Head of Growth, Scheme Compliance

ABOUT THE ROLE Adyen is the global payments platform that powers the transaction engines of Meta, Uber, H&M, Microsoft and many others. As Head of Growth, Scheme Compliance you will lead the strategic growth engine that bridges regulatory compliance, product engineering, commercial partnerships and market expansion. You will own the vision and execution of new payment methods, local market launches and partner models that drive revenue while maintaining the highest standards of control and governance. Your work will shape how Adyen scales new business lines, unlocks merchant opportunities and stays ahead of evolving payment ecosystems worldwide. WHAT YOU'LL DO You will build and scale a globally distributed team that delivers growth initiatives across products, geographies and payment methods. You will define the growth strategy for Scheme Compliance, prioritising new product launches, market expansion and onboarding of payment methods and financial partners. You will partner with Commercial and Sales to surface high‑value merchant needs and translate demand into clear product requirements and build decisions for Product and Engineering. You will collaborate closely with Product and Engineering to embed compliance into payment flows, data models and configuration standards, creating system‑level guardrails that replace manual controls. You will design operating models for new business lines, establishing control points, monitoring, and defensible documentation for regulators and partners. You will lead cross‑functional programs across Commercial, Partnerships, Legal, Risk and Product to accelerate time‑to‑market for strategic initiatives, acting as the escalation point for complex or ambiguous opportunities. You will identify friction in existing compliance or partner requirements, proactively design solutions or influence changes to unlock growth. You will create frameworks for decision‑making, playbooks, tooling requirements and training programs to increase organisational fluency in growth‑related compliance topics. Finally, you will design scalable solutions for merchants whose business models fall outside standard network mandates, turning edge cases into repeatable, product‑enabled revenue opportunities. WHAT YOU'LL NEED You will bring a strong product mindset and proven experience translating regulatory and scheme requirements into system behaviour, data structures and configuration rules in partnership with Product and Engineering. You will have a track record of leading global, cross‑functional initiatives that involve Product, Legal, Commercial and Partnerships. Your deep understanding of payments ecosystems—including card networks, alternative payment methods and acquiring models—will enable you to design platform‑level guardrails and decide when to launch, constrain or decline based on risk and reward. You will demonstrate commercial judgment, balancing growth objectives against regulatory, partner and operational risk. You will be comfortable operating in ambiguity and making decisions in fast‑moving, high‑growth environments. Your stakeholder management skills will allow you to influence senior leaders and drive alignment across functions. You will have experience building and coaching high‑performing teams, and a creative approach to merchant use cases that sit outside standard network constructs, turning them into scalable, product‑enabled solutions. WHY REMOTE Adyen’s culture is built on distributed, asynchronous collaboration that empowers teams to work from anywhere while maintaining a shared sense of purpose. Remote work allows you to balance a flexible schedule with the autonomy to focus on strategic initiatives, while still engaging with colleagues across time zones through