N26

Strategy&OperationsManager-Payments

Berlin, Berlin, Germany Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Strategy & Operations Manager - Payments at N26. Skills: process management, cross-functional coordination, vendor/stakeholder management, operational metrics, resource planning, continuous improvement, SQL, business cases, P&L monitoring, KPI monitoring, project management. Co-drive the creation and refinement of the segment strategies, enabling decision and trade-off decision making. Create business cases to assess both initiatives and experiments impact”

What You'll Achieve.

ensuring the successful delivery of high impact initiatives; monitor progress against goals; identify opportunities for product optimization; owning and optimising performance

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

solving complex problems using SQL for data analysis; Conduct exploratory analyses to optimize P& L; identify opportunities for product optimization

Eligibility Requirements

A relocation package with visa support for those who need it

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Minimum of 5 years in fintech, banking, consulting, or startup environments, Proven experience in making data-driven recommendations and driving strategic outcomes through cross-functional collaboration, Good understanding of the global, EU and local payments landscape in markets N26 operates in, organizational skills with the ability to lead projects and reprioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment, Fluent in English

Nice to Have

ideally have led a team already, Ability to utilise AI tools effectively

What You'll Do.

Co-drive the creation and refinement of the segment strategies

enabling decision and trade-off decision making

Create business cases to assess both initiatives and experiments impact

Conduct exploratory analyses to optimize P& L

Lead KPI reviews with cross-functional teams to monitor progress against goals

Partner with other internal stakeholders and external vendors to implement

deploy & maintain payments product strategies and offerings

and report on performance metrics to identify opportunities for product optimization

Lead projects from initial execution until go-live and then owning and optimising performance

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

ensuring the successful delivery of high impact initiatives with cross functional teams; aligning with multiple stakeholders on complex payment products; Become a central stakeholder for other departments, including Product & Tech, Data, Compliance, Legal, Finance, Operations, and Marketing; Partner with other internal stakeholders and external vendors; Lead KPI reviews with cross-functional teams

Communication Scope

Effective visualization and storytelling skills for presenting insights

Process & Methodology

complex project management, organizational skills with the ability to lead projects and reprioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment, Lead projects from initial execution until go-live

Full Job Description

About the opportunity We are looking for a business lead for our Payments segment. You will play a pivotal role in co-driving the segment strategy along with your product counterpart and ensuring the successful delivery of high impact initiatives with cross functional teams. Do you have hands-on leadership experience leading EU payment projects? Do you love solving complex problems using SQL for data analysis, creating business cases, as well as P&L, and KPI monitoring? Do you enjoy complex project management and aligning with multiple stakeholders on complex payment products? In this role, you will: Co-drive the creation and refinement of the segment strategies, enabling decision and trade-off decision making. Create business cases to assess both initiatives and experiments impact. Conduct exploratory analyses to optimize P& L. Lead KPI reviews with cross-functional teams to monitor progress against goals. Become a central stakeholder for other departments, including Product & Tech, Data, Compliance, Legal, Finance, Operations, and Marketing. Partner with other internal stakeholders and external vendors to implement, deploy & maintain payments product strategies and offerings. Track, analyse, and report on performance metrics to identify opportunities for product optimization. Lead projects from initial execution until go-live and then owning and optimising performance. What you need to be successful: Background: Minimum of 5 years in fintech, banking, consulting, or startup environments, ideally have led a team already Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Management, Mathematics, or related field from a top-tier institution. Proven experience in making data-driven recommendations and driving strategic outcomes through cross-functional collaboration. Good understanding of the global, EU and local payments landscape in markets N26 operates in. Strong organizational skills with the ability to lead projects and reprioritize tasks in a fast-pac

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