Manager, Workplace & Facilities

Location: Berlin, Germany; full-time, in-office position 5 days per week. Regular travel to regional offices in Ljubljana, Haarlem, and London is required, with occasional travel to U.S. offices.

Salary: €68,500–€85,600 gross annually, with possible discretionary bonuses and equity.

Company

hirify.global designs, builds, and operates a large constellation of imaging satellites and provides cloud-based Earth observation data for commercial, environmental, and humanitarian applications.

What you will do

• Lead the Berlin Workplace team across office operations, facilities, hospitality, and front-of-house services.
• Own daily workplace operations, budgets, vendor performance, service contracts, landlord relationships, and operational escalations.
• Partner with Berlin leadership, Manufacturing, People Team, Security, Corporate Engineering, and other teams to operate an integrated office and manufacturing site.
• Lead workplace teams and provide coaching, oversight, and escalation support across Ljubljana, Haarlem, and London.
• Manage workplace projects, office changes, expansions, major events, executive visits, customer visits, and employee onboarding.
• Apply global workplace standards across EMEA and lead communications, feedback, and change management for the Berlin site.

Requirements

• 6–8 years of relevant work experience and 4–6 years of supervisory or leadership experience.
• Experience managing workplace budgets, vendors, service contracts, landlord relationships, office operations, facilities services, hospitality, and employee-facing programs.
• Experience leading projects involving multiple teams, timelines, budgets, and operational dependencies.
• Experience partnering with senior executives and making independent workplace operating decisions.
• Ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on operational work, resolve competing stakeholder needs, and handle sensitive matters with discretion.
• Professional working proficiency in German and English is required.

Nice to have

• Experience leading workplace operations across multiple countries or locations.
• Experience supporting office and manufacturing, R&D, laboratory, or other technical environments.
• Experience with executive or customer visits, workplace construction, office expansions, major site transitions, change management, or onboarding programs.

Culture & Benefits

• Paid time off including vacation, holidays, and company-wide days off.
• Employee Wellness Program.
• Home office, phone, and internet reimbursements.
• Tuition reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning.
• Equity and paid volunteering time off.
• People-centric culture focused on belonging, inclusion, and humanitarian impact.