Strategy Project Manager

About

Swan is Europe's embedded banking specialist. We empower software companies to embed banking features like accounts, cards, and payments directly into their products, under their own brand.Swan processes over €1.5 billion in monthly transactions for more than 150 companies-like Pennylane, Indy, Agicap, Libeo, and Lucca. Founded in 2019, the company has received growth capital from leading investors such as Lakestar, Accel, Creandum, Bpifrance and Eight Roads. Swan is a principal member of Mastercard and a licensed financial institution, regulated by the French banking authority (ACPR).

Our mission

Banking belongs in business software

Many software companies already serve small businesses incredibly well: helping them send invoices, run payroll, manage inventory, and more. They're on a mission to become the central hub for managing every aspect of business life.

But when it comes to financial workflows, there's still a gap. Too many critical tasks like managing cash flow, tracking payments, or reconciling accounts happen outside the software, across spreadsheets, email threads, banking portals.

It's a missed opportunity. Business software shouldn't just record financial activity - it should run it.

To learn more about us: About Swan ; Our story .

We are seeking a driven and accomplished Strategy Project Manager to join our Strategy team. Reporting to our VP Strategy, you will produce strategic input that shapes Swan's direction and drive the company's top-priority cross-functional initiatives from framing to execution.

Your role

Transversal Program management

Drive transformation projects and cross-team strategic initiatives identified as company top priorities, in line with Company's strategic planning (OKRs).

• Own end-to-end cross-functional projects across multiple teams (Product, Risk, Ops, Data, etc.)
• Drive roadmaps for the workstreams you are responsible for; maintain a rigorous execution cadence
• Facilitate collaboration, clarify ownership, and remove blockers throughout the project lifecycle
• Define clear success indicators and track real impact delivered
• Foster a strong culture of ownership, discipline, and respect for timelines.

Strategic analysis & recommendations

Cover a wide range of topics depending on company priorities - market studies, competitive intelligence, internal diagnostics, business cases, growth opportunities...

• Work closely with Product & Business leaders to clarify issues, align priorities with business opportunities and help drive decisions for roadmap direction
• Gather strategic insights from diverse sources, quantitative and qualitative data; surface key insights and raise them proactively
• Turn complex topics into clear, actionable concepts; deliver sharp analyses and decision-ready recommendations

Preferred experience

You're a great match if:

• Education : you graduated with a Master from a top-tier Business or Engineering school
• Background: you have 3-6 years in consulting and/or a cross-functional strategy role in a scale-up (fintech or regulated financial services experience is a plus)
• Project management: you have a strong track record managing strategic, cross-functional projects and juggling multiple priorities efficiently
• Stakeholder management: you have strong communication skills; you rally people, drive alignment, and influence without authority
• Adaptability: you jump fluidly between strategic and operational topics, deep-dive into new subjects quickly, and stay effective in fast-paced environments
• Results-driven mindset: you work with high standards, pragmatism, autonomy, and execution speed
• Analytical rigor: you navigate complex data and challenging briefs, then turn them into clear plans and sharp documents
• Languages : you are fluent in both French and English

• 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:

• Holidays : 25 days + RTT
• Meal Vouchers: We provide a meal voucher card to cover your meals on work days.
• 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 , you can enjoy advantageous discounts on subscriptions. They offer a wide range of sports activities as well as wellness activities.
• Well-being support: access to Moka Care for mental health and wellness.
• 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 .

Recruitment process

• A 30-min call with our Talent Acquisition Manager, to get to know you, understand your career expectations and answer your questions
• A 60-min interview with your Hiring Manager interview with Alexandre
• A Case study
• Interview with another Leader & Culture fit with Nico Saison
• Interview with our CEO

Department Strategy Role Strategy Project Manager Locations Paris Remote status Hybrid Employment type Full-time Type of contract Permanent