Chief of Staff – Business Development (gn

Chief of Staff – Business Development (gn)

About
Join HYJOIN and develop the next generation of intelligent manufacturing systems! hyJOIN® is abreakthrough joining technology with the potential to transform manufacturing, design, and sustainability standards. We join any plastic toany metal - without additional material - anddisrupt thousands of products across every industry.

Your mission
This is not a narrow specialist role. As Jr. Chiefof Staff, you work directly alongside the foundingteam and act as their right hand: bridgingstrategy, business development, and day-to-dayexecution. You see the whole company, jump intowhatever matters most, and turn ambiguity intomomentum. One week you're modelling a business case, the next you're preparing a board meeting, scouting a partner, or building a toolthat the team will use every day.

It's theideal role for a curious, hands-on generalist whowants to learn how a deep-tech startup is builtfrom the inside, with real ownership and unusualproximity to the people steering the company.

What you will own

• Work side by side with the Managing Director on the priorities that move the companyforward.
• Prepare strategy papers, growth concepts,board and investor materials.
• Drive cross-functional projects end toend - from first idea to follow-through.
• Keep the leadership team focused:structure decisions, track topics, close loops.

Business Development

• Identify and qualify leads, manage CRM,and help shape the sales pipeline.
• Scout potential partners and customers,and prepare the materials that win the meeting.
• Conduct industry, competitor, and trendresearch that informs real decisions.
• Build business cases, ROI calculations,and pricing logic together with the team.

Hands-On Building

• Analyse manufacturing processes and coststructures to sharpen our value proposition.
• Help develop internal tools - including AI-supported workflows - for lead qualification and beyond.
• Support product and service concept development.
• Create crisp presentations for internal and external stakeholders.

What We’re Looking For

• A generalist mindset: you'd rather ownfive different things than perfect one.
• Enrolled student (min. 4th semester) orrecent graduate in Industrial Engineering,Mechanical Egineering, Business Administration, orsimilar.
• First experience in Excel modelling and ideally CRM tools.
• Strong structure, ownership, and a biasfor action — comfortable in ambiguity.
• Genuine interest in technology,innovation, and how businesses are built.
• Bonus: experience creating or applying AIagents.
• Fluent in English;
  German a plus.

What we offer

• A front-row seat to company building
  -unusual proximity to the founding team and real influence.
• Broad, hands-on exposure across strategy,business development, and product.
• Steep learning curve in a high-tech,fast-moving environment.
• Flexible hours and hybrid work options.
• A path to grow with the role as hyJOIN®scales.

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