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Senior Strategic Project Manager

Satispay - Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Hybrid - posted 2026-09-08

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Satispay is a fintech platform serving 6.5M+ users, offering payments, benefits, investing, and cards. The company is building what it aims to be the most loved financial platform in the world, with hubs in Luxembourg and Milan. As Senior Strategic Project Manager within the Office of the CEO, you will be a primary execution driver for the company's most critical cross-functional initiatives. You will serve as the strategic bridge connecting executive leadership with operational, regulatory, product, and business teams across Luxembourg and Milan. Key responsibilities include: - Solving complex business challenges by developing innovative, data-backed solutions with a user-first approach - Managing relationships with C-level stakeholders and acting as a thought partner for leadership on strategic areas - Influencing major decisions through in-depth analysis and proven insights, integrating diverse perspectives into coherent strategies - Developing and introducing new methodologies, best practices, or frameworks within the team or company - Acting as project manager champion for regulatory and supervisory requirements, ensuring they are proactively factored into project roadmaps at the design stage in partnership with Legal, Compliance, and Risk - Establishing project governance, tracking milestones across offices, removing cross-departmental bottlenecks, mitigating delivery risks, and providing data-driven reporting to executive leadership - Serving as an authoritative on-the-ground project leader in Luxembourg, ensuring financial institution governance requirements harmonize with group-wide strategy and product velocity You will work side-by-side with internal Legal, Compliance, and Risk experts who own regulatory subject matter, but your core strength is senior strategic leadership and project execution. The role is hybrid (three days per week in-office: Tuesday, Thursday, plus one day of your choice), with frequent travel to Milan for hands-on collaboration. REQUIREMENTS: - Minimum 6–7 years of hands-on experience within a regulated environment, ideally within high-growth Fintech, Scale-ups, EMI/Banking institutions, or Financial Services - Hands-on knowledge and deep familiarity with compliance, legal, and regulatory matters - Proven track record of managing complex, end-to-end multi-stakeholder initiatives using structured project management frameworks - Good high-level familiarity with the fintech landscape, EMI/payment institution dynamics, and European financial regulation concepts (PSD2/PSD3, AML/CFT, GDPR) - Demonstrated ability to build consensus, establish momentum, and align priorities across distributed international offices and matrixed teams - Exceptional communication skills with the ability to synthesize technical, operational, and regulatory concepts into clear, executive-level narratives and actionable plans - Fluent in English (written and spoken); Italian is a strong asset - Based in Luxembourg with willingness for frequent, hands-on collaboration travel to Milan headquarters

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