Strategic Project Manager - Paris - CDI

Orus; Paris; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Orus is seeking a Strategic Project Manager to lead cross‑functional initiatives within the Strategy team. You will drive high‑impact projects across product, commercial, and operations, coordinating with teams and ensuring end‑to‑end delivery in a fast-growing insurtech environment.

The ideal candidate holds a Master’s from a top-tier school, with 2–4 years in consulting, strategy, or startup roles, and fluency in English and French.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in consulting, strategy or startup/scale‑up roles.
• Master's degree from a top‑tier school.
• Strong analytical and pragmatic problem-solving skills.
• Fluent in English and French, with the ability to drive alignment across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross‑functional strategic projects within the Strategy team.
• Define Orus’s strategy for the coming years and align stakeholders.
• Collaborate with acquisition teams to monitor performance and roadmap profitability.
• Develop cross‑sell strategies and pricing, and optimize ops models.
• Support international expansion: identify markets and entry approaches.
• Lead end‑to‑end project delivery with accountability for results.
• Drive churn reduction and product/insurance initiatives across regions.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Analytical mindset

Communication

English

French

Education

Master's degree (top-tier university/engineering school)

Job description

Who are they?

Orus is a European insurtech growing fast, with a lot of ambition. The idea was born from a simple observation: professional insurance is too complex and inefficient. Professionals don’t know what coverage they need, how and when it applies, and often end up powerless or poorly protected. Orus is therefore the insurance professionals have been waiting for: simple, fast, transparent, and above all human.

At the heart of our mission:

• A simple and understandable user experience

• Putting technology at the service of tomorrow’s insurance

To make this happen, Côme, Tom and Samuel, Orus’s co-founders, have raised a total of €41 million, including a Series B round in 2025, giving them the opportunity to be backed by top funds and private investors, including the CEOs of Pennylane and Hiscox Europe

Today, Orus keeps growing at a steady pace, with a rollout in France, Spain, and the Netherlands, and an accelerating pace of new insurance product launches (3 in 2025, about a dozen planned for 2026, and around twenty for 2027).

Why join us?

• You’ll work in a fast-growing startup, within the Strategy team

• A senior team from top-tier consulting firms (BCG) or top scale-ups (PayFit, Qonto, Alan, Doctolib)

• And we’re already the French people’s favorite insurtech, with 4.9 stars on TrustPilot :)

The role

Orus is growing fast, and we’re launching more and more strategic projects. Each project is becoming more complex and requires more analysis, preparation, and depth. To support this momentum, we need a cross‑functional profile able to drive and follow these initiatives across the whole company.

You’ll join the Strategic Project Manager team and report to Axel Compain, Head of Strategy, Finance & Data. You’ll be able to lead a wide range of topics: launching new insurance products, developing cross‑sell strategy, internationalization, reducing churn… What these projects have in common: they’re cross‑functional and will put you in constant contact with all of Orus’s teams, who are eagerly awaiting your arrival.

Missions

You’ll lead cross‑functional strategic projects within the Strategy team. Among the major ongoing or upcoming projects:

Example of strategic projects

• Contribute to defining Orus’s strategy for the coming years

• Collaborate with the acquisition teams to monitor performance and define a roadmap to improve economic profitability & results

• Develop cross‑sell (customer base segmentation, competitive analysis, pricing, Ops model redesign, targeted communications)

• Lead the in‑housing of claims handling (currently outsourced)

• Support Orus’s international expansion: which markets to prioritize next, and how to enter them

• Control and reduce churn

• Launch new insurance products in France and internationally

Candidate profile

You hold a Master’s degree from a top-tier business or engineering school. You have 2-4 years of prior experience in consulting, strategy, or as a Strategic Project Manager at a startup/scale‑up. You know how to break down complex problems into simple sub‑problems to bring teams on board. You have strong analytical and pragmatic skills: no need for ultra‑complex analysis, you know how to pull out the 2-3 key insights and talk numbers simply. You use AI daily to move faster. You’re efficient: you meet your deadlines, juggle several topics in parallel, and communicate well when there’s a delay. You know how to ramp up quickly. You know how to drive projects end‑to‑end and are accountable for results, even in ambiguity. You speak fluent English & French