Run payments, manage your data, and offer financial products in one platform. Adyen is purpose-built for the world. Backed by Index and ICONIQ.
About the role
We are looking for a strategic, structured, and collaborative leader to lead the Governance pillar within Adyen’s global Scheme Compliance team. You will manage a small globally distributed team, setting the direction for how we demonstrate compliance with card scheme and local payment method requirements through effective governance, control assurance, and coordinated external engagement. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- An experienced people leader who can develop a small, globally distributed team while remaining closely engaged in complex work and stakeholder decisions
- An experienced governance, compliance, risk, or controls professional, ideally within payments, acquiring, financial services, or a similarly complex environment
- Skilled in audit and assessment management, requirements-to-control mapping, control testing, evidence evaluation, and remediation oversight
- Familiar with card scheme and payment method requirements, or able to demonstrate experience translating complex external obligations into practical governance and control frameworks
- A credible external representative who can manage sensitive discussions, coordinate responses across functions, and communicate clearly with senior stakeholders
- Comfortable operating across lines of defense, with a clear understanding of the distinction between operational ownership, compliance oversight, and independent assurance
More about this role
Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition.
For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.
We are looking for a strategic, structured, and collaborative leader to lead the Governance pillar within Adyen’s global Scheme Compliance team. You will manage a small globally distributed team, setting the direction for how we demonstrate compliance with card scheme and local payment method requirements through effective governance, control assurance, and coordinated external engagement.
This role combines people leadership with accountability for our global governance framework, audit and assessment coordination, internal control mapping and testing, and relationships...
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