Head of Strategy & Business Operations, Adyen
3-5 days a week in office
Payments platform built to grow businesses
Open for applications
Payments platform built to grow businesses
1001+ employees
Open for applications
3-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make payments choices easy for merchants.
Role
Who you are
- 18+ years of experience across Strategy, Business operations, Corporate Development, Product, Finance or related roles within Tech companies
- 7+ years of proven experience building, leading and scaling high-performing teams
- At least 3 years of dedicated experience driving company-wide strategy is a must
- A long-term systems thinker with a proven track record of scaling, operationalizing and evolving company strategy
- A trusted partner to leadership, capable of building strong relationships and credibility across different functions and levels of the organization
- Highly effective at influencing direction and outcomes without direct authority
- Experienced in operating within cross-functional environments, balancing diverse perspectives and ultimately driving execution forward
- Data-driven, leveraging quantitative and qualitative insights to inform recommendations, decisionmaking and trade-offs
- Able to distill complex, ambiguous problems into clear insights, structured approaches and actionable next steps
- End-to-end owner with a bias for action, taking accountability from problem definition to implementation
- 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
- The Strategy & Business Operations Lead will play a critical role in shaping and driving Adyen’s long term direction. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, planning and business operations and partners closely with Leadership to drive company wide alignment, informed decision making and eventually ensure we deliver
- You will lead strategic, cross-cutting initiatives, establish strong operating rhythms and build a high performing team to support the Adyen growth and evolution. This is a full-time position based in our Amsterdam or Chicago office reporting into our VP of Global Strategy & Execution
- Support shaping the global Adyen strategy and strategic initiatives
- Enable strategic decision making through a clear and aligned framework across different options (across Buy-Partner-Build)
- Analyze market dynamics and assess internal capabilities to inform strategic decisions. Drive deep dives and/or intelligence on trends and opportunities
- Shape and drive Adyen wide Strategic Planning, Priorities and Goals in close collaboration with the business and Strategic Finance
- Lead investment and trade-off discussions, connecting resources and investments to strategic priorities and business outcomes
- Shape, implement and drive business operations rhythms through business reviews: Monitor the health of the business through the creation of performance dashboards, key performance indicators and tracking priorities at varying levels
- Cross functional alignment and connect strategy (e.g. commercial, operations etc) across Adyen
- Design and roll out a clear company wide strategy communication plan, working closely with Internal and External Communications to ensure consistent messaging across all teams and functions at Adyen
- Establish, lead and develop a high-performing team to deliver across Strategy & Business Operations
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.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
36% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Sep 2015
$58.9m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Dec 2014
$250m
SERIES B
Total funding: $327.8m
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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