--- title: 'Senior Strategic Project Manager (f/m/x) - remote at refurbed' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-strategic-project-manager-f-m-x-remote-refurbed-remote-rart3tk8a4xm' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # Senior Strategic Project Manager (f/m/x) - remote at refurbed - **Company:** refurbed - **Location:** Remote - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2025-11-06 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://www.refurbed.de/jobs/?gh_jid=4706781101 ## Job description Founded in 2017, refurbed is Europe’s fastest-growing marketplace for refurbished products, active in 23 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 have been recognised as a Top DACH Employer by Kununu for four 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 candidates based in Europe (including UK) only with a valid right to work. ## WHAT YOU WILL DO: 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! ## About refurbed ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: refurbed operates Europe’s largest online marketplace for professionally refurbished electronics and other goods, making sustainable consumption accessible at scale. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series C+; last disclosed funding round of $50M in 2025) - **Headquarters**: Vienna, Austria - **Founded**: 2017 - **Founders**: Peter Windischhofer, Kilian Kaminski, Jürgen Riedl ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Refurbished electronics marketplace, circular economy, e-commerce - **Target customers**: B2C consumers across 24 European markets (also B2B partnerships with refurbishers) - **Mission or purpose statement**: “Make consumption sustainable” by extending the life of existing products, reducing e‑waste, and making high‑quality technology affordable for everyone. ## Products & Services - **refurbed Marketplace**: A two‑sided platform connecting customers with professional refurbishers. Offers 65,000+ products including smartphones, laptops, tablets, home & garden, bikes, skis, headphones, and more. Each product undergoes a refurbishment process of up to 40 steps and comes with a minimum 12‑month warranty and 30‑day return policy. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Key Metric**: Cumulative Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) reached $3 billion in 2026; company became profitable in 2025. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Series A ($16M in 2020), Series B ($54M in 2021), Series C ($57M in 2023), and an additional $50M round in 2025. (Specific investor names not provided in search results; sources indicate institutional backing.) Partners include Fraunhofer Austria (scientific validation of environmental impact). - **Growth Signals**: Expansion into 12 additional European markets in 2026 (now 24 total); >190,000 Trustpilot reviews with “Excellent” rating; 272+ employees from 43 nationalities; 16 active job postings with 1500% year‑over‑year growth in openings. ## Competitive Advantages - **Scale & trust**: Largest refurbished marketplace in Europe, with rigorous quality standards and science‑backed sustainability metrics. - **Full warranty & return policy**: Minimum 12‑month warranty and 30‑day return policy build consumer confidence in a traditionally low‑trust space. - **Sustainability backed by science**: Uses a methodology developed with Fraunhofer Austria to measure CO₂ savings and environmental impact, enabling transparent communication. - **Professional refurbisher network**: Carefully selected partners ensure devices are restored to high functionality, distinguishing refurbed from generic second‑hand marketplaces. ## Strategic Focus - **Geographic expansion**: Continue entering new European markets (24 already live). - **Category diversification**: Moving beyond electronics into home & garden, sports (bikes, skis), and other product categories. - **Profitability & growth**: Balancing responsible growth with profitability, having reached the latter in 2025 while scaling GMV. - **Technology & AI**: Hiring for Head of Internal Technology & AI, indicating a push to leverage data and automation internally. ## Why Work Here - **Mission‑driven**: Employees are motivated by the circular economy and tangible environmental impact. - **Remote‑first culture**: “Remote requires responsibility” – flexible work, clubs, events, and workations. - **High‑challenge, high‑support environment**: Values include “challenge makes us better”, “iterate”, and “customer‑oriented problem solving”. - **Diverse & inclusive**: 272+ employees from 43 nationalities; 40+ languages spoken. - **Growth opportunities**: Learning & development budget, fast hiring process (2‑4 weeks), buddy system for onboarding. - **Perks**: Mental health & community support, remote work flexibility. ## Sources 1. [refurbed Careers Page](https://www.refurbed.de/en-de/careers/) 2. [refurbed About Page](https://www.refurbed.de/en-de/about-us/) 3. [refurbed Jobs Page](https://www.refurbed.de/en-de/jobs/) 4. [refurbed LinkedIn](https://gh.linkedin.com/company/refurbed) 5. 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