(Junior) Business Operations Manager

ABOUT US

We are building a future where every student on the planet can access, enjoy, and benefit from the highest quality education. Since founding Knowunity straight out of high school in 2020, we've been committed to revolutionising how students learn.

Millions of students already use our AI learning companion weekly. We just raised €27m from strong Investors - one of Europe’s largest education rounds in the past years. The AI learning market is at an inflection point, finally enabling true personalisation at scale, and we're determined to build the first AI learning unicorn in this space.

You will join a truly driven team of 60 hands-on builders serving 1 billion students worldwide. If we execute on our product vision, you will have built something that transforms education globally.

This is your chance to be part of building a generational company.

Your mission

The problem you will solve: As we scale rapidly to capture the AI learning market, we need operational excellence that connects our financial strategy with our talent strategy. Our growth depends on smart resource allocation and building a strong, hard working team that can execute on our ambitions. You will be responsible to find the best entrepreneurial talent and will build up our talent product, utilising first principle thinking and product set ups to build the best team.

Your ownership:

• Reinvent our talent function - Build an entirely new talent approach, not standard high-volume TA. Design systems to find true outliers in places no one else is looking, creating a strategic capability that enables us to hire exceptional people consistently and efficiently through unconventional methods.

• Drive strategic planning and resource optimization - develop frameworks for forecasting, planning, and resource allocation that inform strategic decisions on growth investments and organizational priorities

• Build talent like you would build a product - Treat our hires as customers and develop a complete product strategy to excite and convert them. Develop models for hiring plans, optimize acquisition efficiency and ROI, and ensure our talent investments align with business priorities and organizational goals.

• Organisational health and financial impact - build dashboards, frameworks, and automated processes that provide leadership with real-time visibility into organisational health and talent pipeline strength

• Drive cross-functional initiatives - take ownership of projects that span operations, talent, and strategy - from stakeholder engagement to employer branding to operational efficiency improvements

Why this matters: Our ability to achieve unicorn status depends on financial discipline and hiring the right people at the right time. You'll build the operational foundation that enables us to serve 1 billion students.

What success looks like: You will have implemented robust financial reporting systems, established a scalable talent acquisition process, and created integrated planning tools that help leadership make better decisions about where to invest our resources - both capital and people.

Your story

Your mindset

You are the type of person who:

• Thinks like an owner, not an executor - you don't wait for detailed instructions; you identify operational gaps and build solutions that scale

• Balances rigor with speed - you can build a financial model or design a hiring process with analytical precision while maintaining startup velocity

• Leverages AI and automation to eliminate manual work and create leverage across all operational functions

• Values systems over heroics - you build processes that work without you, not dependencies on you

• Applies product thinking to talent - This isn't a traditional TA build-out. You'll approach talent acquisition like building a product: creative, innovative, and from first principles. We want someone who reimagines TA from the ground up with fresh, unconventional approaches - not cookie-cutter solutions that everyone else is implementing

Your track record

You have already proven you can deliver impact in operational roles - whether through experience in finance, operations, consulting, or talent/people functions at high-growth companies. You're naturally versatile and energized by wearing multiple hats.

Must-haves

• Top-tier university (business, economics, or quantitative field)

• Previous experience in consulting, high-growth startup, or similar university projects

• Analytical mindset with ability to translate complex data into actionable insights

• Native/fluent English; German is a plus

• Ready to work from our Berlin office 5 days/week (with some flexibility!)

What we offer

Not for everyone, everything for the right ones.

• Competitive compensation and equity: We’re are building Knowunity to dominate the global AI learning market. Your compensation package includes competitive salary paired with meaningful equity in a company with genuine unicorn potential. Team members who help us reach that goal will be rewarded accordingly.

• Elite team and true ownership: You’ll work alongside 60 exceptional people who match your ambition within a flat hierarchy - direct access to founders and leadership without bureaucratic middle layers. You'll own entire areas from conception to delivery with real decision-making authority.

• Meaningful impact at scale: Your work will have immediate, measurable impact on education globally and directly improves how millions of students learn.

• Benefits: 20 days annual leave +1 extra day per year with Knowunity, 40 days work from anywhere, personal development budget, mental health support via Nilo, Urban Sports Club, monthly become1 retail vouchers, team and company events

We’re not here to coast - we are building something exceptional. We’re a lean team of ambitious people who push hard, move fast, and constantly raise the bar. The real perk is not standard benefits - it’s joining 60 amazing people who challenge you to level up daily. If you’re hungry, thrive under pressure and ready to go the extra mile, this is where you will accelerate your career faster than anywhere else.

How to apply

Ready to help build the AI learning unicorn?

Click “Apply for this job” and submit your CV and LinkedIn profile.

We encourage applications from exceptional talent regardless of traditional background requirements.

At Knowunity, we actively foster an inclusive and diverse workplace that ensures equal opportunity for all qualified applicants, regardless of nationality, ethnic or national origin, skin color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or marital status. Please refrain from including your picture and age with the application.