We are seeking a driven and accomplished executive to lead our Strategy group. Reporting to Camille Tyan, our Deputy CEO, the role will be to drive our strategic planning as we scale the company. This role requires critical thinking, a deep understanding of fintech markets, strategic planning, and exceptional leadership abilities.

✨ Main Tasks

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead and manage the Strategy team (2–3 people)

• Provide guidance, mentorship, and coaching to support growth and performance

• Foster a culture of analytical rigor and operational discipline

Planning

• Own business plan (top line): Build and maintain the long-term revenue model, in line with the company’s strategy, capabilities, and market opportunities.

• Set objectives: Collaborate with leadership to develop the annual strategic plan, define company goals, and translate them into quarterly departmental targets / OKRs.

• Drive OKRs: Drive company-wide alignment by tracking key metrics across departments and leading business reviews and leadership forums.

Strategy

• Explore opportunities: Gather insights from customers, teams, and market trends to build a pipeline of new segments, product offerings, and geographies.

• Validate initiatives: Test strategic fit, product and compliance feasibility, and economic potential, engaging early prospects and running pilots where needed.

• Design offerings: Build competitive pricing for each target segment that balance market relevance with financial objectives.

• Define long-term roadmap: Turn validated initiatives into the 18–24 month roadmap, in line with priorities and resources, and hand over to GTM and Product teams for execution.

✨ You’re a great match if:

• Strong experience as a Head of or VP in strategic planning, product management within the fintech sector

• You are a problem solver with a very structured approach

• You are not afraid to build a department almost from scratch

• You are hands-on, adaptable, and proactive, with a bias for action

• You are a strategic thinker with excellent business acumen and outstanding organisational skills

• You have a proven track record in managing strategic, cross-functional projects, and can juggle multiple priorities efficiently.

• You excel at analyzing complex business data, metrics, and market trends within the fintech space.

• You’re an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills, and you know how to influence and negotiate effectively.

• Our ideal teammate: Empathetic. Skilled. Frank. We love to challenge each other, and we leave our egos at the door.

It’s okay if you don’t tick all the boxes — don’t let imposter syndrome prevent you from applying! 🙌

Swan is committed to providing a caring work environment for all employees, regardless of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, or belief.

When it comes to recruitment, we’re interested in your work experience, skills, and overall personality. Because diversity makes the workplace stronger and is necessary for Swan’s success, we are intensifying efforts to incorporate concrete actions to help us improve in this area.

About Swan

✨ Perks of being a Swanee:

• Meal Vouchers: We provide a Swile card to cover your meals on work days.

• Holidays : 25 days + RTT 🏝️

• Transport: Monthly mobility package for employees. In accordance with the company agreement for sustainable mobilities, you can now use your mobility package to pay for alternative commuting modes. 🚇

• Health insurance (mutuelle): Alan. This is Swan’s health and welfare insurance. 🚑

• Sports: Thanks to our partnership with Classpass and Gymlib, you can enjoy advantageous discounts on subscriptions. They offer a wide range of sports activities as well as wellness activities. The offers are valid in several European cities, as well as online. 🏋

• Hybrid remote policy: We offer the possibility of working from home for 2 days per week. 🏡

• Offsite: Once a year we gather to reconnect, deep-dive into big topics, and relax. 🤝

• This isn’t a perk, it should be the rule, but diversity and inclusion are important at Swan. We’re working hard to get better every day.

✨ Our values:

Swan’s core values guide our actions daily. Individually, they may seem obvious, but together, they form a unique culture.

Simplicity: Leonardo Da Vinci said: “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” If something’s convoluted or confusing, we work extra hard to break it down. - Making complex things simple is what we do.

Long Term: We always play the long game, whether it’s to support our partners in their growth journey, or make tangible commitments to climate action.

Excellence: We are a team of experts who consistently go all out to create pixel-perfect banking services and exceed our partners’ expectations— whatever it takes.

Be Human: We believe in the power of kindness and the importance of acting with integrity. But embracing our humanity extends beyond interpersonal interactions, it means caring about greater issues that affect our planet.

You can find out more about our culture.

• A 30-min video call with our Talent Acquisition Manager, to get to know you, understand your career expectations and answer your questions

• An interview with Camille, our Deputy CEO

• An interview with members of the Executive Committee

• An interview with Anne, our Chief People Officer