Chief Strategy & Research Lead – FinTech & Web3

WhiteBIT Group; Eu; Hybride; EUR 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

24 calendar days of paid leave

Additional days off for nationalholid​

Inspiring environment

Résumé du poste

WhiteBIT Group is seeking a senior strategist to lead the group strategy and research function for our global fintech platform. You will own the strategy process, maintain a portfolio view across businesses, and deliver executive-ready recommendations to the Investment Committee and senior leadership.

You’ll lead a high-performing team and set repeatable analytical standards to drive portfolio value. You will collaborate with Portfolio Management to translate research findings into actionable

Qualifications

• 10+ years in corporate strategy, strategic finance, investment, or comparable analytical leadership roles.
• Experience translating complex analyses into clear executive choices for senior decision makers.
• Strong portfolio mindset to assess strategy, adjacencies, and risk across multiple businesses, products, markets and initiatives.
• Strong financial and investment analysis skills including business-case reviews and scenario analysis.
• Proven ability to evaluate new projects, market-entry plans, and investment theses.
• Excellent research and intelligence capabilities synthesizing market, regulation, technology and customer signals.
• Experience preparing materials for Investment Committee/Board-level decisions.
• Experience leading a high-performing strategy, research or analytical team with strong quality controls.
• Background in financial services, FinTech, digital assets, payments, or financial infrastructure is preferred.

Responsabilités

• Own and maintain the group strategy process, including the strategic narrative, priorities, key choices, assumptions and periodic refreshes.
• Maintain a portfolio-wide view of businesses, products, markets, capabilities and strategic initiatives and identify gaps and adjacency opportunities.
• Develop evidence-based recommendations on where the group should focus management attention and future investment while preserving IC decision authority.
• Ensure major roadmaps and programs remain coherent with the approved group strategy and portfolio logic.
• Set the strategic research agenda based on highest-priority decisions and uncertainties.
• Build and maintain structured intelligence on markets, competitors, regulation, technology and macro trends.
• Convert research findings into implications, scenarios and concise recommendations as actionable insights.
• Establish standards for source quality, analytical rigor, and knowledge retention.
• Identify value creation opportunities across the portfolio including growth, synergies and adjacencies.
• Structure opportunities into clear theses with value, risks, dependencies and success measures.
• Collaborate with Portfolio Management to turn opportunities into executable roadmaps.
• Lead independent strategic reviews of new proposals and market plans for approvals.
• Assess fit, market attractiveness, economics, risk and portfolio implications; test assumptions through scenarios.
• Provide clear recommendations and milestones for success; partner on acquisitions and strategic moves.
• Maintain after-action reviews and compare outcomes against original theses and value creation plans.
• Support IC and senior leadership with decision-ready strategic recommendations.
• Ensure materials are complete, consistent and framed around needed decisions.

Connaissances

Strategy development

Financial analysis

Executive presentation

Leadership

Regulatory & market intelligence

Team management

Stakeholder management

Formation

Advanced degree or relevant professional qualification

Description du poste

WhiteBIT Group is seeking a senior strategist to lead the group strategy and research function for our global fintech platform. You will own the strategy process, maintain a portfolio view across businesses, and deliver executive-ready recommendations to the Investment Committee and senior leadership.

You’ll lead a high-performing team and set repeatable analytical standards to drive portfolio value. You will collaborate with Portfolio Management to translate research findings into actionable