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Legal, Finance, Facilities & AdminBusiness Lead. Supporting Regional Director, Northern Europe
Hamburg, Germany - Berlin, GermanyFacebook was built to help people connect and share, and over the last decade our tools have played a critical part in changing how people around the world communicate with one another. With over a billion people using the service and more than fifty offices around the globe, a career at Facebook offers countless ways to make an impact in a fast growing organization.
Facebook is seeking an experienced Business Lead. This position is to support our Regional Director of Northern Europe and the individual can be based in our Berlin or Hamburg office. We’re looking for a smart, efficient self starter with an ability to operate effectively in a fast paced, ever changing environment.
Responsibilities
- Guide the creation of persuasive presentations and stories that demonstrate the value of Facebook to clients
- Increase the effectiveness of the team by recognizing opportunities for new approaches
- Partner with Facebook cross-functional teams and on structuring and executing operational and strategic initiatives - developing work plans, synthesizing market related data, leading analysis and help defining the overall business approach to Facebook’s success the region
- Review, update and manage schedule for the Regional Leader
- Confirm attendees and manage the agenda and logistics of meetings, including customer and partner meetings
- Ensure the timely preparation and delivery of briefing information for meetings as required
- Organize client and staff events
- Coordinate complex domestic and international travel arrangements
- Communicate routinely to direct reports to ensure transparency and communication within team
- Communicate daily with internal and external customers, prospects, partners, and vendors while exhibiting the highest degree of professionalism, courtesy and diplomacy
- Ensure and maintain confidentiality of all appropriate communications and documentation
- Process and manage expense reports
Requirements
- Exceptional organizational and analytical skills
- Great written and verbal communications as well as presentation skills with the ability of capturing complex concepts and conveying them in simple, meaningful language
- Skilled storyteller with experience communicating the benefit of marketing opportunities to brands and synthesizing product features and client needs in to powerful stories
- Ability to perform well in highly dynamic, rapidly changing environment
- Ability to interact with Senior Level Executives and all levels of the organization
- Experience coordinating schedules in multiple time zones
- An understanding of confidentiality issues and the use of discretion is essential
- Be self-directed, take initiative and be proactive, excellent project management skills
- Ability to prioritize and multi-task is essential
- Super strong presentation and analytical skills, including power point and excel
- Thrive in a fast-paced atmosphere
- Passionate about Facebook
- Fluent German and English required.
