Business Manager jobs in Germany

In this role, you will:

• Drive the operational launch and execution of new strategic initiatives in the Collectibles space, ensuring seamless coordination across product, operations, and marketing teams.

• Accelerate adoption and performance of innovative programs, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, and impact.

• Partner with senior leaders to prepare strategy updates, business cases, and stakeholder communications, driving alignment across the organization.

• Contribute to future growth projects, from pilot design through to rollout, building repeatable frameworks that deliver long-term business results.

• Leverage analytics and market insights to guide decision-making, track performance, and measure impact.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has 4+ years of experience in top-tier management consulting or in e-commerce with a strong focus on strategy and cross-functional program leadership.

• Thrives in a fast-paced, strongly growing environment, with the ability to translate strategy into execution.

• Demonstrates strong project management skills, balancing multiple initiatives and stakeholder groups effectively.

• Possesses excellent communication skills, creating impactful narratives for both executive and cross-functional audiences.

• Brings a structured, problem-solving mindset with a bias for action and tangible results.

• Is fluent in English (German a strong plus).

As a Paid Social Media Manager , you’ll bring eBay’s brand to life across social platforms through meaningful, data-driven campaigns that connect with diverse audiences and deliver measurable results.

• Develop and execute inclusive and effective paid social strategies that support marketing and business goals across the full customer journey—from awareness to conversion.

• Plan, launch, and manage social campaigns across multiple platforms, ensuring efficient budget use and alignment with key performance goals.

• Analyze and optimize campaign performance, turning insights into action to continuously improve results and scale impact.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, media planners, brand partners, and agencies to ensure alignment, transparency, and smooth execution.

• Test and learn: run A/B and multivariate tests to identify what resonates most—across creative, audiences, and bidding strategies—and apply those findings in future campaigns.

• Champion innovation:

• 4+ years of experience in paid digital media, including at least 3 years focused on paid social (e.g., Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, Snapchat, Reddit).

• A strong grasp of social advertising, platform capabilities, audience insights, and evolving industry trends.

• Validated experience running and optimizing campaigns with a data-informed, test-and-learn approach.

• Excellent collaboration skills—comfortable working in a cross-functional, multicultural environment with diverse partners.

• Analytical approach and attention to detail, with the ability to translate data into clear, actionable recommendations.

• Strong communicator and relationship builder, able to influence and align across teams with empathy and clarity.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

As an Applied Research Manager, you lead scientists and engineers, guiding major projects. This role is a unique blend of technical leadership and people management, perfect for a seasoned researcher who excels at both.

• Manage a group of researchers and technologists, aligning the team's work with product initiatives and encouraging the professional development of your team members.

• Take on vague and ambitious business problems, translating them into principled, solvable research plans and driving them from idea to production.

• Serve as the technical project lead for critical initiatives, collaborating with product managers and engineers to build robust data pipelines and scalable algorithmic systems.

• Mentor junior researchers and engineers, setting the bar for technical excellence and helping to establish and improve scientific processes across the organization.

• Act as a key technical voice in discussions across teams, influencing technical direction and contributing to the broader org and company strategy.

• An experienced and strong practitioner of machine learning with deep industrial experience in one or more of the following: classification, regression, recommendation systems, ranking systems, online advertising, or fraud detection.

• Proven track record to lead complex projects, reduce ambiguity, and make critical technical decisions that balance short-term needs and long-term vision.

• Experience designing and operating big data processing pipelines using technologies like Hadoop, Spark, Hive, or SQL.

• Strong programming skills and experience building large-scale backend systems using languages such as Python, R, Java, Scala, or C++.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills, with a track record of influencing others and driving consensus.

• PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field with 4-8 years of industry experience, OR a Master's degree with 8-11 years of industry experience.

• A history of publishing in top-tier academic conferences is a strong plus.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Vertical Portfolio Marketer (m/f/*), you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Lead new technology identification, organizational learning, and market/competitive insights through Trend Analysis, Secondary Research, and Customer engagement

• Lead Marketing Planning for Automotive BIW/Chassis and Propulsion/Emissions segments and partner with TEBG Platforms, Global Commercial Marketing, and TEBG Marketing Center for execution and measuring impact

• Partner with Vertical ADE and Platform Portfolio and R&D teams to progress technology hopper ideas to Build Business Case with focus on BIW/Chassis Structural Adhesives

• Develop Lead Generation priorities and content for BIW/Chassis and Propulsion/Emissions and execute campaign programs

• Partner with Platform Portfolio and Marketing Center to execute NPI commercial launch plans

• Consults with Account Based Marketers, Marquee and Key Account leaders, Vertical and Platform R&D for customer workshop design and execution

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher

• Fundamental experience in New Product Commercialization, Marketing, Strategy, Sales and/or technical roles in a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Master's degree in Business or Technical discipline

• Experience in solving complex customer design challenges in a technical, sales, or marketing role in the Automotive market environment

• Prior experience in sales, business leadership, or technical role in the Automotive market

• Experience successfully commercializing new product platforms in the Automotive market

• Business leadership, technical, or sales experience with Structural Adhesives products

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