The Role
The Project Manager works closely with our COO to ensure the smooth operation of NLND, GCD’s primary project, alongside the management of other projects we operate. As the knotenpunkt between the client, the project team and the wider organisation, you keep everyone aligned, informed and moving towards the same milestones.
Responsibilities
- Project Overview: Use digital tools to maintain a clear overview of milestones, blockers and successes across the project.
- HR + Workforce Management: Work with the COO to ensure workload is evenly distributed across teams, and manage the team calendar. Support with team-building and company culture topics.
- Stakeholder Communication: Act as a go-between for the client, the project team and internal departments, receiving, reviewing and preparing project briefs.
- Meetings: Organise and moderate weekly, monthly and quarterly meetings, and support teams with their recurring check-ins.
- Processes + Interdepartmental Communication: Set up processes for alignment between departments, with a special focus on the construction and facilities units.
- Reporting: Support the delivery of monthly and annual reports for the projects we work on, including ongoing KPI and OKR monitoring.
- AI + Process Optimisation: Use AI and digital tools to automate processes, streamline the CEO’s workflows, and help build a future-thinking organisation.
Qualifications
- Fluent German speaker with very good English skills.
- Experience working in an international environment is desirable.
- Bachelor's degree in business, project management, marketing, or a related field.
- 4–5 years of experience in project management, with proven experience on large, multi-layered, complex projects, ideally with a construction focus.
- Experience in the startup scene or working with innovation ecosystems is a plus.
- Proven, strong stakeholder management skills and very good communication skills.
- Confident with digital tools such as Asana, Monday, Salesforce, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 and Slack, as well as HR tools for time tracking (eg. Toggl).
Benefits
- Work with a variety of clients and collaborators, from international corporations to local communities.
- Learn from a team of hands-on, entrepreneurial individuals
- A competitive salary
- A comfortable seat in the sunny GCD offices at NLND
- Access to flexible workspace on the NLND campus, in the NLND Hub
- Participate in Berlin’s newest innovation community - attend events, grow your network
- Barista coffee machine, free soft drinks and tea, weekly fresh fruit and vegetable delivery
- Great lunches in the on-site cafeteria at very affordable prices
Diversity statement
At GCD we celebrate diversity and the differences between us, whilst fostering an inclusive environment for people from all walks of life. We are a small team, with colleagues representing multiple nationalities and from the LGBTQIA+ community. We actively encourage applications from individuals of all races, ethnicities, genders, or marginalised groups.
The Company
Green City Development is a consultancy specialising in the design, activation, and operation of innovation ecosystems and community-driven developments. We combine strategic narrative, ecosystem thinking, branding, and placemaking to deliver measurable outcomes for ambitious development projects. Active projects include NLND Berlin and Tempelhof Projekt.
About NLND Berlin
NLND Berlin is a 150,000 m² former cigarette factory in Neukölln, re-envisioned as the home of industrial transformation, bringing together industry and SMEs with universities, start-ups, and the government to create a European lighthouse project for deeptech innovation and future city technology.
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