We are looking for an exceptional Chief of Staff to work directly with our CEO. This is a highly visible role at the center of the company. You will help shape strategy, support fundraising activities, drive key business development initiatives, and ensure that our most important priorities are executed with speed, focus, and precision. We are seeking someone who combines structured strategic thinking with a strong bias for action. Ideal candidate thrives on solving complex challenges, building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, and taking ownership of initiatives that directly impact company growth and long-term success.
The role requires a high degree of flexibility, ownership, and commitment. You should be comfortable operating in a dynamic environment, engaging with stakeholders across Europe and beyond, and travelling internationally on short notice when business needs require it. The main tasks include:
Strategic Business Development (Defense applications)
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Together with the CEO and Director of Business Development (Defense), shape and advance our strategy and market positioning, especially in the defense sector, translating our vision into actionable initiatives across German, NATO, Ukraine and other international markets
- Build strategic relationships with key industry players, such as military forces, defense primes and defense tech players. Organize and execute testing and experimentation campaigns in close collaboration with the technical team
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Be a core part of the commercial growth team with a hands-on and get things done mentality, ensuring alignment across business units to drive business development & sales initiatives across defense & civil applications.
Fundraising & Investor Relations-
Shape the equity story in close collaboration with the CEO and prepare investor materials, pitch decks, and financial models
- Shape & drive ongoing communication with current and potential investors
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Identify & position driveblocks according to capital market opportunities and drive internal activities to support this positionings
Company Growth
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Collaborate closely with the broader management team on operational topics of scaling the company
- Take ownership of special projects that drive efficiency, scalability, or innovation across the organization as well as internal communication
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3+ years of experience in Tier-1 management consulting, venture capital, or a high growth venture backed company in the technology sector
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First experience within the German defense sector, ideally already touchpoints with the emerging defense tech ecosystem across Germany, NATO and Ukraine
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Excellent verbal & written board level communication skills in German & English
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Willingness & ability to dive into ambitious challenges on day one
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High urgency on driving company and business growth combined with the willingness to take on whatever needs to get done to achieve our goals
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Collaborative approach & strong team-player mindset
We understand that not everyone will meet all the criteria! If you see yourself in these points, we’d love to learn more about you!
driveblocks develops off-road ground autonomy that works under harsh and challenging conditions. We build systems designed for operation in 3D terrain, vegetation, and heavy dust and dirt, where 100% reliability is core to success, even in GNSS-denied environments.
Working with multiple OEM partners across agriculture, construction, and defense, our focus is to deliver value to vehicle operators and solve the toughest challenges when deploying Physical AI in real world applications. Every deployment helps us to gather the operational data required to build the next generation of reliable and safe autonomous driving systems.
From our office in Munich, we operate as a focused, highly ambitious team with deep expertise in autonomy, Physical AI, and embedded software engineering. We move quickly and set high standards. If you want to build autonomy that is deployed, tested, and operated in the field - we’d love to hear from you!
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Ownership of your work – Take responsibility for the full value chain
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Competitive Compensation & Benefits
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Participate in driveblocks’ success via a Virtual Stock Option Plan
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Prepare your CV & additional documents
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Show your unique motivation
We look forward to receiving your application!
