Team Lead, Technical Support

This is Adyen

We took an unobvious approach to starting a payments company, building a platform from scratch. Today, we're the payments platform of choice for the world's brightest companies. Our unobvious approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity, of backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives, is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business challenges are unique, we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. So no matter where you’re from, who you love, or what you believe in, we welcome you to be your true self at Adyen.

Team Lead, Technical Support

As a Technical Support Team Lead, based in San Francisco, you will lead a team that operates as a first point of contact for Adyen’s merchants across the globe. You will guide and develop the technical support team that works directly with merchants to help solve complex technical and operational questions. Day-to-day you will be working with multiple teams across Adyen, such as Operations, Engineering, Product, Account Management and Sales to provide white glove service and support. 

Our team is merchant-focused, highly motivated, and thrives on our shared success. You will be part of an international team with diverse backgrounds and skill sets. With Adyen being a 24/7 business we operate throughout time zones using a follow the sun principle. Our extensive payments knowledge and technical skillset is our most valuable asset both to our merchants and our internal teams. This is a full time position and does require working the occasional holiday and weekend to ensure business continuity. 

• Lead a customer facing team that is a key source of knowledge on the Adyen platform and APIs, the underlying technology stack, and industry-standard integration methods and best practices
• Collaborate across an international leadership team by scheduling and participating in monthly meetings, standardizing best practices and developing global alignment as we scale
• Recruit and hire talented Technical Support Engineers who can contribute to Adyen and our merchant’s growth
• Coach and mentor members of the Support team to fully prepare Technical Support Engineers to resolve technical challenges for Adyen’s merchants and grow their careers
• Help define and clearly communicate objectives and key results for the Support team
• Institute accountability, track team progress and success, and present results to Senior Leadership

 Who you are:

• You are a people leader and have experience leading technical teams 
• You are innovative, love dealing with ambiguity, have strong problem-solving capabilities and enjoy establishing processes and procedures
• You are able to serve as an escalation point to varied technical support requests and challenges
• Payments or Fintech experience is not required, but you must be able to communicate your enthusiasm for the space
• You can make quick informed decisions and prioritize requests for both internal and external stakeholders
• You have strong communication skills and the ability to interact with others clearly and empathetically
• Must be willing to travel, both domestically and internationally where required.
• You resonate with our Adyen Formula - learn more here!

Want to know more?  Check out the following blog posts to hear from some of the team:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/working-nerve-center-fintech-unicorn-stijn-van-esveld

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/growing-adyen-almost-my-first-year-support-abraham-tewolde/

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments 

Our unobvious approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity of backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. So no matter where you’re from, who you love, or what you believe in, 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 it sound like you? If so, Adyen encourages you to reconsider and apply. We look forward to your application.

Who we are

Adyen is the payments platform of choice for many of the world’s leading companies, providing a modern end-to-end infrastructure connecting directly to Visa, Mastercard, and consumers' globally preferred payment methods. Adyen delivers frictionless payments across online, mobile, and in-store channels. With offices across the world, Adyen serves customers including Facebook, Uber, Spotify, Casper, Bonobos and L'Oreal.

Ready to meet us?

If you are excited about this role, apply by clicking the link below. We can’t wait to meet you!

Adyen is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.