Constructor’s mission is to enable all educational organisations to provide high-quality digital education to 10x people with 10x efficiency.
With strong expertise in machine intelligence and data science, Constructor’s all-in-one platform for education and research addresses today’s pressing educational challenges: access inequality, tech clutter, and low engagement of students.
Please send your resume in English only.We are looking for a high-impact Business Manager (President for Türkiye & the Balkans) to work in close partnership with, directly shadowing and supporting the President for Türkiye & the Balkans.
This position combines Executive Assistant responsibilities with hands-on business execution and commercial support.
The Business Manager will closely follow the President’s daily agenda, priorities, and decision flow — acting as an extension of the President in execution, coordination, and follow-through.
Office address:
Harmancı Giz Plaza, Levent
Esentepe, Harman Sk. No:5, 12th Floor
34394 Şişli / Istanbul
President Shadowing & Executive Support
- Work in close alignment with the President, following daily priorities, meetings, and decision-making
- Manage and optimize the President’s calendar, meetings, and travel schedule
- Coordinate meeting preparation, agendas, materials, and follow-ups
- Track action items and ensure execution after executive meetings
- Act as a gatekeeper and organizer for the President’s time and focus
Business Execution & Strategy Support
- Actively support the execution of the Türkiye & Balkans strategy alongside the President
- Track strategic initiatives, execution plans, and regional targets
- Ensure follow-up on Sales, Customer Success, Strategic Partnerships, and GTM priorities
- Support cross-functional coordination to keep execution on track
Commercial & Sales Exposure
- Support sales and pipeline tracking, opportunity follow-ups, and partner coordination
- Assist with the preparation of commercial reviews, dashboards, and reports
- Gain hands-on exposure to regional commercial execution and deal flow
Presentations & Executive Communication
- Prepare executive-level presentations, board-style decks, and briefing documents
- Support the President in presentation preparation and delivery
- Ensure high-quality storytelling, structure, and clarity in all materials
Team & Stakeholder Coordination
- Support leadership and team meeting cadence
- Coordinate internal and external stakeholders across Türkiye and the Balkans
- Act as a communication bridge between the President and the teams
- Fluent in English (written and spoken)
- Previous experience in sales, business development, or commercial roles
- Proven experience in executive support, business management, or similar hybrid roles
- Strong presentation preparation and presentation delivery skills
- Experience working closely with senior executives
- Excellent organisational, planning, and prioritisation skills
- Ability to manage complex schedules and multiple stakeholders
- High level of confidentiality, ownership, and accountability
Profile We Are Looking For
- Comfortable operating in a hybrid Executive Assistant and Business Manager role
- Able to think strategically while executing operationally
- Proactive, structured, and detail-oriented
- Strong follow-through and execution discipline
- Interested in long-term growth into senior business leadership roles
Why This Role?
- Direct exposure to regional leadership and strategic decision-making
- Opportunity to work side-by-side with the President
- Hands-on involvement in strategy execution across Türkiye and the Balkans
- Clear development path into broader business or leadership roles
- 💻 Choice of work equipment (e.g., laptop, monitor, etc.)
- 🇬🇧 English classes (iTalki – $130 monthly)
- ⏰ Flexible schedule (we usually work between 09:00/10:00 and 18:00/19:00)
- 👶 Newborn bonus (€500 per child)
- 🧠 Patent remuneration
- 🌴 Paid leave
- 🧑💻 Remote work in locations without our offices
- Hybrid work in locations with offices (2 days in-office, 3 days remote)
Constructor fosters equal opportunity for people of all backgrounds and identities. We are led by a gender-balanced board committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone can become their best self. We do not discriminate based on age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion or belief, parental and family status, or other protected characteristics. We welcome applications from women, men and non-binary candidates of all ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds. We encourage people belonging to underrepresented groups to apply.
Skills Required
- Fluent in English (written and spoken)
- Previous experience in sales, business development, or commercial roles
- Proven experience in executive support, business management, or similar hybrid roles
- Strong presentation preparation and delivery skills
- Experience working closely with senior executives
- Excellent organisational, planning, and prioritisation skills
- Ability to manage complex schedules and multiple stakeholders
- High level of confidentiality, ownership, and accountability
- Comfortable operating in a hybrid Executive Assistant and Business Manager role
- Able to think strategically while executing operationally
- Proactive, structured, and detail-oriented with strong follow-through
- Work location: Istanbul office (hybrid: 2 days in-office, 3 days remote)
- Interested in long-term growth into senior business leadership roles
What We Do
Constructor group is a global institution dedicated to creating knowledge through science, education, and technology. Our integrated, self-sustainable ecosystem focuses on the five fundamental technology needs expected to contribute to solving the current challenges of the world: general intelligence, quantum technology, intelligent materials, hybrid reality, and life engineering.Our knowledge ecosystem combines extensive education offers covering the entire learning lifecycle from K-12 to post-graduate programs and courses for executives, highly efficient research capacities, and commercial operations for our technology breakthroughs.The Constructor ecosystem comprises Constructor University, a non-profit, research-oriented private university located in Bremen, Germany, and an institute in Schaffhausen.Several ventures market our technology innovations: Alemira and Learning focus on advanced solutions in Educational Technology, executive education, and consulting services. Rolos delivers a platform boosting research productivity and develops MI for robotics and driverless mobility. Capital and Start Garden further strengthen our ecosystem by offering funding and start-up incubation capacities.
