Venture Development Manager (m/w/d)

⭐️ Your Impact:

We are seeking a Venture Development Manager (m/f/d) who will support our partner craft businesses (Handwerksbetriebe & Neugründungen) to grow their top line. This role is crucial to the success of smalt's business — only if our partners are successful themselves will smalt be able to grow its revenue share model. The role combines commercial strategy, marketing experimentation, and hands-on activation. You will work at the intersection of operations, marketing, and technology — driving growth, testing playbooks, and shaping how smalt empowers trades entrepreneurs to scale.

• Onboard and coach new Meister partners through their first months with smalt

• Operate and improve key business processes (offers, invoicing, documentation, workforce planning, etc.)

• Analyse partner performance and design interventions that improve conversion, efficiency, and facilitate growth

• Build and automate scalable workflows using tools like Attio, Make, and smalt's AI stack

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Operations, and Growth teams to improve the partner experience

• Translate field insights into product requirements and data models that inform smalt's AI

✨ What Makes You a Great Fit:

• 3-5 years of experience in tech, operations, consulting, or VC — ideally with exposure to SaaS, field operations, or vertical software

• Highly structured and analytical — you love building systems and documenting how things work

• Entrepreneurial and self-starter mindset — excited to take ownership and work hands-on with partners

• Fluent in German (C2) and English , able to communicate confidently with Meister and business owners

• Comfortable using tools like Attio, Notion, HubSpot, Pipedrive, or automation platforms (Make, Zapier, n8n)

• (Bonus) Field experience or technical understanding of Elektro, PV, or SHK is a plus

• Location: Berlin preferred (hybrid), with occasional field travel across Germany

☀️ Why You'll Love Working With Us:

• Join a passionate, diverse and inclusive team shaping the future of skilled trades

• 30 vacation days

• Competitive compensation & VSOP

• Deutschlandticket or Urban Sports Club Membership

• Exposure to world-leading investors: General Catalyst, noa, Owl Ventures & Heartfelt_

• Hybrid work setup (Berlin preferred)

• Regular team events and lunches

About us

Smalt is the AI-first backoffice and growth engine that empowers skilled tradespeople to become entrepreneurs.

We support craftsmen in starting and scaling their businesses by providing a digital backoffice – from setup, company registration & launch, to offer creation, invoicing, documentation, talent retention, and revenue growth tools.

Smalt is building the tech-first backbone to solve the labour productivity gap and create an abundance of craft entrepreneurs globally.

Since inception in 2023 , we have raised €12M from leading venture capital firms including General Catalyst, Owl Ventures, noa , and others.

We’ve built strong revenue traction (€4–5M+) in our integrated service delivery business and are now rapidly expanding our partner network model.