Senior Strategic Projects Manager

About the role

You will own the end-to-end management of the most complex, ambiguous, and high-impact strategic initiatives that define the future of Satispay. You will act as the primary driver for transformational programs, navigating significant uncertainty to deliver exceptional outcomes against ambitious business objectives. This role requires a rare blend of strategic depth, operational rigor, and leadership to chart a clear path forward when the landscape is unclear. You will serve as the central point of integration, aligning cross-functional teams and C-level stakeholders around a shared vision and coherent execution plan. Your work will directly shape the strategic direction of the company, ensuring that major initiatives translate into tangible value for users and the business. You will champion a user-first methodology, embedding best practices and new frameworks into the organizational DNA to elevate the standard of strategic execution. Ultimately, you will be a thought partner to leadership, providing the analysis, insight, and governance necessary to make decisive, high-stakes choices.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Lead large-scale, cross-functional strategic projects from initial hypothesis through execution, ownership, and delivery, navigating high uncertainty and complexity.
• Solve intricate business challenges by developing innovative, data-backed solutions that prioritize the user experience and long-term value creation.
• Act as the strategic thought partner for C-level stakeholders, providing executive-level analysis, decision-ready recommendations, and influencing major strategic directions.
• Manage and optimize relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring alignment, managing expectations, and driving consensus in contentious or ambiguous situations.
• Champion the introduction of new methodologies, best practices, and governance frameworks across teams to ensure a consistent, user-first approach to program management.
• Provide mentorship and support to other team members, elevating the collective capability of the group even in the absence of direct hierarchical authority.
• Influence the broader team and departmental culture by promoting high-performance standards, balancing swift action with thorough analysis, and fostering a culture of accountability.
• Play a strategic role in organizational resource optimization, designing and implementing systems and processes that maximize the efficient use of time, capital, and talent.
• Define and manage the critical path for complex initiatives, identifying systemic risks, implementing mitigation strategies, and maintaining rigorous accountability for outcomes.
• Translate ambiguous strategic problems into clear narratives and decision criteria, enabling leadership to make confident, evidence-based choices.
• Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the company's strategic priorities, ensuring all projects and programs directly support overarching business goals.
• Leverage best practices in transformation management to guide teams through change, anticipate pitfalls, and drive successful adoption of new initiatives.
• Synthesize input from diverse perspectives, integrating technical, commercial, and user-centric viewpoints into coherent, actionable strategies.
• Act as the primary owner for specific strategic areas, driving alignment and execution across the organization to deliver measurable business impact.

Requirements

• Hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Business, Economics, or a related field, combined with 5-8 years of experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, or high-growth tech environments.
• Bring a strong track record of leading product and technology-led initiatives while effectively partnering with Product and Engineering leadership.
• Demonstrate extensive experience owning large-scale, cross-functional projects characterized by high uncertainty and significant ambiguity.
• Show proven ability in setting governance, defining operating cadence, driving accountability across multiple teams, and managing the critical path and systemic risks.
• Exhibit strategic judgment in ambiguous contexts, including the independent framing of complex problems and the definition of strategic narratives and decision criteria.
• Possess outstanding executive influence, evidenced by crisp storytelling and decision-ready outputs that shape alignment in contentious discussions.
• Have a demonstrated history of using analysis and insight to drive executive-level trade-offs that result in measurable business outcomes.
• Display deep expertise in one or more domains of transformation, enabling the anticipation of pitfalls and the design of scalable approaches for execution and change management.

Practical notes

• Work location is limited to the Milan area.
• The selected candidate must be available to start within one month from the publication date.
• The selected candidate must hold a valid EU work permit.
• The selected candidate must be able to work full-time (40 hours per week).
• The selected candidate must be fluent in Italian and English.
• The selected candidate must be available to work from the San Marco Square office in Milan.
• The selected candidate must commit to a minimum initial contract of 12 months.
• The selected candidate must commit to a minimum initial contract of 12 months.
• The selected candidate must be available to start within one month from the publication date.
• The selected candidate must hold a valid EU work permit.
• The selected candidate must be available to work full-time (40 hours per week).
• The selected candidate must be fluent in Italian and English.
• The selected candidate must be available to work from the San Marco Square office in Milan.
• The selected candidate must commit to a minimum initial contract of 12 months.
• The selected candidate must commit to a minimum initial contract of 12 months.

At Satispay we are committed to building a diverse team and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. We are unable to sponsor work authorization for this role at this time. Candidates must have authorization to work in the European Union without the need for sponsorship.