The opportunity
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.
What you'll do
Drive Sustainable Growth: You view the UK market as your own business. You define and execute an ambitious 2-3 year growth strategy. You stay ahead of UK market trends and regulatory shifts to ensure Adyen’s value proposition remains sharp and aligned with Adyen's long-term global vision.
Scale High-Performing Leaders: Actively maintain a high quality threshold by hiring "better than yourself" and bringing in diverse leadership. You serve as the primary coach for a multi-layered UK organization of 70+ people, developing your Team Leads and Senior Managers into "business owners" of their own portfolios to scale the department as if it were their own company.
Merchant Excellence: Serve as the executive sponsor for our largest UK merchants, partnering at the C-level to influence global payment strategies.
Deliver on Commercial Goals: You empower your team to hit ambitious yearly commercial stretch goals while maintaining Adyen’s signature high-touch, consultative service.
Cultivate Value-Driven Focus: Provide the strategic clarity needed to prioritize high-impact customer engagement. You are explicit about what the team must stop doing, while streamlining internal processes (between Sales/Product/AM) to ensure accountability and clear forecasting.
Navigate and Influence the Global Org: Act as a strategic multiplier by navigating Adyen’s global organization to remove growth barriers. Rather than escalating gaps, you proactively influence cross-functional roadmaps (Product, Tech, Ops) to secure resources, scaling local UK successes across EMEA and beyond.
What they're looking for
- A Seasoned Leader: Proven track record of managing managers and scaling large, multi-level teams.
- Strategic & Commercial Heavyweight: You possess a sharp commercial edge and push your managers to think bigger and bolder rather than playing it safe.
- Disciplined & Accountable: You own the message and bring calm to the team during change. You are regarded as a trustworthy and accountable partner across all departments.
- A Master Communicator: You can distill complex technical or financial concepts into clear, actionable insights for executive stakeholders.
- Analytical & Technical: Comfortable with quantitative analysis and have a high aptitude for the payments industry.
- Entrepreneurial & Humble: A self-starter who thrives in change, remaining grounded and collaborative while being ambitious for the team’s success.
