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Haufe Group

Integrated B2B business and workplace solutions

Team Lead

Full-Time
No salary listed
Mid
Bachelor's
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
HybridAt least 3–4 days on-site per week are required for the team-lead role.
Content & WritingContent Design & Strategy

About the job

Requirements
  • Experience in disciplinary people management of a team or in a comparable leadership role.
  • Substantial professional experience in wage-tax law and/or social-security law, for example in tax consulting, a company, or a social-security institution.
  • A completed degree with subject expertise in wage-tax or social-security law, or an equivalent qualification.
  • An entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to identify opportunities and strategically develop topics with a team.
  • Interest in and willingness to contribute actively to digitalization, automation, artificial intelligence, and rethinking specialist information and products.
  • Clear, dependable, and appreciative communication with different departments and stakeholders.
  • Very good German language skills at C2 level.
Responsibilities
  • Lead people as a fachliche and disziplinarische manager by creating an environment where the team assumes responsibility, develops, and succeeds together.
  • Develop the content portfolio concerning wage-tax and social-security law, including specialist information and digital and artificial-intelligence-supported tools and solutions.
  • Identify legal developments, market needs, and customer needs early and translate them with the team into relevant content, new formats, and future-oriented products.
  • Strategically develop offerings with product management and provide direction for the target-group portfolio.
  • Own the quality, practical relevance, and currency of the content, while contributing subject-matter expertise operationally to projects and content.
  • Collaborate closely with other specialist editorial teams and additional leaders to actively develop the department.

About the company

Haufe Group is a B2B provider offering integrated business and workplace solutions, combining content, software (including Lexware), and training to help people and companies develop and navigate transformation. Its products merge digital content, business software, and training to support workflows, administration, and professional development, helping customers manage transformation and growth. It stands out with a broad, multi-brand, one-stop portfolio from a family-owned German group, focused on transformation and the adoption of new technologies across the DACH region. Its goal is to shape the working world of tomorrow by helping customers innovate and transform through a steady mix of content, software, and education.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Freiburg, Germany

Founded

1951

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What believers are saying

  • Revenue rose above 600 million euros in 2025/26, extending seven percent growth.
  • Haufe Group Ventures backed SQUAKE in August 2025 and DYNO in 2023.
  • Lexware becomes SC Freiburg's 2026/27 jersey sponsor, boosting brand reach among 4 million self-employed.

What critics are saying

  • AI makes software commodities; Jasper Roll said differentiation now beats capability in 2026.
  • Aareon buying Haufe-Lexware Real Estate and Abacus acquiring Umantis shrinks the portfolio.
  • Rising ESG and payroll compliance pressure invite specialists like SQUAKE and new AI entrants.

What makes Haufe Group unique

  • Lexware, Haufe, and Haufe Akademie bundle software, content, and training for SMEs.
  • Haufe Group passed 600 million euros revenue in fiscal 2025/26, despite German weakness.
  • Generative AI powers Haufe products after 3.5 years of internal investment.

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Benefits

  • Hybrid Work Options
  • Remote Work Options
  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Professional Development Budget

Company News

Tech.eu
Sep 18th, 2026
Arcos raises $6.2M to monitor critical infrastructure with unified security platform

German security technology company Arcos has raised €5.5 million in seed funding to expand its platform for monitoring physical security incidents across critical infrastructure. The round was led by High-Tech Gründerfonds, with participation from Bayern Kapital, Pact Haufe Robin Capital and business angels. Arcos combines signals from connected sensors into a single operational system for managing security incidents at sites including railway stations, substations and data centres. The platform integrates monitoring, decision-making and incident management processes that are typically handled by separate systems. The company develops both the software platform and control centre infrastructure, allowing teams to continuously update workflows based on real-world incidents. Arcos will use the funding to expand its team in Germany, develop its platform further and enter additional European markets.

deutsche-startups.de
May 13th, 2026
Haufe Group Ventures: "Environment is better than many think for German startups

Haufe Group Ventures, the investment arm of Haufe Group, invests up to €1 million initially in B2B software-as-a-service startups. Recent investments include CyberDesk, a Munich-based cybersecurity startup founded in 2022, alongside Venture Stars, TKM, Gründerfonds Ruhr and Caesar Venture. Managing Director Jasper Roll says the current investment environment in Germany is "better than many think" for strong teams, though increasingly challenging. He notes an "abundance of solutions", particularly around AI, making differentiation crucial. Roll advises founders to focus sharply on defining real problems rather than technology capabilities. "Software is increasingly becoming a commodity," Roll said. "The decisive question is no longer what your technology can do, but which problem you actually solve — and why it's relevant enough for someone to pay for it.

Startbase
Jan 28th, 2026
Mozaik secures seven-figure funding for AI-powered corporate video platform

Mozaik, a corporate video platform powered by AI, has secured seven-figure financing in a round led by STS Ventures. No further details about the funding amount, valuation or other investors were disclosed.

Business Insider
Jul 23rd, 2024
Dyno expands Pre-Seed to €2.5M

Dyno, an Offenburg-based startup, has expanded its pre-seed funding from €1.5 million to over €2.5 million. The extension was led by Haufe Group Ventures, with new participation from Quint Ventures. Previous investors 468 Capital, Lea Partners, and Mätch VC, along with business angels like Martin Trenkle and Christoph Zöller, also contributed. The funding round was completed in October 2023. Dyno aims to leverage strategic synergies with Haufe Group Ventures.