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Senior Commercial Partnerships Manager, Private Equity and Venture Capital

Adyen · San Francisco · On-site

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About Adyen

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

Consultative Value Creation: Educate PE Deal and Operating teams on how Adyen's single global platform directly improves Portco EBITDA, optimizes working capital, and accelerates international expansion.

What they're looking for

  • 8+ years of commercial experience in fintech, enterprise software sales, corporate development, or consulting,
  • 4+ years of direct experience working within or selling to the Private Equity / Venture Capital sponsor ecosystem
  • Payments Industry Expertise: Comprehensive understanding of the payments value chain (merchant acquiring, gateway, card issuing, and embedded financial services)
  • Established Network: A strong, existing Rolodex of relationships with Private Equity Operating Partners, portfolio managers, or mid-to-large-cap corporate decision-makers
  • Expert Communicator: Highly polished presenter capable of building trust and driving strategic alignment with C-suite executives, PE Managing Directors, and portfolio board members
  • Analytical Thinker: Comfort using financial models, data-driven frameworks, and EBITDA impact analyses to build compelling business cases for sponsors
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 Senior Commercial Partnerships Manager to own, scale, and lead our Financial Sponsor (PE/VC) Partnerships channel.

In this senior role, you will not only manage a portfolio of high-value PE/VC sponsors but will also be responsible for defining the regional sponsor strategy, building a repeatable playbook, and mentoring/guiding mid-level Commercial Partnership Managers on the team.

You will act as the principal liaison between top-tier global Private Equity firms, their portfolio companies (Portcos), and Adyen's executive leadership and commercial...

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