Head of Strategy & Business Operations

Adyen
Amsterdam
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Business OperationsExperience: 15+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Stakeholder management","Strategic thinking","Communication","Influencing"]

Lead cross-functional strategy, planning and business operations to shape Adyen’s long-term direction. Build and scale a high-performing team, drive company-wide strategic initiatives, framing decisions with dashboards and KPIs, and ensure clear, consistent communication of strategy across leadership and functions in Amsterdam or Chicago.

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Adyen
Adyen
4 months ago

Head of Strategy & Business Operations

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Job Summary

Lead cross-functional strategy, planning and business operations to shape Adyen’s long-term direction. Build and scale a high-performing team, drive company-wide strategic initiatives, framing decisions with dashboards and KPIs, and ensure clear, consistent communication of strategy across leadership and functions in Amsterdam or Chicago.
Location: Amsterdam
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Business Operations
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Shape the global Adyen strategy and strategic initiatives.
  • •Shape and drive Adyen-wide Strategic Planning, Priorities and Goals in close collaboration with the business and Strategic Finance.
  • •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 across Adyen (e.g., commercial, operations, etc).
  • •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.

Key Requirements

  • •15+ years of experience across Strategy, Business operations, Corporate Development, Product, Finance or related roles within Tech companies.
  • •5+ years of proven experience building, leading and scaling high-performing teams.
  • •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.
  • •Data-driven, leveraging quantitative and qualitative insights to inform recommendations, decisionmaking and trade-offs.
Experience:15+ yearsFintechPaymentsTechnology
Skills:LeadershipStakeholder managementStrategic thinkingCommunicationInfluencing
Languages:English

Company Brief

Adyen
Global payments company providing a unified platform for accepting payments, risk management, and financial services to merchants and enterprises across online, mobile, and in-store channels.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Founded: 2006
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