Finance Project Manager (H/M)

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.   STRATEGIC INCENTIVE MANAGER   A Strategic Incentive Manager designs and oversees compensation programs—such as bonuses and commissions — to align employee behavior with company goals, driving performance, motivation, and retention. They blend data analysis, financial acumen, and HR strategy to create, monitor, and adjust incentive plans, often using automated tools for accuracy and compliance   The role is under the GTM Ops team, and part of the RevOps team. This role works closely with reward team, finance and the commercial leadership Focus: High-level program development, performance analysis, and acting as a strategic partner to commercial leadership to ensure incentives drive the right business behaviors. * Key Responsibilities: * Program Development: Act as the primary architect for designing and refining incentive plans (Sales, SDR, AM, and Partnerships) that align with evolving business goals. * Data Analysis & Strategic Reporting: Analyze performance trends and the effectiveness of current plans to provide leadership with data-driven insights for calibration. * Leadership Partnering: Serve as the main point of contact for commercial engine leadership and enablement teams regarding incentive strategy. * System Input: Provide strategic requirements for system developments to ensure tools support long-term incentive goals. * Escalations: Handle high-level support escalations and complex exceptions within the commission programs * Cross function collaboration - close relationship with rewards team on defining best-in-class compensation model, including market analysis with competitors.   * Core Qualifications: * * Extensive experience (5+ years) in incentive strategy or compensation design. * Strong analytical mindset with the ability to turn complex data into strategic recommendations. * Strong leadership, project management, and organizational skills, with the ability to lead and manage multiple projects at the same time * Strong critical thinking skills and attention to detail with the ability to apply discretion and sound judgement to efficiently and effectively solve problems * Exceptional communication skills for collaborating with senior leadership. * Outstanding interpersonal and relationship building skills with the ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the company, clearly expressing ideas and concepts both verbally and in writing * Ability to remain adaptable and resilient to all situations with an optimistic outlook and cast a positive shadow that is aligned with our culture and Core Values     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. Adyen is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.   SAN FRANCISCO  Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. This role is based out of our San Francisco office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.

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. Senior Product Manager, Banking Networks Adyen is a truly global company that processes billions in payments annually. Adyen's value goes beyond Ecommerce and In-Person payments with a broad offering of embedded payments and financial services like issuing, bank accounts, and capital; facilitated by Adyen's global banking licenses. Behind every one of these products sits a critical dependency: reliable, direct connectivity to the world's banking infrastructure. We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead and scale our global Banking Networks capabilities. You will lead the Banking Networks team responsible for integrating with banking partners worldwide, including banks, clearing houses, payment rails and providers (excluding North America, which is owned by a dedicated regional team). This role sits at the core of Adyen's financial products, owning the end-to-end processing of banking transactions across a wide variety of market infrastructures and use cases. You will build and maintain best-in-class banking connectivity that our financial products depend on, from local scheme integrations to real-time payment rails. You will work closely with Banking Products, Payouts, Payments, Merchant Finance, Accounting, Compliance, Legal, Risk, Commercial, and Operational teams, as well as customers, to understand their needs and translate them into product enhancements together with the development team. What you'll do Set Vision & Strategy * Define Long-Term Strategy: Define and own the long-term vision and strategy for Adyen's global banking network, grounded in customer value and measurable business impact. * Translate Strategy into Roadmap: Translate market infrastructure opportunities and regulatory requirements into clear priorities, actionable roadmaps, and success metrics. * Simplify Ambiguity: Simplify a complex, fragmented space of local schemes, clearing houses, and payment rails by defining clear, actionable integration and capability use cases alongside your engineering and commercial teams. * Own Product Lifecycle: Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle for banking network integrations and the underlying banking capabilities. Lead Through Influence * Act as Product Authority: Operate as the primary product authority for global banking networks across Adyen. * Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as a subject matter expert on Adyen's core banking system, clearing and settlement flows, and the market infrastructures Adyen connects to. * Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Engineering, Compliance, Risk, Support, Sales, and Implementation teams to align our banking capabilities with evolving customer and regulatory needs. * Coordinate with the North America and Foundational teams: Align on shared standards, tooling, and roadmap dependencies to ensure a consistent global banking product. * Lead junior product managers in the team: Manage the focus and dedication (in functional matrix report) of the 2 PMs in the Banking Networks Global team. Build for Scale & Customer-Centric * Scale Banking Connectivity: Design and scale reliable integrations across diverse banking partners and payment rails, with a focus on markets outside North America. * Optimize System Performance: Collaborate with engineering to maximize the performance, reliability, and scalability of Adyen's core banking processing infrastructure. * Engage with Customers: Interact directly with customers, commercial teams, and partners to understand their pain points, gather feedback, and translate their needs into core product requirements. * Monitor & Iterate Performance: Monitor product metrics and identify continuous optimization opportunities to guarantee data accuracy, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction. * End-to-End Ownership: Take full ownership of specific initiatives from initial scoping through final delivery, managing timelines and stakeholder expectations. Who you are * Experienced Product Leader: You have a minimum of 8 years of experience in product management or an adjacent function within a fintech or financial services environment focused on payments. You are customer centric and build for the benefit of all customers. * Proven Record in Banking Infrastructure: You have experience launching and scaling transactional banking products and have in-depth experience with at least one major market infrastructure (e.g., a clearing house, real-time payment rail, or banking scheme). * Strategic Thinker with a Hands-on Mentality: A self-starter with proven organizational and commercial strength. You have excellent project management skills and the ability to lead time-sensitive, cross-functional initiatives in a fast-paced environment with little supervision. You are able to challenge the status quo. * Analytical Problem Solver: You are naturally curious, data-driven, and comfortable navigating ambiguity. You excel at taking complex challenges and converting them into structured, actionable solutions for both internal and external stakeholders. * Humble, Curious, and a Quick Learner: You possess a strong sense of initiative and self-motivation. You are eager to dive deep into complex banking flows, financial data, and technical and regulatory constraints to proactively identify problems and propose long-term solutions. * Natural Communicator & Team Player: You have high energy and solid interpersonal skills, comfortable driving deep technical discussions with engineers and strategic commercial and operational alignments with stakeholders across varying disciplines and cultures. 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 office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.