VP Strategy

About the role

We're looking for a VP Strategy who is equal parts strategic architect, operator, and AI-native leader. Someone who can help us accelerate what's already working and make the harder, more complex bets pay off. This is one of the most impactful and visible roles at Taxfix, operating at the heart of the company and working directly with the CEO and Executive Leadership Team.

What you'll do

• Lead the design, coordination, and evolution of Taxfix's group-wide strategic plan; spanning consumer tax filing, self-employed services, and future financial products
• Partner with executive leadership to define strategic priorities, evaluate market opportunities, and build clear execution roadmaps
• Own the strategic planning cycle and connect it to our OKR framework, ensuring alignment across business units and early identification of risk or drift
• Ensure AI strategy is fully integrated into the broader group strategy: continuously sharpening where AI creates the most competitive advantage
• Lead and manage special projects and cross-functional task forces, often on confidential, high-stakes topics
• Analyse, design, and improve business-critical internal workflows, decision-making processes, and management routines
• Drive Executive Team meeting cadences, weekly updates, quarterly offsites, strategy sessions
• Manage and optimise the CEO's focus, protecting their time and ensuring it's allocated to what matters most

What you'll need

• 8+ years of professional experience, with a track record that combines experience across leading management consulting firms with hands-on operational experience in a startup or scale-up environment
• You are genuinely AI-native. You have hands-on experience applying AI tools and approaches to real business problems, and you've contributed to or led transformation programmes where AI was already in flight
• Deep grounding in corporate strategy, business transformation, and operational scaling across multiple business areas
• You're as comfortable designing a decision-making process as you are building a market entry thesis
• You see the big picture without losing the details. You break complexity down into clear frameworks, crisp recommendations, and actionable next steps
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. You can synthesise a complex topic into a one-pager, build a Board narrative from scratch
• Highly organised, dependable, and capable of managing multiple high-stakes projects simultaneously without dropping the ball
• Fluent in English. German is a strong plus