Head of Product, Developer Experience

Adyen • San Francisco, CA

6h • Onsite

About The Position

Adyen is a financial technology platform that provides end-to-end payments capabilities, data-driven insights, and financial products to leading companies globally, including Facebook, Uber, Spotify, and Microsoft. The company is seeking a visionary product leader to serve as the Head of Product for Developer Experience. This role is critical as the developer platform forms the foundation for thousands of businesses building their payment and financial systems. The ideal candidate will be an AI-native leader responsible for setting the strategy and accelerating the evolution of Adyen's platform, especially as customers increasingly use AI-powered development tools. The Head of Product will oversee the entire developer journey, from onboarding and the first API call to global scaling, leading a team of product managers and tech writers to define and execute the roadmap for APIs, SDKs, developer tooling, and documentation, ensuring a world-class, intuitive, and powerful platform for builders.

Requirements

• An Experienced Product Leader: You have 15+ years of experience in technology, with at least 8 years in a product leadership role (e.g., Director, VP, or Head of Product).
• A Developer Platform Expert: You have a proven track record of leading product for a successful, large-scale developer platform, API, or SDK product at a top-tier technology company.
• An AI Native: You have demonstrable experience leading AI-powered product initiatives. You think natively about how AI can transform the developer experience and have experience with AI agents, copilots, or similar technologies.
• Technically Adept: You have a strong technical background and are comfortable engaging with senior engineering leaders on complex system architecture and API design decisions.
• Customer-Centric: You are obsessed with the developer journey and have a deep empathy for the challenges and needs of builders.
• Strategic & Impactful: You are a strategic thinker who can connect a high-level vision to a tangible, measurable roadmap and inspire a team to execute on it.

Nice To Haves

• A background in engineering is a plus.
• Experience in fintech or payments is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Set the Vision: Define and champion the product vision and strategy for Adyen’s developer platform and how it evolves in an AI-native world.
• Own the Developer Journey: Take full ownership of the end-to-end developer experience, including API/webhook design, SDKs, documentation, sandbox environments, and identity & access management.
• Drive Product Execution: Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Design, Developer Relations, and Marketing to deliver high-quality products and drive their adoption.
• Lead and Mentor: Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing team of product managers dedicated to the developer ecosystem.
• Be the Voice of the Developer: Engage deeply with our customers and the broader developer community to understand their needs, gather insights, and translate them into impactful products.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed