Head of Regulatory - EMEA

Adyen is seeking a strategic, high-impact, and visionary regulatory leader to serve as our Head of Regulatory – EMEA.

In this role, you will be a senior leader in our Global Regulatory organization, including direct responsibility for leading our Regional Counsel teams and Regulatory Strategy & Risk teams across EMEA.

Responsibilities

• Unite & Lead the EMEA Regulatory Function: Provide overarching leadership and strategic direction across the EMEA Regulatory function, ensuring Adyen’s regulatory posture and supervisory relationships enable Adyen’s next phase of growth.
• Cross-Functional 2LoD Leadership & Supervisory Presence: Act as a senior cross-functional leader across Adyen’s Second Line of Defense (Legal, Compliance, Risk, Internal Control and Data Privacy Office), building deep, collaborative relationships with leadership peers.
• Global Regulatory Leadership Integration: Serve as a core member of the Global Regulatory Leadership Team, ensuring EMEA’s regulatory insights and licensing frameworks actively inform and shape our global baseline.
• People Leadership & Adyen Leadership Expectations: Build a best-in-class team, hire, develop, and retain top-tier regulatory leaders and SMEs; cultivate a diverse, inclusive, and agile environment; maintain an uncompromising quality threshold.

Requirements

• Senior Executive Leadership: 10+ years of experience, with at least 6+ years in a senior leadership position within a regulatory, legal, or supervisory function at a tier-1 bank, global credit institution, or complex fintech platform.
• Deep EU/UK Regulatory Expertise: Comprehensive knowledge of European and UK financial frameworks (PSD2/PSD3, CRD/CRR, EMD, MiCA, DORA, Conduct rules) and credit institution supervisory dynamics.
• Strategic & Pragmatic Architect: Proven ability to balance fine regulatory detail with high-level corporate strategy.
• Cross-Functional Collaborator: Strong ability to build alignment across Second Line functions and First Line leadership without defaulting to consensus-seeking or creating operational delays.
• Empowering People Leader: Exemplifies Adyen’s leadership principles,coaching senior contributors, fostering high autonomy and accountability, and maintaining a calm, steady presence in high-stakes environments.
• Global Mindset & Fluency: Comfortable operating in a "Global-First" environment; fluent in English (proficiency in additional European languages is a plus).

Benefits

Adyen offers a unique culture, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is an office-first company, valuing in-person collaboration.