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.

What you’ll do

• 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.

Who you are

• 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).

Why you should join Adyen’s Regulatory Function

As a licensed credit institution operating on its own banking infrastructure across the globe, Adyen’s regulatory positioning is one of our greatest differentiators.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Adyen

We actively seek different perspectives to sharpen our ideas.

What’s next?

Ensuring a smooth and enjoyable candidate experience is critical for us.