Are you the sort of person who naturally becomes the one everyone relies on to get things moving?
We're looking for an exceptionally bright, commercially astute and highly organised Strategic Project Lead to work alongside the CEO of an ambitious, high-growth Fintech business. This isn't a traditional project management role and it certainly isn't an Executive Assistant position. Instead, you'll become the CEO's trusted right-hand person, taking ownership of business-critical projects, influencing stakeholders across the organisation and ensuring strategic initiatives become operational reality.
If you've started a career within a fast-paced SaaS or technology business, enjoy solving complex problems and thrive when no two days are the same, we'd love to hear from you.
The Company
Our client is an innovative Fintech business experiencing significant growth. They have built a collaborative, ambitious culture where talented people are trusted to take ownership, challenge thinking and make a genuine commercial impact. With exciting plans for the future, this is an opportunity to join a business where your contribution will genuinely shape its direction.
The Role
Reporting directly to the CEO, you'll lead strategic projects that sit across sales, product, marketing and operations, ensuring initiatives are delivered efficiently and on time.
You'll be someone who can quickly understand complex situations, bring structure to ambiguity and confidently build relationships with stakeholders at every level of the business. You'll have the credibility to influence senior leaders, the drive to push projects forward and the commercial awareness to understand what really matters to the business.
No two days will be the same. One day you could be analysing commercial performance, the next coordinating a business-wide initiative or supporting the launch of a new strategic project. If you enjoy variety, ownership and working at pace, you'll love this role.
Key Responsibilities - Strategic Project Lead
- Lead strategic, cross-functional projects from concept through to successful delivery.
- Work closely with the CEO to turn business priorities into clear, actionable plans.
- Coordinate activity across product, sales, marketing and operations to ensure projects remain on track.
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the business, influencing and driving progress where needed.
- Analyse business performance, identify trends and provide clear commercial insights to support decision making.
- Prepare high-quality reports, presentations and briefing documents for the CEO and leadership team.
- Monitor company objectives, project milestones and key business KPIs.
- Attend senior leadership meetings, capture actions and ensure accountability across the business.
- Remove obstacles, solve problems and step into priority projects wherever required.
- Continuously look for ways to improve operational efficiency and business processes.
- Provide executive support to the CEO where appropriate, helping protect their time and focus on high-value activity.
Your Background - Strategic Project Lead
We're looking for someone who combines commercial thinking with exceptional interpersonal skills. You'll be naturally curious, highly organised and able to build credibility quickly with people across the business.
Ideally you'll have:
- Experience working within a SaaS, software or technology business.
- Experience managing complex, cross-functional projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Outstanding organisational and project management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple priorities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the confidence to influence people at all levels.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate data into meaningful commercial insight.
- A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with the confidence to work independently and solve problems with minimal direction.
- High levels of resilience, adaptability and attention to detail.
- Experience working across multiple business functions such as sales, marketing, product or operations would be highly advantageous.
What's in it for you?
This is a genuinely unique opportunity to work alongside an experienced CEO and gain exposure to every aspect of a growing technology business. You'll influence strategic decisions, lead high-profile projects and develop a breadth of commercial experience that's difficult to find elsewhere.
This is an opportunity to build a career, not simply take on a new role. As the business grows, there is a clear opportunity for this position to evolve into a Chief of Staff role, giving the successful candidate increasing strategic responsibility and influence across the organisation.
If you're ambitious, intellectually curious and looking for a role that will fast-track your career, we'd love to hear from you.
