Patrick Oliver Giel

Sales & Acquisitions | Autonomous Mobility | AUMOVIO

Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

About

Changing Perspectives - In my professional career I have learned to value networks of openness, diversity, and trust. This is also my way of working. I enjoy building teams from a variety of disciplines that work in a collaborative atmosphere to jointly achieve self-set targets. Encouraging people to speak their mind, share their thoughts, and to elevate each other are the drivers of success for myself, but also for my coworkers, that I work on eye-level with. A team is not there to be stubborn. A team is there to change your perspectives.

Experience

  • Sales and Acquisition Management at AUMOVIO
    Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    As Sales and Acquisition Manager, I am steering acquisition projects with highest business criticality in the area of Autonomous Mobility. Tasks are ranging from sales strategy, to technology management, and project planning.

  • Continental (Full-time · 6 yrs)
    • Sales and Acquisition Management
      May 2024 - Sep 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos

      As Sales and Acquisition Manager, I am steering acquisition projects with highest business criticality in the area of Autonomous Mobility. Tasks are ranging from sales strategy, to technology management, and project planning.

    • Executive Assistant
      Oct 2021 - Sep 2024 · 3 yrs

      As Executive Assistant in the Autonomous Mobility Business Area, I do have 2 key areas of responsibility. First, I am working side-by-side with the Business Area Head. Second, I am the trusted touchpoint for our top management. Being part of of strategy and business relevant decision making processes, I am supporting the organization as a central point for information. This leads to my key areas if expertise that I am working in, which are: - communication towards the Executive and Supervisory Board - planning, execution, and debrief of business reviews, strategy workshops, and board meeting - steering of special projects on management level - definition and preparation of key notes, townhalls, and executive calls - interface towards our holding, other business areas, and most importantly, our coworkers

    • DRIVE Automotive Graduate Program (3rd assignment)
      May 2021 - Sep 2021 · 5 mos

      Strategy & Transformation Manager As a core team we were leading the organizational change of Continental's Business Unit ADAS towards the more independent and adaptive Business Area Autonomous Mobility. I was actively driving the organisational change supporting the Top-Management. My key contributions were in the fields of defining the future orgnizational setup, identifying and achieving potential synergies, shaping the cultural change, and providing guidance as a focal point.

  • Master's Thesis Candidate at Werkzeugmaschinenlabor WZL der RWTH Aachen
    Feb 2019 - Nov 2019 · 10 mos

    At the WZL of RWTH Aachen I wrote my master thesis about the configuration of product development networks. It’s title is “Entwicklungsnetzweke: Anforderungen an die Organisationsstruktur und Gestaltungsempfehlungen”

  • Analyst at 27pilots
    Jul 2018 - Jan 2019 · 7 mos

    Scaling the adoption of startup solutions. 27pilots invented the Venture Client model. The Venture Client model helps companies to benefit strategically from startups by scaling the adoption of their solutions. 27pilots creates and operates the Venture Client unit therefore. As a spin-off from BMW Startup Garage 27pilots established a Venture Client unit at corporations such as BSH Home Appliances and LafargeHolcim.

  • Intern Strategy/Transformation Technical Development at AUDI AG
    Feb 2018 - Jul 2018 · 6 mos