Strategy Associate

PagoNxt (a Santander company); Boadilla del Monte; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Wellhub

Life insurance

Annual healthcare

Transportation allowance

Meal voucher/food voucher

Annual bonus

Access to self-development programmes

Job summary

PagoNxt Payments in Madrid is seeking a strategic thinker to shape and execute the organization’s direction. The role emphasizes data-driven analysis, collaboration with finance, product, and tech teams, and delivering clear recommendations to leadership.

A hybrid environment requires 60% on-site presence in the Madrid area. You will contribute to market insights, long-range planning, and strategic roadmaps while supporting executive-level materials and cross-functional coordination within a

Responsibilities

• Shape and execute the organization’s strategic direction.
• Lead strategic analysis to identify growth opportunities and define clear frameworks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate data into actionable insights.
• Support executive decision-making with concise, quantitative materials.

Job description

PagoNxt Payments | Your talent drives our future

PagoNxt Payments is Santander Group's global payments platform, focused on providing tailored financial infrastructure for companies, banks, and fintechs — both inside and outside the Santander ecosystem.

With operations in over 10 countries, our mission is clear: to simplify payments and empower businesses through secure, flexible, data-driven technology.

We operate on a cloud-native architecture designed to scale and adapt to the needs of global organizations. Our platform supports international transactions, FX, multi-currency accounts, regulatory compliance, and fraud prevention — all under a unified approach.

PagoNxt Payments combines the agility of a fintech with the reliability of a global bank. With teams across Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Portugal, the UK, and Germany, we are building the future of payments at global scale.

If you want to be part of the next generation of financial solutions — this is the place. Imagine your future. Care for your career. Simplify your journey.

This means you'll have the opportunity to build impactful solutions, grow with real development opportunities, and thrive in a culture that values well-being, inclusion, and clarity.

We combine flexibility, autonomy, and global collaboration — so you can focus on what matters, connect with purpose, and shape what's next.

You’ll find space to grow, real opportunities to lead, and a culture where everyone belongs and contributes. Are you ready to be a Nxter?

Key responsibilities

Contribute to shape and execute the organization´s strategic direction

Key activities

• Strategic analysis and problem solving: breakdown business problems into structure analyses, assess growth opportunities, evaluate strategic options, define frameworks and scenarios, translate complex data into clear insights for decision-making, etc.
• Market and customer insights: understand how our competitors are evolving, benchmark new potential initiatives on payments landscape. research payments needs and behaviours, monitor macroeconomic trends, , etc.
• Data analysis: collect and analyze payments performance metrics, trends and drivers, support forecasting and long-range planning, track progress of strategic initiatives, etc.
• Strategy development & planning: help define strategic priorities, contribute to strategic roadmaps and execution plans, support annual strategy cycles and executive offsites, etc.
• Stakeholder and executive support: work closely with leadership to prepare executive-level materials, synthesize qualitative and quantitative insights, coordinate with corss-functional teams (finance, product, tech, etc.

What we offer

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Wellhub
• Life insurance
• Annual healthcare
• Transportation allowance
• Meal voucher/food voucher
• Annual bonus
• Access to self-development programmes

Hybrid Collaborative environment: Successful candidate must be prepared to work 60% on site