Strategic Project Manager - Strategic Planning & Insights

Our mission? Creating the freedom for SMEs to succeed in business and beyond, by delivering Europe’s leading finance workspace. We combine business-class tools (seamless invoicing, spend management, and pre-accounting) with unwaveringly attentive 24/7 support, designed to help businesses breeze through all things finance. Our journey: Founded by Alexandre and Steve in July 2017, Qonto has rapidly gained trust, serving over 600,000 customers. Thanks to our wonderful team of 1,600+ Qontoers, we also made it to the LinkedIn Top Companies French ranking! Our values: Customer focus | Prioritize customers in everything you do Ownership | Own your part, get things done Teamwork | Make (team)work easy Mastery | Continuously raise the bar Integrity | Always do what’s right, and respect people Our beliefs: At Qonto, we're committed to fostering a welcoming environment where everyone can thrive. We prioritize evaluating applicants based solely on skills and potential, ensuring diversity with 55% international team members, 44% women, and 20% parents. Join us in building a workplace that celebrates diversity and individuality. Discover the steps we took to create a discrimination-free hiring process. As a Strategic Project Manager (Strategic Planning & Insights) at Qonto, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our company's strategy and priorities, defining key directions across product, customer segments, and geographies. You will also 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—including Growth, Product, Tech, Ops, Finance, Compliance, and People. You will play a key role in planning and leading cross-team strategic initiatives on a wide range of topics to help Qonto grow and meet its business objectives. 👩‍💻🧑‍💻 Your 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. • Strategic Projects: Drive a variety of cross-team strategic initiatives, such as new products & services to launch, revised Pricing & Packaging, GTM strategies, new distribution channels and ops optimizations 🤔 What’s in it for you? • 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. • Collaborate cross-functionally with multiple teams - Growth, Product, Ops, Risk & Compliance, Corporate • Development, People and more - across five European markets. 🤝 Your future manager: Fanny, Strategy Director Fanny has been with Qonto for 3.5 years, leading and growing the Strategy team. As the head of a 15-person Strategy team, she brings deep expertise in strategic planning, new offer launches, and driving key strategic initiatives in the fintech space. Before joining Qonto, Fanny held strategic roles in strategy, marketing, venture, and e-business at major financial institutions such as AXA and BNP Paribas, working closely with fintechs and startups. She has a strong track record of launching and scaling teams and initiatives, driven by her passion for fintech innovation and solving complex problems. 🏅 About You • Experience: 5+ years 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. Industry Knowledge: Experience in banking or financial services is a strong plus.