# Governance Lead, Scheme Compliance **Company**: Adyen **Location**: San Francisco **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $195,000 - $263,000 **Category**: Finance **Industry**: Finance **Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/adyen/jobs/8188021?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_0b397890-bf5 ## Description We are looking for a strategic, structured, and collaborative leader to lead the Governance pillar within Adyen's global Scheme Compliance team. You will manage a small globally distributed team, setting the direction for how we demonstrate compliance with card scheme and local payment method requirements through effective governance, control assurance, and coordinated external engagement. This role combines people leadership with accountability for our global governance framework, audit and assessment coordination, internal control mapping and testing, and relationships with scheme Risk and Compliance counterparts. **Responsibilities** - Lead and develop a global team. Manage, coach, and develop team members across regions, establishing clear responsibilities, priorities, and development opportunities. - Own the governance framework. Define and maintain consistent standards for scheme, debit network, and alternative payment method compliance documentation, control mapping, evidence management, issue tracking, and reporting across the program pillars. - Lead audit and assessment coordination. Oversee Scheme Compliance's participation in scheme and local payment method audits, assessments, and due diligence reviews. - Oversee control mapping and testing. Lead the mapping of scheme and payment method requirements to internal policies and controls. - Serve as the global governance point of contact. Act as the central interface for scheme Risk and Compliance counterparts, connecting the appropriate regional and subject-matter owners while maintaining a consistent global approach. - Manage scheme communications and RFIs. Oversee the intake, routing, coordination, and quality review of scheme and local payment method communications and requests for information. - Lead recurring scheme governance engagements. Own the preparation and coordination of weekly business reviews (WBRs), quarterly business reviews (QBRs), and annual meetings, including agendas, reporting, stakeholder preparation, and tracking of decisions and commitments. - Partner on assurance and remediation. Work closely with Internal Audit and Internal Controls to align assurance activities, support independent reviews, and reduce unnecessary duplication. - Own committee and board reporting. Lead the preparation, consolidation, and delivery of Scheme Compliance reporting to committees, boards, and management forums across all regions and management levels. - Own the global scheme bulletin intake and update process. Oversee the intake, tracking, distribution, and status reporting of bulletins and rule updates from all schemes globally. **Requirements** - An experienced people leader who can develop a small, globally distributed team while remaining closely engaged in complex work and stakeholder decisions. - An experienced governance, compliance, risk, or controls professional, ideally within payments, acquiring, financial services, or a similarly complex environment. - Skilled in audit and assessment management, requirements-to-control mapping, control testing, evidence evaluation, and remediation oversight. - Familiar with card scheme and payment method requirements, or able to demonstrate experience translating complex external obligations into practical governance and control frameworks. - A credible external representative who can manage sensitive discussions, coordinate responses across functions, and communicate clearly with senior stakeholders. - Comfortable operating across lines of defense, with a clear understanding of the distinction between operational ownership, compliance oversight, and independent assurance. - A structured and pragmatic decision-maker who can prioritize competing demands, challenge constructively, and maintain clear accountability without creating unnecessary process. - An effective written and verbal communicator who can turn detailed findings and requirements into concise reporting, actionable recommendations, and clear decisions. - Experienced in translating complex compliance matters into clear committee and board reporting, and in leading global change-governance processes with clear ownership, traceability, and escalation. - Willingness to travel internationally as needed. **Total Rewards & Compensation** The annual base salary range for this role in San Francisco is $195,000 - $263,000. Compensation is based on factors including qualifications, experience, and location. Total compensation package includes equity (RSUs), 401(k), health, dental, vision, and more. ## Skills ### Required - governance - compliance - risk - controls - audit - assessment management - requirements-to-control mapping - control testing - evidence evaluation - remediation oversight --- Source: [Apply at job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/adyen/jobs/8188021?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)