CEO New Venture / Managing Director (m/f/d), AI Implementation for SMEs

VONTAI implements artificial intelligence (AI) directly into the operational processes of owner-managed medium-sized companies. Instead of theoretical concepts or pure consulting slides, VONTAI delivers concrete, GDPR-compliant, and productive AI solutions – from agent-based workflows and automated processes to secure integration into existing system landscapes. The goal is to noticeably relieve teams, optimize processes, and generate measurable economic benefit.

Outlook on German SMEs:

German SMEs face the challenge of rapidly implementing digital transformation and the use of AI. While awareness of the opportunities is high, many companies lack internal resources, technical specialists, and clear, legally sound paths for implementation. VONTAI addresses precisely this market failure as a pragmatic implementation and sparring partner at eye level ("Deliver Instead of Advise") to anchor AI as a sustainable competitive and efficiency factor in the SME sector.

Tasks

Your Main Responsibilities and Typical Tasks

• Company Building & Management: Holistic operational and strategic leadership of the company in close cooperation with the shareholders.
• Sales & Business Development: Active use and further development of sales contacts, acquisition of new B2B mandates in the SME sector, and conducting sales talks up to closing.
• Customer Management & Needs Analysis: Confidently guiding decision-makers through analysis, initial consulting, and implementation phases, and translating complex requirements into concrete AI projects.
• Delivery & Project Management: Steering project implementation in collaboration with a network of German-speaking IT and project management specialists.
• Scaling & Productization: Development of standardized, repeatable service offerings and a scalable delivery model from individual customer projects.
• Accountability for Results: Ensuring quality, measurable customer benefit, project margins, and overall economic success.
• Organizational Development: Step-by-step building of internal structures, clear processes, and a performance-oriented company culture.

Qualification

Profile of Requirements (What You Bring)

Experience

• Practical experience in introducing AI solutions in companies, ideally up to productive use.
• Demonstrable experience in managing B2B projects and project management methodologies.
• Ideally, leadership experience as a managing director, entrepreneur, or division manager in the SME sector.
• Experience in actively shaping organizational change processes.

Qualifications & Skills

• Deep understanding of AI agents, LLM applications, automation, and secure AI architectures.
• Competence in data and data protection requirements (GDPR).
• Confidence in B2B sales: Ability to sell complex services and close deals.
• Excellent communication skills to make complex technological topics economically understandable.
• Entrepreneurial personality with a high sense of responsibility ("Ownership"), determination, and assertiveness.
• Ability to lead external specialists, customers, and, in the future, a team commitmentally.

Benefits

Benefits & What Makes Us Attractive

• Attractive Compensation Package: Fixed salary from EUR 60,000 to EUR 120,000 (depending on experience and proof of qualifications) and a strong profit bonus with up to EUR 200,000 in success potential.
• Real Participation & Partnership: Clearly defined prospect of company shares (equity) for sustainable contributions to growth.
• Entrepreneurial Freedom: Full creative freedom and a blank slate to build a new company without bureaucratic hurdles.
• Strong Backup & Network: Direct access to experienced SME shareholders, existing sales contacts, and an established pool of IT and project management experts.
• Flexible Work Setup: Modern, hybrid work models, state-of-the-art tool landscape, and free choice of work equipment.
• Future Topic Number 1: Real pioneering opportunity to productively anchor AI in the SME sector and make a visible market impact.

Build the next big AI company for SMEs with us.

We are not looking for employees. We are looking for co-founders at heart – people who don't just have ideas, but deliver. If you're eager to co-create from day one instead of just following along, and to also be involved in the success: let's talk.

No cover letter, no resume bullshit bingo. Just send us your CV or your LinkedIn profile – the rest will unfold in conversation.

Here's how it works:

1. Getting to Know Each Other (30 Min.) – Short, uncomplicated, at eye level. We will clarify if we are a good fit personally and professionally, and answer your initial questions.
2. Deep Dive with the Shareholders – This is where we get down to business: business model, target customers, strategy – and above all, how much creative freedom is concretely available to you.
3. Personal Meeting & Finale – We will sit down together, discuss equity and compensation, and make it official.

Sounds like you? Then don't wait for the perfect opportunity – this is it right now.