Steering & Planning Associate - Payments

EngineersOfAI; Berlin; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive personal development budget

Work-from-home budget

Discounts for fitness & wellness memberships

Access to Premium N26 subscription

Additional annual leave days

Job summary

EngineersOfAI in Berlin is seeking an experienced Associate to join their Payments team. You will play a pivotal role in driving payment strategies and ensuring successful project delivery across cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate has a solid background in fintech or banking, proven leadership skills, and strong problem-solving abilities. You will work with various stakeholders and manage key relationships while optimizing payment-related data.

Employee benefits include a personal development budget and wellness membership discounts.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years in fintech, banking, consulting, or startup environments with a focus on payments.
• Proven experience in making data-driven recommendations and working on cross-functional projects.
• Strong problem-solving ability to structure and define analyses.

Responsibilities

• Become a central point of contact for the Payments domain.
• Collaborate in a cross-functional team environment.
• Drive and support strategic payment projects end-to-end.
• Manage external relationships with key vendors.

Skills

Proficiency in SQL

Project management

Effective visualisation and storytelling skills

Communication skills

Interest in the banking/fintech industry

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Management, Mathematics

Job description

About the opportunity

We are looking for an Associate to join our Payments team. You will play a pivotal role in co‑driving the segment strategy along with your product counterpart and ensuring the successful delivery of high‑impact initiatives with cross functional teams.

• Do you have hands‑on leadership experience with EU banking payment projects and developing payment rails?
• Do you love solving complex problems using SQL for data analysis, creating business cases, as well as P&L, and KPI monitoring?
• Do you enjoy complex project management and aligning with multiple stakeholders on complex banking payment products?

In this role, you will:

• Become a central point of contact and connection between internal and external stakeholders for the Payments domain.
• Collaborate in a cross functional team environment on a daily basis. Collaboration with key stakeholders such as Product & Tech, Data, Compliance, Legal, Finance, Operations, and Marketing.
• Drive and support strategic payment rail projects end‑to‑end.
• Manage and develop external relationships with our key vendors.
• Manage and optimise data related to Payments. This includes constantly reviewing data to gain a deeper understanding of the products / projects under your supervision, ensuring their performance is in line with SLA’s and constantly identifying new opportunities.
• Actively shape the Payments OKRs and strategic roadmap development.
• Fully leverage and further develop critical business skills including quantitative and qualitative analysis, project management, communications, stakeholder management and leadership in a high‑functioning team environment.
• Conduct analyses to optimise P&L and volumes related to Payments.

What you need to be successful:

Background:

• Minimum of 3 years in fintech, banking, consulting, or startup environments with a focus on payments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Management, Mathematics, or related field from a top‑tier institution.
• Proven experience in making data‑driven recommendations and working on cross‑functional projects.
• Strong problem‑solving ability to structure and define analyses to draw innovative conclusions.
• Experience in project and vendor management.

Skills:

• Proficiency in SQL, with the ability to independently source data and derive insights.
• Effective visualisation and storytelling skills for presenting insights.
• Interest and curiosity for the banking/fintech industry.
• A passion for the Payments industry.
• Excellent communication skills both with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong project management, preferably with experience in implementing large projects with several stakeholders.
• Fluent in English.
• Ability to utilise AI tools effectively.

What’s in it for you:

• Accelerate your career growth by joining one of Europe’s most talked‑about disruptors.
• Employee benefits that range from a competitive personal development budget, work‑from‑home budget, discounts to fitness & wellness memberships, language apps and public transportation.
• As an N26 employee you will have access to a Premium subscription on your personal N26 bank account, as well as subscriptions for friends and family members.
• Additional day of annual leave for each year of service.
• A high degree of autonomy and access to cutting‑edge technologies – all while working with a friendly team of peers of diverse nationalities, life experiences and backgrounds.
• A relocation package with visa support for those who need it.