Senior Strategic Project Manager (f/m/x) - remote
About this role
Founded in 2017, refurbed is Europe’s fastest-growing marketplace for refurbished products, active in 12 European countries and having surpassed €2Bn in GMV — all while being profitable. With beautiful headquarters in Vienna, we operate as a remote-first company, and our 250+ employees enjoy up to two months of workation per year. We’ve also been recognised as a Top DACH Employer by Kununu for three consecutive years.
Our mission is to make sustainable consumption the easy choice by enabling customers to buy products up to 40% cheaper while significantly reducing CO₂ emissions.
If you thrive in an environment that values momentum, ownership, and impact, you’ll feel at home here. We’re a fast-paced, high-performance team that works hard and challenges itself everyday. To enable this high-performance every team member enjoys full autonomy over their location (we’re remote-first).
We’re looking for a Senior Strategic Project Manager to join our Strategy Team. Reporting to the Director of Strategy and People, you’ll operate at the intersection of strategy, execution, and innovation - turning ideas into impact through clear OKRs, scalable project frameworks, and data-driven decision-making.
WHO YOU ARE:
You have 2-3+ years of experience in top-tier consulting (McKinsey, BCG or Bain).
You’re experienced in OKRs and project management.
You are commercially minded and understand how a business works; you might even have started a business yourself
You’re AI-literate - familiar with how emerging technologies can support productivity, creativity, and decision-making across business functions.
You have a growth mindset and a natural curiosity for the start-up and scale-up world, eager to learn, explore new topics, and continuously develop new skills.
You’re a strong connector and communicator who aligns diverse stakeholders, fosters collaboration, and drives clarity and momentum across teams.
Location & Eligibility: This role is open to Europe-based candidates only with a valid right to work.
Responsibilities
- In this role, you’ll drive alignment, growth, and operational excellence while helping the organization leverage emerging technologies, including AI- to boost efficiency, generate insights, and enable smarter ways of working. You will focus specifically on:
- Lead cross-functional strategic initiatives from concept to execution, developing clear frameworks and communication structures that ensure on-time, in-scope delivery and bring clarity and momentum to complex, multi-stakeholder projects.
- Partner with leadership and department heads to prioritize initiatives aligned with company-wide strategic goals, while measuring and communicating results through quantitative and qualitative insights to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
- Drive OKR alignment and execution across departments, helping teams focus on what truly moves the needle.
- Identify and scale new business verticals and categories, building go-to-market strategies that accelerate growth.
- Leverage AI and data analytics to enhance execution, forecasting, and decision-making, while championing AI literacy and digital enablement across the organization to foster curiosity, upskilling, and smarter ways of working.
- Build compelling narratives and business cases to secure buy-in, mobilize teams, and communicate impact.
- Drive business intelligence and competitive insights: leveraging market research, performance data, and cross-functional input to identify opportunities, benchmark performance, and inform strategic decision-making.
- WHY YOU WILL ENJOY WORKING WITH US:
- Our Culture and Values:
- Decisions should be made based on facts and not by hierarchy levels? We sure think so!
- We embrace giving and receiving feedback, testing and welcoming new ideas, as well as sharing our knowledge across the company.
- You fail sometimes? Well, so do we! We’re all just human, let’s learn from our mistakes to improve in the future!
- No matter who you love, where you’re from, who you pray to, whether you pee sitting down or standing up – we are a bunch of talented people who enjoy spending our time making a difference!
- Personal & Professional Development:
- You'll have access to a dedicated learning budget within your department to support your growth, whether it's courses, conferences, or other learning opportunities that matter to you.
- We partner with Likeminded, offering you private sessions with experts for your personal growth and mental health.
- We frequently host internal workshops, allowing our teams to further develop their skills in different areas and enhancing collaboration across departments.
- Flexibility:
- We care about a healthy work/life balance. We not only function and support a fully remote setting but also offer the possibility to work from our beautiful office in the vibrant heart of Vienna – we love dogs, so feel free to bring your furry little buddy too 😊
- We trust you to do the best job, so we don't care so much when you do it – you are able to self-organize.
- You will also be invited to take part in our office weeks, happening three times a year, where you will have the chance to work side by side with your colleagues and enjoy the team-building events and on-site workshops
- …and much more! See https://careers.refurbed.com/ for further insights!