Global Head of Strategic Growth, Adyen
$235-300k
+ Equity
Payments platform built to grow businesses
Open for applications
Payments platform built to grow businesses
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$235-300k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
Adyen's mission is to make payments choices easy for merchants.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years experience in managing and scaling commercial teams, from which 3+ years leading team leads; experience in creating and executing on a commercial vision
- 10+ years experience in commercial roles, able to pitch, negotiate, and close deals with enterprise customers
- Experience in building and managing relationships with external senior business leaders to drive revenue results
- Comfortable and self-sufficient operating within a complex global environment
- Payment expertise and network
What the job involves
- We’re looking for an experienced and motivated dealmaker and people leader to lead our Strategic Growth team, currently consisting of a dozen people based in Amsterdam, New York and San Francisco
- The Strategic Growth team is here to further accelerate Adyen’s growth by partnering up with other teams and commercially executing our most strategic projects and deals
- A large chunk of the work includes collaborating with the account management organization and increasing the share-of-wallet of existing merchants globally by scoping, pitching, negotiating, and closing deals
- As a Global Head of Strategic Growth you will be responsible for setting the direction of the team and aligning that with the rest of the organization
- On the one hand you are a seasoned expert in enterprise dealmaking, and on the other hand comfortable in streamlining team operations, encouraging effective collaboration, and driving results
- You will mentor, and coach a team of strategic growth managers globally, and as a critical role in our continued growth, you will help to iterate our culture and build an amazing team environment that will create future leaders for Adyen
- Lead by example by creatively closing strategic deals with your team
- Drive direction of the team and aligning internally with stakeholders to set the team up for maximum impact
- Leadership: Manage a 10+ person global team, including manager of managers; create a culture of collaboration, career growth coaching and guidance, and team and individual goal setting & achievement
- Collaboration with the Team Lead(s) on developing the Strategic Growth global strategy
- Expand the positioning of Strategic Growth within the Account Management and wider Adyen organization
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 €7bn, it raised over €1bn and its share price popped on the first day, resulting in a valuation of €14bn. Its valuation has continued to climb by the billions.
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 to reduce the friction between a company choosing to take payments online, and actually being able to do it. That can take multiple steps and agreements across numerous countries — Adyen’s pitch is that it essentially handles all of it in the backend as a service for its users. Notable partners have included Autocanteen, a touchless self-checkout solution for the hospitality industry, and BILL, a small business-focused fintech platform.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
36% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Sep 2015
$56.9m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Dec 2014
$250m
SERIES B
Total funding: $325.1m
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
(CEO)Previously Chief Commercial Officer at Bibit (payments company) before co-founding Adyen in 2006.
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