Head of Strategic Projects

About the Job

Our client, a digital bank, is seeking a Head of Strategic Projects to identify, structure, and launch new commercial opportunities and revenue streams. The successful candidate will combine structured strategic thinking with hands-on business development, partnership origination and go-to-market execution.

Responsibilities:

• Identify and evaluate new business opportunities across payments, digital wallets, trade platforms, SaaS, lending, brokerages, exchanges and other adjacent sectors
• Develop market-entry strategies, business cases, financial models and commercial propositions
• Originate, structure and negotiate complex strategic partnerships and revenue-sharing arrangements
• Build relationships with senior stakeholders across fintech, financial services and technology ecosystems
• Lead opportunities from initial market assessment and partner identification through negotiation, launch and commercialisation
• Work closely with product, technology, risk, compliance, legal and finance teams to deliver new initiatives
• Support the CEO on strategic growth priorities

Our Ideal Candidate:

• 10+ years of experience across strategy, business development, strategic partnerships, corporate development and/or commercial growth
• Experience within digital banking, fintech, payments, and a background in management consulting
• Demonstrated experience originating, structuring and executing complex, revenue-generating partnerships
• Credible and effective when engaging C-suite stakeholders and navigating regulated environments
• Sharp, direct and execution-oriented, with the ability to work effectively with a similarly fast-paced leadership team

Why Join?

• Significant visibility across the executive team
• Ownership of initiatives from opportunity identification through commercial launch
• Senior platform with meaningful influence over the organisation’s future growth strategy

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