Strategic Incentive Manager, Adyen
Payments platform built to grow businesses
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Payments platform built to grow businesses
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make payments choices easy for merchants.
Role
Who you are
- Extensive experience (5+ years) in incentive strategy or compensation design
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to turn complex data into strategic recommendations
- Strong leadership, project management, and organizational skills, with the ability to lead and manage multiple projects at the same time
- Strong critical thinking skills and attention to detail with the ability to apply discretion and sound judgement to efficiently and effectively solve problems
- Exceptional communication skills for collaborating with senior leadership
- Outstanding interpersonal and relationship building skills with the ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the company, clearly expressing ideas and concepts both verbally and in writing
- Ability to remain adaptable and resilient to all situations with an optimistic outlook and cast a positive shadow that is aligned with our culture and Core Values
- Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you? If so, Adyen encourages you to reconsider and apply. We look forward to your application!
What the job involves
- A Strategic Incentive Manager designs and oversees compensation programs—such as bonuses and commissions — to align employee behavior with company goals, driving performance, motivation, and retention
- They blend data analysis, financial acumen, and HR strategy to create, monitor, and adjust incentive plans, often using automated tools for accuracy and compliance
- The role is under the GTM Ops team, and part of the RevOps team. This role works closely with reward team, finance and the commercial leadership
- Focus: High-level program development, performance analysis, and acting as a strategic partner to commercial leadership to ensure incentives drive the right business behaviors
- Program Development: Act as the primary architect for designing and refining incentive plans (Sales, SDR, AM, and Partnerships) that align with evolving business goals
- Data Analysis & Strategic Reporting: Analyze performance trends and the effectiveness of current plans to provide leadership with data-driven insights for calibration
- Leadership Partnering: Serve as the main point of contact for commercial engine leadership and enablement teams regarding incentive strategy
- System Input: Provide strategic requirements for system developments to ensure tools support long-term incentive goals
- Escalations: Handle high-level support escalations and complex exceptions within the commission programs
- Cross function collaboration - close relationship with rewards team on defining best-in-class compensation model, including market analysis with competitors
Application process
- Ensuring a smooth and enjoyable candidate experience is critical for us. We aim to get back to you regarding your application within 5 business days. Our interview process tends to take about 4 weeks to complete, but may fluctuate depending on the role
Our take
Adyen has been one of the most successful businesses in Europe over the last decade. When it went public in 2018 at a valuation of €7 billion, it raised over €1 billion and its share price popped on the first day, resulting in a valuation of €14 billion. And its valuation has continued to climb in the years since.
Adyen competes with large players like PayPal, as well as outsized startups like Stripe, to power payments and provide other infrastructure to conduct digital transactions. Disrupters in the field have been buoyed by a strong rise in eCommerce activity, where some or all of a transaction by a customer is made either online or by mobile.
Adyen has been one of the companies riding the wave by helping interested businesses to choose and then implement online payments - without the usual hoops to step through. Notable partners have included Autocanteen, a touchless self-checkout solution for the hospitality industry, and BILL, a small business-focused fintech platform.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
36% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Sep 2015
$58.2m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Dec 2014
$250m
SERIES B
Total funding: $326.8m
Company benefits
- Global exchange program
- Weekly happy hour
- Delicious healthy lunches
- Phantom share package
- Yearly trip to Amsterdam
- Paid holidays
- Work from home opportunities
Company HQ
Nieuwmarkt en Lastage, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leadership
Pieter Van Der Does
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Chief Commercial Officer at Bibit (payments company) before co-founding Adyen in 2006.
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