Learning curve vs. doing curveJan here, Co-Founder and
COO of Buena (€60m Funding by Google Ventures).I don't believe in
preemptive learning.What you've learned so far doesn't really
matter. No one will ask you about it. How many amazing things did
you learn in your second semester of university? Or in 11th-grade
math class? It's all quickly forgotten.I believe in doing.What have
you done?Because what you will do at Buena is something no one can
ever take away from you.Learning is downstream from doing.You'll be
able to say that you brought a company with 10 employees from a 5%
margin to 40% while increasing revenue.You won't need to say that
you learned to understand financial data, manage employees, or sell
services. It'll be implicitly clear.What you'll do hereI don't care
what you've learned before or what you want to learn here.I leave
that to the academic world. What matters to us is that you'll do A
LOT here:People management, including recruiting: Motivate your
portcos (portfolio companies), help them achieve their goals, and
decide with the team lead who gets hired and when.Creating and
improving operations and processes: Each property management
company has unique characteristics that you'll need to represent in
professional and scalable processes.Product development: New
features are constantly built to handle more property management
tasks even more effectively in our software. You can lead such a
feature from idea to deployment, its first use in a portfolio
company, and finally its rollout across Buena.Property management:
Here, you'll work hands-on with the largest asset class in the
world—and gain insights into what to consider when purchasing your
own real estate. Not the most useless knowledge to acquire.The
above example is the main action for 2025. Once you have
successfully integrated your set of 5-8 portcos, the playbook for
integrations will be so good, we'll be able to have interns do this
job.You will then move on to the next stage: increasing revenue per
unit. There are a bunch of industries within residential real
estate that are adjacent to property management and could be
interesting.One example is insurance.Instead of having every
property manager get their own deals with insurers via external
insurance brokers, you could negotiate one - much better - deal for
all our units directly with Allianz CEO Oliver Bäte at the
Champions League final against Chelsea.Once you have a deal you'll
test it with your PortCos, integrate it into the product, and
finally roll it out.Next step: US Expansion.Work directly with the
Leadership TeamAnyone joining us as a Head of Operations for a Zone
will work directly with the Leadership Team. One could say that
you'll learn a lot from this, but as mentioned above, that's
secondary.Primarily, working with the Leadership Team means two
things:You can do a lot: Your direct supervisor has the autonomy to
approve everything and empower you to act quickly. To get a better
understanding for what that means exactly ask the other Head of
Operations you'll meet in our recruiting process about how budgets
work here.You can grow with the company: In a few years, I'll need
senior execs responsible for areas like Banking, Insurance,
Brokerage, etc. I want to prepare you for this development so
that—even when Buena reaches €100 million or €10 billion in
revenue—you continue to report directly to the Leadership Team. Or
secure their angel investment for your own startup.
#PaypalMafiaHard RequirementsHard requirementsFluent German (C2
level).Move near the office in Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin.Real world
Entrepreneurial Experience: You've generated thousands of Euros of
revenue on your own / with a Co-Founder OR have a couple of years
of work experience in an Operational Role.Application processBrief
Call with Jan (COO) or Christian (Head of People)Case StudyCase
Debrief & Conversation with Jan (Co-Founder COO) & our Head
of Operations East (Linus) or West (Lars) Work Trial in
OfficeMeeting with Din (CEO)These steps can be completed in 4
days.ContactSend your application to
christian.abt@buena.com