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Nebius · Operations · Lead / Manager · Posted 2026-09-18

Strategy Manager

Nebius · Amsterdam, Netherlands

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About Nebius:

Nebius is leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy. We are building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of building large in-house AI/ML infrastructure.

Built by engineers, for engineers. From large-scale GPU orchestration to inference optimization, we own the hard problems across compute, storage, networking and applied AI.

Listed on Nasdaq (NBIS) and headquartered in Amsterdam, we have a global footprint with R&D hubs across Europe, the UK, North America and Israel. Our team of 1,500+ includes hundreds of engineers with deep expertise across hardware, software and AI R&D.

The role

Nebius is looking for a a Strategy Manager to join our central Strategy team — a company-wide center of excellence that connects the dots across the organization and brings facts and analysis to top management. You will own high-visibility workstreams at the heart of how Nebius plans and performs: the company KPI framework, headcount planning across departments, and cross-functional strategic projects. The AI infrastructure market moves weekly — this role is for someone who thrives on speed, rigor and ownership.  

You’re welcome to work in our offices in Amsterdam.

Your responsibilities will include:  

Design and run the company-wide KPI framework: define metrics with department leaders, track performance, and report insights to executive management  

Drive headcount planning and forecasting across departments — top-down targets, coverage assessment and quarterly phasing, working closely with HR and Finance  

Lead strategic projects end-to-end: market and competitor assessment, business cases for new products, geographies and partnerships, M&A support  

Consolidate company-wide strategic initiatives — align cross-team plans, surface insights across departments and validate that initiatives add up  

Prepare board- and executive-level materials: clear narratives, crisp recommendations, quantified trade-offs  

Run primary research: expert-network interviews, customer surveys and voice-of-customer analysis to ground recommendations in evidence  

We expect you to have:  

3-5+  years  of experience in fast-paced environment:  in strategy consulting — MBB, Tier-2, or a specialized firm with deep exposure to  TMT, investment banking / VC,  or in a corporate strategy /  BizOps  role at a high-growth  AI-native company  

Hands-on experience with  KPI ,  performance-management frameworks and headcount / org planning  

Experience developing corporate strategies for hypergrowth companies and/or value creation plans   

Strong financial acumen: fluent in P&L logic, unit economics and business cases  

Executive-level stakeholder management: you can align senior leaders, navigate resistance and drive cross-functional processes to closure  

Excellent written and verbal communication in English — you can distill complexity for a C-level audience  

High ownership and work capacity: you take topics end-to-end, thrive in ambiguity and keep pace in a fast-moving environment  

It will be an added bonus if you have:  

Exposure to cloud, AI infrastructure, data centers or adjacent markets  

Exposure to M&A, integration or investor-facing work  

VBA  or Python for analysis  

Benefits & Perks:

Competitive compensation

Career growth and learning opportunities

Flexibility and ownership

Collaborative and innovative culture

Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects

International environment and talented teams

What's it like to work at Nebius:

Fast moving - Bold thinking - Constant growth - Meaningful impact - Trust and real ownership - Opportunity to shape the future of AI 

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Nebius is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace and t …

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