Product Manager, Databases

This is Adyen

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, databases

Within Platform Engineering, the Shared Application Capabilities (SAC) group works on the foundational building blocks that the Adyen platform is composed of. Product teams use our capabilities (like databases, queueing and streaming solutions, core frameworks and services) to build global financial products that solve our customer’s problems. By offering these capabilities as ready-to-use building blocks, we aim to give teams speed in building reliable and secure applications and operate them in our global platform. 

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As Product Manager, you are responsible for the strategy one or more solution areas and for tracking impact and execution on that strategy.

What you'll do

• Focus primarily on defining and refining the product strategy, helping translate this to the team's roadmap(s), executing the strategy, and ensuring all teams and stakeholders are aligned.
• Interact regularly with infrastructure engineers, software developers, product managers, and the leadership teams from other departments.
• Guide a cross-functional team to establish a roadmap with feasible and measurable goals.
• Serve as a leader across Adyen for supporting and driving innovative solutions and decision-making.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, infrastructure teams, internal stakeholders, and partners to identify opportunities, develop effective solutions, and deliver them across the finish line.
• Prioritize among different problems, ensuring that imminent issues are resolved first and the long term is also taken care of.

Who you are

• At least 5 years of experience as a Product Manager and delivered successful outcomes.
• A solid understanding of how databases are build and managed, the kind of products that make up a cloud platform and what kind of problems these products solve for engineers.
• Able to make strategic choices, considering business and technical needs, as well as the needs of the team.
• Someone with a growth mindset and the thirst to learn and build great products.
• Fueled by curiosity, always on the lookout to learn how something works, whether it's our platform's performance, application architecture, or the scalability of our products.
• Someone who promotes strong teamwork, healthy collaboration, and inclusivity. 

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.

Please note that this role is a full-time position in Amsterdam. It will require a relocation in case you live outside of the Netherlands.