Compliance Officer - Growth

Adyen•San Francisco, CA

3d•$120,000 - $150,000•Onsite

About The Position

Adyen is seeking a highly organized, technically fluent, and product-minded Compliance Officer to join its Schemes Compliance team, focused on the Growth vertical. The role enables business growth across new products, markets, partners, payment methods, and network programs by leading cross-functional execution and building scalable operating solutions. Working across Payments Compliance, Product, Engineering, Commercial, Partnerships, Legal, Risk, Operations, and regional stakeholders, the Compliance Officer helps unblock launches, shape requirements, and translate complex business and network needs into structured programs. The position involves managing initiatives from problem definition and requirements gathering through launch, monitoring, and post-launch optimization, while balancing business goals with control requirements. The role is based in Adyen's San Francisco or New York City office. Adyen is an office-first company and does not offer remote-only roles.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in technical program management, product operations, payments, fintech, risk, compliance, or similarly cross-functional roles.
Strong understanding of payments infrastructure, payment methods, network rules, or merchant payment flows.
Experience working closely with Product and Engineering teams to launch or improve systems, workflows, or controls.
Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives with competing priorities and dependencies.
Excellent organizational skills and a structured approach to planning, execution, risk management, and follow-through.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complexity into clear recommendations.
Comfort working in ambiguous, fast-paced environments and making progress without full information.
Ability to influence and drive alignment across teams without direct authority.
Bias toward scalable solutions, automation, and operational efficiency.
Ability to think strategically and operationally, balancing business goals with control requirements.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting launches or changes involving compliance, product, legal, or partner considerations.
Exposure to merchant onboarding, payment methods, scheme rules, or financial partner programs.

Responsibilities

Lead cross-functional programs that enable new products, markets, payment methods, partner integrations, and network programs to launch compliantly and at scale.
Drive end-to-end execution of growth initiatives, from problem definition and requirements gathering through launch, monitoring, and post-launch optimization.
Partner with Product and Engineering to define business requirements, operational models, control needs, and system enhancements that reduce manual work and create scalable solutions.
Work with Commercial, Partnerships, Legal, Risk, and regional stakeholders to align on launch readiness, sequencing, ownership, and dependencies.
Identify gaps between business ambition, network or partner requirements, and operational reality, and help design pragmatic solutions to unlock growth.
Develop and maintain program plans, decision logs, milestones, and governance routines for strategic initiatives.
Escalate blockers, risks, and unresolved issues with clear recommendations and options for decision-making.
Support the design of repeatable frameworks for evaluating merchant use cases that do not fit existing network mandates.
Coordinate testing, readiness, launch, and post-launch reviews for complex initiatives with global impact.
Build documentation, training materials, and playbooks to improve team efficiency and organizational clarity.
Track metrics, issues, and outcomes to ensure programs deliver business value and meet control expectations.
Help standardize scalable processes and operating models across regions and product lines.