Buena is building the technology that real estate runs on. We're making every part of real estate – from finding and financing to buying and managing – as seamless and transparent as possible. We do this by acquiring property managers across Germany and rebuilding them as technology companies. In under two years and with fewer than 25 people at HQ, we've already become Germany's second-largest property manager. The next trillion dollar company in real estate won't sell software. It will run the industry.
We're looking for a Growth Lead who will directly report to our VP Property Management. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in shaping the future of our portfolio companies' growth in all German locations. In your first quarter, you'll be hands-on across paid, SEO, lifecycle, partnerships, and local activations. By the end of year one, you'll have a repeatable playbook and the first hires reporting to you to scale it.
ResponsibilitiesPartner with portco heads on conversion. Generating leads is half the job. The other half is working with our local heads in Hamburg, Magdeburg, Berlin, and beyond to make sure those leads turn into signed property management contracts.
Build the growth playbook from zero. There's no existing channel mix, no attribution stack, no agency relationships you're inheriting. You'll decide what we run, where we spend, and how we measure and you'll have it live within your first 30 days.
Build the local growth motion. Most of our customers are local homeowners and small landlords. You'll design events, broker partnerships, referral loops, and offline activations that work city by city and create a template that travels when we enter the next market.
Report directly to the VP Property Management and to the Leadership Team. You'll present growth numbers in our weekly business reviews. No middle layers, no slide polishing for someone else.
Speak fluent German (C2). Our portcos operate locally, and our customers are German homeowners.
You've actually done growth. You've had a budget, run the campaigns, and can tell us the numbers you moved, not strategies you "contributed to."
Live in the data. You set up your own tracking, design your own experiments, and don't need a BI team to tell you whether something worked.
Think commercially. CAC, payback, contribution margin, these are your default units, not vanity metrics like impressions or MQLs.
Thrive in ambiguity: you're energized (not paralyzed) by being the first growth hire and building the playbook from scratch
Are based in Berlin or willing to relocate; this is an in-office role in Prenzlauer Berg
Strong Signal: You've freelanced in GTM or growth, built and sold a product, or run your own venture. You know what it means when no one is going to do it for you.
Your BenefitsUp to €500 close-to-office bonus, if you decide to live within 10-20 mins walking distance to our office.
€110/month lunch budget, €50 fitness subsidy.
€1,200 yearly education budget.
Free books: Buena pays for any book you'd like to read.
We're high-growth with a small, tight-knit team: Within the past 3 years we have become Germany's third largest property manager with around 20 full-time employees.
We're meritocratic: Your impact gets rewarded, quickly. Our CEO has been a Junior Product Manager 3 years ago, our COO has been Chief of Staff 2 years ago.
We're personal: We work from our office in Prenzlauer Berg and place high value on knowing each other well.
We care about outcomes: Homeownership rates in Germany are far below European average. We're here to enable wealth creation for everyone.
Skills Required
- Experience in growth, strategy, or venture building in proptech, fintech, marketplace, or logistics
- Fluent in German (C2 or native)
- Willingness to relocate to Berlin
What We Do
Buena is a property management platform that simplifies owning and renting apartments for landlords and property owners, handling tasks such as tenant management, maintenance, accounting, and compliance.
