Strategic Project Manager

Summary

Join Qonto as a Strategic Project Manager and play a pivotal role in shaping the company strategy and priorities, defining key directions across product, customer segments, and geographies. You will ensure seamless execution of the strategy, working cross-functionally to drive alignment and results. Leveraging market insights, customer needs, and competitive positioning, you will help identify new opportunities, influence strategic decision-making, and support critical business initiatives. This role offers high exposure to senior management and close collaboration with teams across Qonto. You will contribute to the OKR framework, track key performance metrics, and identify risks or challenges. The position involves working on high-impact strategic topics with direct exposure to senior management and being part of a 15-member Strategy Team.

Requirements

• Experience: Extensive experience in a top-tier consulting firm or as a strategic project manager in a startup or company
• Curious & Insight-Driven: You’re eager to learn, explore new opportunities, and push the boundaries of what’s possible
• Analytical Thinker: You thrive on solving complex problems and working on quantitative & financial projects
• Strong Communicator: You have excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to structure, synthesize, and present insights clearly
• Project & Stakeholder Management: You’re highly organized, able to break silos, lead cross-team initiatives, and drive execution
• Detail-Oriented: You take pride in flawless execution and follow-through
• Languages: Fluent English is required; French, Italian, German, or Spanish is a big plus

Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning & Prioritization: Play a key role in shaping Qonto’s strategic planning process, defining company-wide priorities, evaluating adjustments, and developing Qonto’s Equity Story to articulate our vision internally and externally
• Market & Strategic Insights: Provide strategic recommendations to key teams—especially Product, Growth, and Corporate Development - by analyzing market trends, customer needs, and Qonto’s competitive position. Foster discussions and generate ideas to identify new opportunities and guide prioritization
• Execution & Performance Tracking: Ensure the successful execution of Qonto’s strategy by contributing to the OKR framework, tracking key performance metrics, and identifying risks or challenges that require course correction
• Work on high-impact strategic topics with direct exposure to senior management
• Play a key role in executing Qonto’s strategic vision and driving business success
• Join a fast-growing, dynamic environment in an international fintech leader
• Be part of a 15-member Strategy Team, working across France, Italy, and Germany
• Collaborate cross-functionally with multiple teams - Growth, Product, Corporate Development, and more - across five European markets

Preferred Qualifications

Industry Knowledge: Experience in banking or financial services is a strong plus

Benefits

• Offices in Paris, Berlin, Milan, Barcelona, and Belgrade
• Tailor-made remote work policy depending on the job you apply for and where you live
• Competitive salary package
• A meal voucher
• Public transportation reimbursement (part or global)
• A great health insurance (depending on the country)
• Employee well-being initiatives: access to Moka Care to take care of your mental health and great offers for sports and wellness activities
• A progressive disability and parenthood policy (1 in 6 of Qonto employees is a parent!) and childcare benefits with selected partners
• Monthly team events