The Role
As Managing Director / CEO, you will take full ownership of a business currently operating in the red and lead it toward profitability and sustainable international growth.

This is a hands-on, high-accountability role for someone who has operated in crisis or restructuring environments before.

Key Responsibilities

• Full ownership of P&L, cash flow and profitability

• Stabilize and fill key locations in the Netherlands

• Restructure teams, priorities and operations where needed

• Lead the integration of a 6-location merge in Seville

• Drive occupancy, margins and operational discipline

• Build a solid base for future scaling without repeating past mistakes

Requirements

• Senior leadership profile with a strong fixer / owner mindset

• Proven experience in turnaround or restructuring situations

• Background in multi-location businesses (coworking, hospitality, retail, flexible real estate)

• Strong financial and operational focus (cash, margins, occupancy)

• Comfortable making tough, sometimes unpopular decisions

• Able to operate under pressure and ambiguity

Conditions

• Full-time role with on-site presence in the Netherlands

• Initial market-aligned salary, scaled during the first 6–12 months

• Long-term compensation aligned with performance

• Equity participation in YOUNG Workspaces offered after ~6 months, based on execution and alignment

• High autonomy, responsibility and direct impact