Head of Strategy & Planning - Nets PSP Europe

Handling billions of transactions annually, Nets is among the top payment processors in Europe. We keep a tight focus on making it even easier and more intuitive for our customers to handle digital payments and related services. This has made us a trusted partner to more than 700,000 merchant outlets, including 140,000 online merchant outlets, more than 260,000 enterprises and over 250 banks across Europe.

As Head of PSP Strategy & Planning, you will lead a team that supports the PSP Europe CEO and the entire business team in developing business strategy, defining and cascading the strategic objectives, priorities and programmes and ensure superior execution. Ability to clearly articulating strategy and plan with a bias towards business generation and effective fast roll-out.

Nets PSP offers several payment services solutions in the Nordics and in DACH. The leading proposition ‘Easy’ is a best-in-class check-out to payment solution for eCommerce merchants. Easy is fast growing in the Nordics and after a soft launch in DACH, we will fully launch in Q4-2022. The business is scaling up and expanding geographically. The opportunities are many and the clarity of the strategic path is critical to business success.

This is a fantastic role for those who is eager to strategically drive the future of a fast-growing SaaS business and shape strategy, operating model and business execution. This is a major opportunity to gain significant experience in a successful scaling up and then later pursue other opportunities within the Nets/Nexi Group.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and clearly articulate the business strategy in close collaboration with the business
• Ensure articulation and execution of the strategic objectives, key priorities, programmes and plans to deliver according to strategy
• Design and deployed agile approaches to cross-business priorities delivery
• Lead the strategic assessment of new market opportunities and GTM approaches
• Drive business assessment of M&A opportunities
• Drive and support a data-based culture. Establish and report on a balance scorecard and comprehensive business KPIs
• Lead Business review and reporting for eCom/Merchant services leadership
• Support the eCom PSP CEO with high-quality analysis for decision-making

Main requirements

Skills, ambition and drive with a personal twist will make you excel.  Your professional skills and experience form most of your qualifications. Your personality is what makes the difference at Nets. We are looking for an energetic person that thrives in engaging with all types of stakeholders across the Nets organisation.  

Your qualifications include:

• Relevant Master's Degree (e.g. Business Administration, Finance, Economics) with top results
• Experience in the fields of eCommerce, payments and software as a service a significant advantage
• 6 - 8 years of relevant experience from similar in-house role (or previously a management consultancy)
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and demonstrated experience in leading key business initiatives for senior management
• Ability to think strategically and analytically combined with a bias towards action/execution
• Strong interpersonal skills with experience in engaging with senior management and communicating complex information in a clear and concise manner
• Ambitious and a natural desire to learn and develop personal and professional skills
• Experience as a people leader is a plus but not a must
• Having worked with SAFe/agile methodology would be an advantage
• Passionate about driving the strategic development of a business and being highly motivated by the achievements.
• Good listener, solution-minded, emphatic whilst very driven
• Highly competent in  MS Office package

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