Product Manager - Card Schemes

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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.

Product Manager - Card Schemes

Ordering a pizza? Buying a pair of trainers? Watching a movie? Hailing a ride? Chances are Adyen is handling your payment. Adyen’s Global Cards Acquiring team is responsible for the core payments engine of the Adyen platform. We add new markets for card acceptance, optimize card payment performance in existing markets and add new payment features for various use cases. Through our direct connections into the global card networks of Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, Diners, JCB, and China UnionPay, we can provide the highest quality of payment processing while also leading the market in terms of product innovation.

As Product Manager in this team you will contribute to our growth by implementing new acquiring connections and working with the card networks to accurately review and analyze new specifications and project plans. You are in charge of the operational success of card connections work for our merchants. Product Managers work closely with other Adyen teams across the world, including Engineering, Partnerships, Implementation Management, In-Person and Online Payments, Compliance and Regulatory teams, and Commercial teams.

What you’ll do

• You will be in charge of implementation projects and deliver initiatives with engineers, including planning, prioritisation and execution 
• You will drive end-to-end conversion and enhance existing payment method integrations with a partner’s system/network capabilities
• You’ll be the point of contact and technical expert of our cards acquiring rails and understand how specifications reflect merchant processing
• You will work with important external stakeholders such as Visa, Mastercard or local regulators across cultures and time zones and build and manage relationships
• You identify opportunities to create tools and processes that enable scalable support for our acquiring operations

Who you are

• You have a minimum of 3 years of working experience in product management
• You have hands-on experience with Visa and Mastercard payment systems, preferably from acquiring point of view
• You can extract the ‘bigger picture’ out of a complex situation, and balance short term versus long term business needs
• You are able to structure, deliver and communicate project plans in cross-functional teams with analysts and software engineers
• You are operationally strong, know how and love to improve existing processes and procedures

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.