Mycolever

Business Development & Marketing Manager, Fulltime

Mycolever

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Munich • 🇩🇪 Germany

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About the role

  • Support and drive our go-to-market strategy in personal care and cosmetics, bridging science, market, and customer needs.
  • Help execute our GTM strategy by supporting lead generation, marketing activities and sales enablement.
  • Monitor trends, competitors, and customer needs to inform strategy, product positioning, and sales opportunities.
  • Develop and refine brand narratives and product positioning in alignment with market and customer needs, especially in personal care and cosmetics.
  • Create and coordinate claim-driven, customer-oriented marketing materials in close collaboration with internal colleagues.
  • Prepare and participate at trade fairs and industry events.
  • Support creation of pricing strategies, company and product presentation materials tailored to specific customer segments.
  • Identify and engage new customers through outbound campaigns, digital outreach, and partnership opportunities.
  • Nurture leads and build strong, trust-based relationships with prospects and key customers.
  • Collaborate with ingredient suppliers, distribution partners and explore additional sales channels.

Requirements

  • A degree in business, business and technology or a related field is required;
  • Technical affinity or academic background in chemistry, material science, cosmetic science or similar is a strong plus.
  • 2–5 years of experience in personal care and cosmetics, ideally in sales, marketing, business development, or purchasing of ingredients or specialty chemicals.
  • The ability to translate scientific insights into market value is essential.
  • Understanding of ingredient market dynamics, customer decision processes, and claims-driven communication in B2B cosmetics.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a customer-first mindset;
  • Fluent English is a must. German and other European languages are a plus.
  • Self-starter with hands-on attitude, structured thinking, and strong ownership of projects.
  • Comfortable in a fast-paced startup, willing to travel up to 20–30% (mainly in Europe, possibly overseas over time).
Benefits
  • A unique opportunity to shape the future of the bioeconomy and address some of the world’s biggest challenges.
  • An inspiring and collaborative team of experts in fungal biotechnology and innovative biosolutions.
  • Opportunities for personal and professional growth in a pioneering VC backed venture.
  • A culture that values curiosity, humility, and long-term impact.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
degree in businessdegree in technologydegree in chemistrydegree in material sciencedegree in cosmetic sciencesales experiencemarketing experiencebusiness development experiencepurchasing experienceclaims-driven communication
Soft skills
excellent verbal communicationexcellent written communicationcustomer-first mindsetself-starterstructured thinkingstrong ownership of projectsrelationship buildingtrust-based relationshipsadaptabilitycollaboration