Business Manager - CEO Office Europe

This is a role for someone who combines strategic judgement with strong execution discipline. You will need to be curious, organised, commercially minded and confident working in a fast-paced environment where discretion, stakeholder management and communication are critical. How you work will be as important as what you deliver: the ability to connect the dots, build trust and create momentum across teams will be central to success.

What you’ll be doing

• Support the CEO in the effective running of the CEO Office, ensuring priorities, decisions and actions are well structured, followed through and aligned to the European business agenda.
• Partner closely with the Chief of Strategy to translate strategic priorities into clear plans, governance routines, deliverables and progress tracking.
• Own and coordinate the CEO’s operating rhythm, including ELT meetings, leadership forums, business reviews and key governance touchpoints.
• Prepare high-quality briefing materials for key CEO meetings, ensuring discussions are focused, decision-oriented and supported by clear follow-up.
• Track delivery of CEO and ELT priorities, ensuring actions are progressed, risks and dependencies are surfaced, and momentum is maintained across the business.
• Support the development of annual business plans, strategic priorities and CEO or Board updates in partnership with the Chief of Strategy and relevant business leads.
• Lead selected strategic and operational projects on behalf of the CEO Office, bringing structure, pace and clarity to cross-functional work.
• Act as a key coordination point between the CEO, Chief of Strategy, ELT members and Group stakeholders to support effective information flow and alignment.
• Help shape clear, consistent and compelling communications from the CEO Office, including leadership updates, internal cascades and materials for major employee engagement events.
• Work closely with the Executive Assistant to ensure the CEO’s annual calendar, leadership forums and communication cadence are aligned to business priorities.

Key Capabilities & Mindset

• Strong strategic judgement, with the ability to understand business priorities, identify what matters most and translate ambiguity into practical action.
• Proven experience leading or playing a significant role in complex projects involving senior stakeholders and multiple teams.
• Excellent project management and orchestration skills, with the discipline to turn plans into outcomes and maintain momentum across competing priorities.
• Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills, with confidence engaging senior leaders and the judgement to know when to challenge, align or escalate.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to distil complex information into clear, concise and audience-appropriate materials.
• Commercially minded, self-starting and highly organised, with the ability to work independently while building strong relationships across the business.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced and evolving environment, able to manage uncertainty, adapt quickly and stay focused on delivery.
• High levels of discretion, sound judgement and professionalism, given the proximity of the role to the CEO Office and senior leadership agenda.
• Cultural awareness and empathy, with the ability to work effectively with colleagues across different countries, backgrounds and operating environments.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

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Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), table; dl-de/by-2-0; StarIn's calculation

Posted Nov 01, 2026

Posted Nov 01, 2026