
Adyen · Bengaluru
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 fina...
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.
Team Lead, CDD
Are you a proactive and collaborative leader ready to make an impact? Join our fast-growing CDD Onboarding team in Bangalore as a
Team Lead, where you'll guide a motivated team and help shape our regional growth.
In this role, you’ll oversee the onboarding of new and existing merchants, assessing them across AML, fraud, reputational, and
regulatory risks. You'll collaborate closely with Sales, Account Management, Compliance, Risk, and Product to ensure we maintain a
compliant, high-quality portfolio.
As part of a global CDD team, you’ll drive operational improvements, lead process optimization and automation, and foster a
culture of speed, quality, and customer focus.
What you will do
escalations / frictions efficiently and effectively
regulations and internal KYC procedures;
end-to-end our merchant’s onboarding processes;
improving our automation rates respectively;
Who you are
and developing ideas to improve effective teamwork / client onboarding
manner;
business level competency are a strong plus, but not mandatory
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 Bengaluru office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer
remote-only roles.
WHO WE ARE ABOUT STRIPE Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. ABOUT THE TEAM As a leading player in the internet economy, Stripe has a responsibility to protect itself, our users, end customers, and the broader financial ecosystem from harm. Fraud Operations proactively reduces fraud, making it difficult and unprofitable for fraudsters to carry out attacks through Stripe. We build scalable, high-judgement investigation and review operations while minimizing user friction. We work across products, customer segments, and markets and serve as a core pillar of Stripe’s risk strategy. WHAT YOU’LL DO Stripe is hiring a Team Lead to develop a team of Operations Associates (OAs) within Fraud Operations in Bangalore. You will be responsible for the day-to-day operational execution and performance of your workflow(s), including queue health, SLA attainment, and decision quality. This role requires staying close to the work, remaining hands-on in complex casework (QA and targeted production), modeling high-quality decisioning, providing real-time coaching, and serving as the first-line escalation owner. You will also drive unit-level operational excellence. To be a fit, you will have a coaching mindset, proven ability to communicate at different levels, a track record of driving operational performance, and a passion for inspiring a team to deliver outstanding results. RESPONSIBILITIES * Manage a team of Operations Associates; set clear expectations, coach performance, and build a high-judgement culture rooted in strong decisioning and customer empathy. * Own individual performance metrics of Operations Associates and ensure the team consistently meets throughput, SLA, and quality targets. * Perform specific unit-level execution, including: defining, clarifying, and evolving core processes, leading team meetings, and performing root cause analyses for defects. * Support team operations including hiring, onboarding, scheduling, and intra-day coverage planning to meet SLAs; provide interview feedback and help maintain a high hiring bar. * Maintain hands-on casework at a level that enables effective coaching and escalation coverage, without compromising core people-lead responsibilities and team performance management. * Own and evolve SOPs and decision frameworks for your workflow(s); drive process adherence and consistency through clear guidance, change management, and reinforcement mechanisms. * Represent your workflow(s) in cross-team forums, surface operational pain points, propose improvements, support rollouts, and drive adoption within your team. * Serve as the primary escalation point for complex or time-sensitive cases within your unit, in partnership with global fraud stakeholders * Drive process adherence and consistency across your team through robust quality programs and calibration. * Participate in leader development and represent Bangalore workflows in global enablement sessions/onsites as needed. WHO YOU ARE You are a hands-on people leader and operational owner who thrives in a fast-paced fraud investigation environment. You run a strong performance cadence through clear metrics, coaching, and rigorous decision quality. You can take ambiguous operational problems, use data to diagnose root causes, and drive changes that stick, through influence, alignment, and follow-through, not just instruction. You bring sound judgment, calm execution under pressure, and a bias toward data-backed solutions and measurable improvements in both fraud outcomes and user experience. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS * Experience leading fraud, risk, trust & safety, or investigations operations in a high-scale environment. * Proven ability to manage a team of frontline operations associates and own their individual performance/productivity. * Experience with payments, risk, compliance, or financial industry operations. * Proven ability to define and operationalize team-level metrics (e.g., accuracy/quality, SLAs, throughput) and use data to drive team priorities. * Strong operational background in new process launches, service delivery, and building operating models at the unit/team level. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presenting operational updates and representing the team in escalations in English. * Skill and credibility doing the core work of a user facing team with a high bar for quality, and a willingness to lead by example. * At least 3+ years of direct people management experience; this includes handling performance management and proactively coach/mentor individuals. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS * Strong fraud domain depth across investigation workflows, risk vectors, and decision frameworks * Experience in optimizing unit-level fraud review operations through process redesign and tooling improvements. * Experience with payments risk (CNP/card testing, ATO, merchant fraud, transaction fraud) and familiarity with how upstream detection and downstream enforcement interact. * Strong analytics proficiency (comfort with data to track team performance) and comfort partnering with data science/engineering.
ABOUT THE JOB Who are we? About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career. About The Team The Stripe Delivery Center (SDC) strategy will provide operational leverage and expand Stripe’s portfolio of operational capabilities to support the scaled needs for external users and internal Stripe teams. Stripe’s People & Places Operations team will sit within the SDC and is a highly collaborative, cross-functional team that drives key support for the People and Places function. We work with many different teams at Stripe. We are nimble and flexible individuals that can wear many different hats. We don’t mind working through ambiguity and love adding organization to chaos. We believe that success is not defined by any one individual, but rather by the collective work of the entire team. Key Responsibilities * Provide strategic HR leadership to HR Operations. Effectively manage, develop and engage the global team * Ensure an exceptional employee experience by simplifying key processes * Lead and implement HR initiatives and projects which are aligned within HR and Centers of Expertise (COE) * Coordinate and lead key projects for improvement across HR * Identify best practices that can be applied to improve work tasks and processes * Deliver service improvement activity across HR through employing process improvement methodologies and the application of innovative thinking * Promote and lead change * Supports the administration and maintenance of HR systems while driving process and data integrity across the HR landscape * Participate in and/or lead projects aimed at expanding centralization, leverage technology to improve the employee experience, and discover actionable insights and recommend solutions * Responsible for driving process consistency, data integrity and compliance to HR policies, procedures, data privacy, audit controls and regulatory requirements in all HR Service Center activities * Serves as the escalation point for HR Operations guiding the root cause analysis, resolution and communication protocol * Manage the case management system (Ops ticketing system) and team to establish service level agreements * Partner with the HRIS team supporting HR technology upgrades * Develop and maintain team standard operating procedures * Oversees relevant employee data management to ensure that data is secure and maintained consistent with company policies and privacy regulations and that required reporting and filings are delivered * Track HR metrics to identify areas for improvement. Develop and implement counter-measures to correct identified misses to goals Skills * Proficiency in verbal & written communication in English * Good working knowledge of MS Office, MS Outlook; MS Excel. Proficiency is an advantage. * Strong attention to detail. * Ability to analyze and identify patterns in large data sets. * Decision making aptitudes based on given guidelines and in ambiguous contexts. * Must be comfortable working with large data sets. * Very good knowledge and experience in internet navigation and research – finding specific information about products in a timely manner. Minimum Requirements * Minimum 5+ years of people and operations management experience * Education - Grad/Post Grad in human resources or a related discipline * Desired 8+ years of experience in People Operations * Experience with HR systems such as Workday, Greenhouse, Confluence and Salesforce * Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with minimal supervision * Excellent leadership skills, data analytical & presentation skills, written & Communication skills * Understanding of overall HR lifecycle – Core HR, Benefits, Talent Mobility, Equity, Compensation, Exits, etc.
ABOUT STRIPE Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their in revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. WHAT YOU’LL DO You will act in a player-coach capacity and will be accountable for supporting associates in delivering against target set goals and mentoring in subject matter expertise. You will manage a small team of TechOps Payments Analysts. RESPONSIBILITIES * Champion metrics-driven analysis to continuously assess and optimize team performance, with a strong focus on automation * Leverage automation to streamline data reporting and deliver timely, data-driven insights to management/key stakeholders * Utilize data as a core tool for guiding people management strategies and optimizing team productivity * Play a key role in weekly business reviews (WBR), using data to lead discussions support decision-making * Manage capacity and scheduling, dividing and assigning work between team members. * Lead independent discussions with TechOps, Engineering and XFN Partners to unblock complex reconciliation issues. * Ensure your team has strong data analysis and Technical skills needed to be successful in their role. * Setting clear goals and expectations for individual and team performance. * Foster a culture of continuous improvement to refine team processes and procedures. * Support recruitment and hiring initiatives. * Coach and mentor individuals to meet career via structured career development conversations. * Provide continuous performance feedback and facilitate periodic formal performance reviews. * Drive and own initiatives that make the team a warm and welcoming place to work. * Keep the team engaged and motivated towards their work. WHO YOU ARE We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS * Been performing well in your current role for a minimum of 12 months** * 9+ years experience and at least 1-2 + years experience leading operations teams * SQL, Data Analysis and Payments Reconciliation Skills * Strong Ownership mindset and ability to get the team unblocked with internal/external help * Excellent interpersonal and communications skills * Exemplary planning and time management skills * Proven ability to collaborate effectively with multiple, cross-functional stakeholders to achieve results * Previous experience mentoring others and are able to constructively provide feedback to others. * Ability to motivate the team and keep them engaged in an otherwise structured process * Proven ability to be subject matter expert in the relevant line of business PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS * Previous experience in a team lead or people management role * Prior experience in Reconciliation and operations data analysis