Team Lead - Hardware Partner Engineering

This is Adyen 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. Payment Partnerships Manager Adyen is looking for a Payment Partnerships Manager who will advance Adyen’s strategy and agenda with key payment methods in EMEA including card networks, local and alternative payment methods, and financial institutions. In this role you will drive high-impact partnerships for Adyen and use your influence and tenacity to build strong commercial collaborations across the region. You’ll work closely with a broad range of cross-functional stakeholders building strategic and successful relationships.  This is a full-time position based in our Amsterdam or London office reporting into our Head of Payment Partnerships for EMEA. What you’ll do * Manage strategic partnerships: Build and nurture relationships with leading payment methods at local and continental levels. Define and execute a proactive, multi-year strategy across a multitude of payment methods (card-based, bank-based, alternative) * Negotiate complex agreements and drive alignment with partners’ senior counterparts and internal stakeholders to ensure Adyen remains at the forefront of payments innovation * Deliver high-impact projects: Coordinate high-caliber, complex projects to improve financial and operational performance. Think strategically and implement effectively key initiatives at scale, solving key trade-offs and navigating between commercial opportunities and product challenges * Cross-Functional collaboration: Partner with product, commercial and finance teams to define and execute go-to-market strategies. Provide market insights to accelerate our product roadmap and commercialization efforts. Who you are * 5+ years relevant experience in payments strategic partnerships  * Deep knowledge of the payments landscape, with critical thinking skills to understand and interpret emerging trends  * Proven success in negotiating multi-year agreements and partnerships  * A strategic mindset paired with the ability to make data-driven decisions and execute operationally * Exceptional communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence both internal and external stakeholders across different functions and organizational levels * Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment * Full professional proficiency (written and verbal) in English. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments  Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity of backgrounds and cultures is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. No matter who you are or where you’re from, we welcome you to be your true self at Adyen.  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’s next? 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. Learn more about our hiring process here. Don’t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility. This role is based out of our Amsterdam or London office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.

CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with a multi-product portfolio that gives the ultimate advantage—domain dominance. The company's products are powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™), empowering warfighters, commercial air operators, and border protection teams to act faster, adapt rapidly, and stay ahead of evolving threats.  CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and has raised a total of $1 billion in funding from leading investors, including 8VC, Accel, and Valor Equity Partners. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, and London. For more information, please visit www.chaosinc.com [https://www.chaosinc.com]. Role Overview  Technical Operations at CHAOS sits at the intersection of technology and real-world mission environments — integrating hardware and software, diagnosing complex system issues, and ensuring CHAOS systems operate flawlessly in the field.  As Technical Operations Team Lead, you will manage, mentor, and develop a team of Technical Operations Engineers while remaining hands-on in the field. You will help scale how the mission team deploys by building the SOPs, support practices, and technical standards that make deployments repeatable.  Responsibilities:  * Manage, mentor, and develop Technical Operations Engineers through onboarding, coaching, and performance feedback.  * Help build the SOPs, runbooks, escalation processes, and diagnostics that make deployments and support repeatable.  * Deploy alongside your team — integrating CHAOS systems with customer infrastructure and debugging complex edge issues.  * Serve as the senior escalation point for complex hardware, software, and networking issues, leading incident response and root-cause analysis.  * Advise internal and customer teams on operational use and best practices, and communicate technical status to key customers.  * Capture operational feedback and partner with engineering to drive reliability and product improvements.  * Travel (typically up to 25%) to customer and test sites for deployments, escalations, and mission support.  Minimum Requirements  * Strong technical foundation with a degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or related field — or equivalent hands-on experience.  * Proven experience leading technical teams in field engineering, technical operations, systems integration, or similar — as a formal manager or established team lead.  * Deep familiarity with Linux environments; comfortable with SSH, networking tools, and system-level debugging.  * Track record of delivering complex hardware/software deployments in customer environments.  * Experience integrating or maintaining hardware or sensor systems, with an understanding of networking protocols and hardware interfaces.  * Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language (Python, Bash, or similar).  * Excellent communication skills — able to represent technical operations to customers, executives, and engineers with clarity and composure.  * Willingness and enthusiasm for travel and on-site technical work.  Preferred Requirements:  * Experience building a team or function from an early stage — defining processes and scaling operations.  * Background in defense, aerospace, or other mission-critical environments; experience working directly with military or government operational users.  * Understanding of RF systems, SDRs, or radar technologies.  * Familiarity with telemetry, data integration, or IoT-style architectures, and with cloud and edge computing environments (Docker, Azure, AWS, etc.).  * Active US security clearance, or eligibility to obtain one.  Why CHAOS? * Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company * Additional benefits: 401k (+ 50% company match up to 6% of pay), FSA, HSA, life insurance, and more * Our Perks: Free daily lunch, ‘No meeting Fridays’, unlimited PTO, casual dress code * Compensation Components: Competitive base salaries, generous pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance, and (coming soon!) annual bonuses * Team Growth: 350 employees and counting across 5 global offices Salary Range: $200,000 - $250,000 The stated compensation range reflects only the targeted base compensation range and excludes additional earnings such as bonus, equity, and benefits. If your compensation requirements fall outside of the range, we still encourage you to apply. The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations.    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECRUITING AGENCIES: CHAOS INDUSTRIES DOES NOT ACCEPT UNSOLICITED RESUMES OR OUTREACH. UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE REVIEWED OR COMPENSATED. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   #LI-onsite