded in 2013 by former product managers, who combined their heads and hearts to build something they wanted but never had as product managers -- a simple way to understand and attack what truly drives product succe

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📍 Munich, Munich, Germany· Full-time
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About the Team OpenAI’s mission is to build safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) which benefits all of humanity. This long-term undertaking brings the world’s best scientists, engineers, and business professionals into one lab together to accomplish this. In pursuit of this mission, our Go To Market (GTM) team is responsible for helping customers learn how to leverage and deploy our highly capable AI products across their business. The team is made of Sales, Solutions, Support, Marketing, and Partnership professionals that work together to create valuable solutions that will help bring AI to as many users as possible. About the Role OpenAI is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Account Director to join our Startups Go To Market team. You will play a critical role in owning relationships with top startup customers and supporting them in building successfully on the OpenAI platform. We believe that many of the most disruptive and category-defining AI applications will be created by startups. The Startup Go To Market team’s mission is to help startups harness the power of AI models to drive these advances. You will support startups building effectively with OpenAI’s APIs, and provide access to OpenAI teams and expertise to support their growth. This role is a mixture of technical understanding, vision, partnership, and strategy. You’ll be responsible for serving as the primary relationship owner for a set of strategically important startup customers, as well as working across the OpenAI organization to help these startups accelerate their progress and be successful using our models. You’ll work cross-functionality with product, research, engineering, support, and solutions architecture to help customers get the most out of our models. This role is based in Munich or Berlin. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees In this role, you will: Manage a portfolio of startups accounts, developing

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📍 Munich, Munich, Germany· Full-time
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About the team OpenAI’s mission is to build safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) which benefits all of humanity. This long-term undertaking brings the world’s best scientists, engineers, and business professionals into one lab together to accomplish this. In pursuit of this mission, our Go To Market (GTM) team is responsible for helping customers learn how to leverage and deploy our highly capable AI products across their business. The team is made of Sales, Solutions, Support, Marketing, and Partnership professionals that work together to create valuable solutions that will help bring AI to as many users as possible. About the role Our Sales team has a unique mission to help customers understand the deep impact that highly capable AI models can bring to their business and users. This role is a mixture of technical understanding, vision, partnership, and value-driven strategy. You’ll be a key driver of opportunities through the entire sales cycle, from pipeline generation to closure. You’ll work with researchers, engineers, and solution strategists to help retail customers across UKI & North reimagine customer experience, store and supply-chain operations, merchandising, marketing, and enterprise productivity with AI. This role can be based in Munich or Berlin. In Munich, we use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In Berlin, this will be a remote based role for now. In this role, you'll: Manage a small number of key retail accounts, developing and executing strategies for a comprehensive account plan Lead large enterprise retail customers’ journeys from consideration to successful deployment Partner with solutions and research engineering to build and execute complex customer programs and projects Own a consumption revenue target Manage consumption revenue forecasts Analyze key account metrics to create reports and provide insights to internal and external stakeholders Closely monitor the r

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📍 Frankfurt, Germany· Full-time· Hybrid
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Shape the Future with Dun & Bradstreet At Dun & Bradstreet, we believe data has the power to create a better tomorrow. As a global leader in business decisioning data and analytics, we help companies worldwide grow, manage risk, and innovate. Since 1841, businesses have trusted us to turn uncertainty into opportunity. We’re a diverse, global team that values creativity, collaboration, and bold ideas. Are you ready to make an impact and help shape what’s next? Join us! Explore opportunities at dnb.com/careers. At Dun & Bradstreet, we turn data into insights that help businesses grow. As a Senior Industry Consultant-Manufacturing for Utilities, Manufacturing, and Other Industries (UMO), you will play a key role in bringing this mission to life. Sitting at the intersection of industry expertise, data, and technology, you will transform ideas into scalable, real-world solutions that create measurable value for clients. You will work closely with sales, product, and data teams to shape use cases, support customer engagements, and drive execution from concept to delivery.

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📍 Frankfurt, Germany· Full-time· Hybrid
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Shape the Future with Dun & Bradstreet At Dun & Bradstreet, we believe data has the power to create a better tomorrow. As a global leader in business decisioning data and analytics, we help companies worldwide grow, manage risk, and innovate. Since 1841, businesses have trusted us to turn uncertainty into opportunity. We’re a diverse, global team that values creativity, collaboration, and bold ideas. Are you ready to make an impact and help shape what’s next? Join us! Explore opportunities at dnb.com/careers.

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📍 Frankfurt, Germany· Full-time· Hybrid
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Shape the Future with Dun & Bradstreet At Dun & Bradstreet, we believe data has the power to create a better tomorrow. As a global leader in business decisioning data and analytics, we help companies worldwide grow, manage risk, and innovate. Since 1841, businesses have trusted us to turn uncertainty into opportunity. We’re a diverse, global team that values creativity, collaboration, and bold ideas. Are you ready to make an impact and help shape what’s next? Join us! Explore opportunities at dnb.com/careers. The Relationship Manager owns the commercial growth agenda for an assigned portfolio of accounts. This includes identifying white space, developing account specific growth hypotheses, building and progressing a qualified pipeline, securing renewals, driving win back, cross sell and up sell opportunities, and expanding relationships across relevant buying centers. The Relationship Manager acts as the strategic owner of the account. The role is accountable for actively finding and creating growth opportunities, not only responding to existing demand. The Relationship Manager understands customer priorities, maps personas and buying centers, identifies unused potential across use cases, departments, countries and products, and translates this into focused account plans with clear next steps, owners and dates.

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📍 Frankfurt, Germany· Full-time· Hybrid
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Shape the Future with Dun & Bradstreet At Dun & Bradstreet, we believe data has the power to create a better tomorrow. As a global leader in business decisioning data and analytics, we help companies worldwide grow, manage risk, and innovate. Since 1841, businesses have trusted us to turn uncertainty into opportunity. We’re a diverse, global team that values creativity, collaboration, and bold ideas. Are you ready to make an impact and help shape what’s next? Join us! Explore opportunities at dnb.com/careers. The role and team support various activities to standardize sales workflows and CRM processes and take the responsibility to coordinate the order-to-invoice process The specialist highest priority is supports for the sales team in best using the CRM and implementing CRM workflow standards across markets in Central Europe. The role is based in Germany and expected to cover 50% local support and 50% regional activities.

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📍 Hamburg, Germany
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Location: Berlin or Hamburg At Freenow by Lyft, we are on a mission to empower smarter mobility decisions, helping people to move freely and cities to thrive. Following Lyft's recent acquisition of Freenow in Europe, we are seeking an experienced leader to drive growth in our German and Austrian operations, serving as the critical bridge between global strategy and local execution. You will excel at managing relationships up and down the organization, ensuring central roadmaps align with German market realities while driving hyper-local growth. Reporting directly to the VP Operations, Europe, you will steward the Freenow by Lyft business across Germany and Austria, serving as a key driver of local market growth. In this role, you will collaboratively steer the P&L alongside regional and central leadership, combining strategic vision with hands-on operational oversight. As a strong representative for the Freenow by Lyft brand, you will align the needs of different customer segments while building and managing regulatory and stakeholder relationships that support our local operations and long-term growth. YOUR DAILY ADVENTURES WILL INCLUDE: You will play a key role in driving our German and Austrian operations. This role combines strategic leadership, commercial acumen, stakeholder management, and hands-on execution to support Freenow by Lyft's growth in the market. P&L Management & Commercial Acumen: Collaboratively steer the German and Austria P&L alongside regional leadership, proactively negotiating for the resources and investment needed to fuel local growth. Collaborate with the Marketplace Performance team to steer supply and demand, leveraging understanding of unit economics to optimize the dynamic marketplace. Identify and develop new revenue streams from concept to realization, including growth pillars such as Medical and Dispatch solutions. Operational Excellence & Growth: Lead the "Local Growth Team" model, inspiring a high-

Job Title Werkstudent / Praktikum Projektmanagement - Produktivität (all genders) Job Description In dieser Rolle hast Du die Möglichkeit aktiv bei der Generierung und Umsetzung von Produktivitätsideen mitzuwirken. Du bekommst weitreichende Einblicke in das Programm, Lean Methodik, KI/AI sowie das Reporting und erhältst die Möglichkeit, selbst Projekte zu leiten oder andere Projektteams zu unterstützen. Du arbeitest auf Augenhöhe mit unserem Programmmanager zusammen und entwickelst Verbesserungs-Ideen und Konzepte. Deine Aufgaben Weiterentwicklung des Produktivitäts-Programmes (z.B. Tools, Standards, Dashboards) Vorbereitung, Umsetzung, Moderation und Nachbereitung von Workshops zur Ideengenerierung in verschiedenen Bereichen Durchführung von Projekten zur Optimierung bestehender Prozesse Unterstützung der Projektleiter bei der Erstellung von Business Cases und Projekt Chartern Schnittstellentätigkeit zwischen dem Programm und den Bereichen Produktion, Logistik und Qualität Unterstützung im Tagesgeschäft (z.B. Terminierung, Moderation von Reviews) Super, wenn Du folgendes mitbringst Laufendes, fortgeschrittenes Studium der Fachrichtung Ingenieurswesen, Elektrotechnik, Logistik, Medizintechnik, Maschinenbau o.ä. Hohe Leidenschaft für Technik und ein hohes Maß an Eigeninitiative Du gehst strukturiert und analytisch an Probleme heran und hast Spaß daran, über den Tellerrand hinaus zu gucken Erste Erfahrungen im Bereich Lean Management Erste Erfahrungen im Bereich Prozessverbesserung durch den Einsatz künstlicher Intelligenz wünschenswert Sehr gute Excel-Kenntnisse und Zahlenaffinität Sehr gute Deutsch- und Englischkenntnisse <u

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📍 Frankfurt, Germany· Full-time
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Here at Appian, our values of Intensity and Excellence define who we are. We set high standards and live up to them, ensuring that everything we do is done with care and quality. We approach every challenge with ambition and commitment, holding ourselves and each other accountable to achieve the best results. When you join Appian, you’ll be part of a passionate team dedicated to accomplishing hard things, together. Are you an analytical problem-solver ready to jumpstart your career in technology consulting? Build, implement, and deploy custom business applications that reshape how corporations operate. ABOUT THE TEAM Appian Customer Success is obsessed with creating exceptional customer outcomes and driving high-velocity, mission-critical business impact. As the specialized elite consulting branch of Appian, we partner directly with our clients to transform their most ambitious ideas into reality. Joining this team guarantees access to the deep support, mentorship, and foundational growth required to rapidly elevate and evolve your career in corporate technology consulting. THE OPPORTUNITY As an Associate Consultant, you are the catalyst that brings our technology to life. You won't just learn about digital transformation – you will build it. From implementing an organization's very first business process to scaling complex operations across an entire enterprise, you will construct modern applications that change the way corporations operate. This role places you on the fast track to becoming a subject matter expert in AI-Powered Process Automation and a trusted advisor to global business leaders. WHAT YOU'LL DO Deploy Process Solutions: Construct, implement, and deploy custom, process-centric business applications using Appian's leading low-code platform. Analyze & Architect: Evaluate client business strategies and operations to design high-impact technical solutions that solve complex workflow inefficiencies. Apply Design Thinking: Leverag

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📍 Hamburg, Germany· Full-time
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Location : Hamburg or Berlin! At Freenow by Lyft, we are on a mission to empower smarter mobility decisions, helping people to move freely and cities to thrive. We are looking for a Senior Commercial Finance Manager to drive financial planning, business casing, and performance tracking across our dynamic growth segments and key strategic initiatives. In this role, you will act as a core financial business partner to the segment leaders and business owners accountable for driving these growth levers, providing the analytical rigor needed to guide investment decisions and strategy. Your scope extends beyond our core marketplace model to encompass B2B SaaS solutions and other business models. Beyond commercial FP&A, you will play an active role in M&A activities by supporting buy-side due diligence and post-acquisition financial integration. YOUR DAILY ADVENTURES WILL INCLUDE: Lead structured financial modeling and business casing for growth segments and strategic projects in close collaboration with business owners. Act as a key finance partner to segment leaders and business owners, providing objective analysis to inform senior leadership discussions on resource allocation and major investment decisions. Establish continuous ROI tracking frameworks and conduct routine performance reviews to ensure capital efficiency across all growth levers. Work alongside the Data team to define and implement consistent KPI tracking, reporting frameworks, and performance dashboards. Collaborate with the broader Commercial Finance team to build and maintain sustainable "shadow P&L" reporting for growth segments (prospectively utilizing Anaplan). Support buy-side M&A projects by assessing target financials and evaluating business models within the context of our own operational data to complement external due diligence advisory work. Structure and drive the post-acquisition financial integration of newly acquired businesses from an FP&A perspective, ensuring

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📍 Hamburg, Germany· Full-time
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Why project44? At project44, we believe in better. We challenge the status quo because we know a better supply chain isn’t just possible—it’s essential. Better for our customers. Better for their business. Better for the world. With our Decision Intelligence Platform, Movement , we’re redefining how global supply chains operate. By transforming fragmented logistics data into real-time, AI-powered insights, we empower companies to connect instantly, see clearly, act decisively, and automate intelligently. Our Supply Chain AI enhances visibility, drives smarter execution, and unlocks next-gen applications that keep businesses moving forward. Headquartered in Chicago, IL, with a 2nd HQ in Bengaluru, India, we are powered by a diverse global team that is tackling the toughest logistics challenges with innovation, urgency, and purpose. If you’re driven to solve meaningful problems, leverage AI to scale rapidly, drive impact daily, and be part of a high-performance team – we should talk. About the Role: As a Solutions Engineer , you’ll serve as a senior technical and business advisor responsible for driving complex enterprise sales engagements and shaping how project44 delivers value to the market. This role is both strategic and hands-on, you will lead technical discovery and solution design for our largest customers, mentor the next generation of Solutions Engineers, and partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Sales to influence the direction of our platform. You are a storyteller, technologist, and strategist who can articulate how project44 technology transforms global supply chains, and back it up with architectural depth and operational know-how. Key Accountabilities: Lead technical strategy and solution design for complex global enterprise opportunities. Serve as the primary technical authority during sales engagements-partnering closely with Account Executives to develop and execute ac

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📍 Germany· Full-time
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About Us What if your work could drive change in a globally established industry, shaping processes that touch every corner of the world? At Forto, we are at the forefront of change, harnessing the power of AI to revolutionise logistics. We want to reinvent digital supply chains to be transparent, frictionless and sustainable. From day one, our mission has been to simplify global trade – creating a seamless and efficient logistics process. About the role: We’re looking for a driven Sales Manager (f/m/d) to join Forto’s commercial team and help accelerate our growth across Europe. In this full-cycle sales role, you’ll be responsible for acquiring new customers and building your own book of business - with the opportunity to retain and grow those accounts over time. Your initial focus will be landing net-new customers through outbound outreach and in-person field selling. As your portfolio grows, you’ll take ownership of those relationships and drive long-term value through upsell, cross-sell, and exceptional account management. You’ll be selling a solution that’s reshaping global logistics — all while working in a fast-paced, collaborative, and high-performing team. Priority locations for this role include Thuringia/North Bavaria + Brandenburg/Western Saxony Key Responsibilities: Sign new customers that match Forto’s ideal customer profile to drive volume and gross profit. Own your pipeline : prospect, qualify, and convert leads via outbound outreach and in-person selling. Run effective discovery : deeply understand customer needs and how Forto can solve them. Build long-term partnerships : manage and grow the customers you land, identifying upsell and cross-sell opportunities. Lead business reviews with key customers to align on performance, future needs, and expansion potential. Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Finance and Product to ensure a seamless and positive customer experience. Required Skills and Experience: 3+ years of experience in B2B sale

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📍 Berlin, Berlin, Germany· Full-time
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About Us What if your work could drive change in a globally established industry, shaping processes that touch every corner of the world? At Forto, we are at the forefront of change, harnessing the power of AI to revolutionise logistics. We want to reinvent digital supply chains to be transparent, frictionless and sustainable. From day one, our mission has been to simplify global trade – creating a seamless and efficient logistics process. About the role As one of our Legal Counsel, you will be the primary legal architect ensuring our digital freight forwarding operations remain robust, compliant, and risk resilient. This isn't just a "paperwork" role; you will be deeply embedded in the business, managing the friction points of international logistics; from chasing down outstanding debt to steering high-stakes litigation with external advisors. You’ll balance a "get it done" operational mindset with the strategic foresight needed to build scalable processes that protect our bottom line without slowing down our growth. Key Responsibilities Operational Legal Support: Provide daily guidance on freight forwarding issues (Incoterms, Bills of Lading, Liens, and carrier liability) to our operations and sales teams. Process Engineering & Risk Mitigation: Collaborate with a variety of internal stakeholders to design and implement automated risk-management workflows. You will proactively identify "leakage" points and create processes to mitigate them. Debt Collection & Recovery: Take the lead on managing overdue accounts, coordinating with finance teams, and executing legal strategies to recover outstanding payments across multiple jurisdictions. Litigation Management: Act as the primary point of contact for external law firms. You will oversee cargo claims, carrier disputes, and commercial litigation, ensuring external spend is optimized and cases are resolved efficiently. Stakeholder Alignment: Work cross-functionally with Finance, Tech, Operations, and Sales to ens

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📍 Berlin, Berlin, Germany· Full-time
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About Us What if your work could drive change in a globally established industry, shaping processes that touch every corner of the world? At Forto, we are at the forefront of change, harnessing the power of AI to revolutionise logistics. We want to reinvent digital supply chains to be transparent, frictionless and sustainable. From day one, our mission has been to simplify global trade – creating a seamless and efficient logistics process. Your role & Mission At Forto, we are made to move forward. We are transforming one of the world’s most complex industries by solving what others still treat as unsolvable. As Team Lead Product Manager for Financials, you will lead the product team responsible for the systems that turn commercial commitments, costs, revenue, and margin into reliable financial execution and business control. You will own the Financials product domain - one of Forto’s most critical areas - ensuring accurate revenue capture, cost control, margin protection, and trusted financial visibility. This is not a traditional finance tooling role. It sits at the intersection of logistics and finance, where complex operational challenges, partner costs, customer agreements, and fragmented processes must be transformed into scalable product solutions. You will also lead and coach two Product Managers working on closely connected domains, shaping the team's direction, raising the quality of product thinking, and helping them grow into stronger product leaders. This role is for someone who thrives in complexity, thinks at both system and detail level, influences across functions, and turns ambiguity into clear product direction. What you will do Lead the PM team responsible for Forto’s financial execution flow: Financials, procured services, committed capacity, cost structures, and margin control. Own the Financials product strategy across revenue, cost, invoicing, VAT, FX, reporting, financial controls, profit visibility, and customer-facing financial flows. T

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