Strategy Execution Lead (d/f/m)

paymenttools; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 80.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

paymenttools is on a mission to revolutionize payment processes for retailers in Europe. We are seeking an experienced Program Director or similar role to architect scalable operational structures. This hands-on position requires a strategic thinker with strong leadership and operational management skills to enhance our processes and tools, working closely with the executive team in a hybrid environment. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of relevant experience and excels at navigating complexity to drive real impact.

Leistungen

Deutschland ticket, subsidized subscription

€1,000 annual learning and development budget

REWE discount card

JobRad bicycle leasing

Company pension plan

Insurance Services

Flexible working hours

Language courses

Qualifikationen

• Experience building and scaling operational structures.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on, structured, and capable of prioritizing in dynamic environments.

Aufgaben

• Build and scale a company-wide operating model.
• Design robust structures for strategy execution.
• Drive operational initiatives and develop KPI frameworks.

Kenntnisse

Strategic thinking

Team leadership

Operational management

Flexible prioritization

Tools

Asana

Jira

Google Workspace

Slack

Confluence

Jobbeschreibung

Paymenttools is on a mission to transform the payment landscape for retailers in Europe. With more than 4,4 billion visitors per year in our more than 15,000 REWE Group stores and travel agencies in 21 countries we know exactly what consumers and merchants need when exchanging goods for money. We strongly believe in making payments seamless and invisible, linking them with value added services within the framework of a reliable identity service. Our mantra: #wesolvepayn. We blend cutting-edge technology with stringent security to protect sensitive payment data while nurturing innovation in a cloud-native tech environment.

You are the architect of the structures and processes that make execution possible: sprint logics, portfolio steering, tooling, roles – you bring clarity to growth. As the backbone of strategy execution, you work closely with the CEO, Product, Tech, and the entire leadership team.

Your tasks

• Build a scalable operating model with clearly defined roles, processes, tools, and KPIs
• Design and implement a robust operating model with clearly defined roles, processes, tools, and KPIs
• Develop and scale the company-wide sprint system (including objectives, project structures, milestones)
• Introduce effective portfolio and resource management practices
• Shape seamless interfaces between strategy, product, tech, and business
• Identify and coach key internal roles (“owners”)
• Drive operational initiatives and support the development of business operations and KPI frameworks
  
  

Your Experiences

• You have built and scaled operational structures - as Program Director, Company Builder, Chief of Staff, Operating Partner, or in a similar scale-up role
• You have scaled operational structures - for example, as a Program Director, Company Builder, Chief of Staff, Operating Partner, or in a similar role in a scaling environment
• You bring 5+ years of relevant experience building workflows, steering mechanisms, and cross-functional processes - whether in startups, venture building, or consulting
• You’re hands-on, highly structured, and capable of prioritizing in dynamic environments - and passionate about bringing order to complexity
• You deeply understand what it takes to execute - balancing focus, pragmatism, and team empowerment
• You don’t work for the sake of process, but for real impact and you not only deliver yourself, but also enable others to deliver their best
• You are confident presenting at executive level (in German and English) - both in content and visual storytelling
  
  

Our Benefits

• Deutschland ticket, subsidized subscription
• 1.000 euro annual learning and development budget + internal training platforms
• Discounts on travel, fashion, technology, and more through our corporate benefits
• REWE discount card for REWE group retailers
• JobRad, affordable bicycle leasing
• Company pension plan
• Insurance Services
  
  

Perks of working with us

• Hybrid working environment
• Flexible working hours that fit your workflow, your time matters
• Language courses (English and German)
• Responsibility from day one
• Work with modern and agile software such as Google Workspace, Slack, Asana, Jira, Lattice, Miro and Confluence
• Company events including Hackathons and Company Days
• Ask us more about these!
  
  

We are looking forward to getting to know you - so, even if you feel that you don’t quite meet all the requirements, but the position still excites you and you think you would love to work with us, please reach out! We would still love to hear from you. We explicitly encourage applicants within groups that are underrepresented in tech spaces as of today. We value all kinds of backgrounds and walks of life.