Customer Engagement & Industry Advocacy – Europe

<p><strong>This is Adyen</strong></p> <p>Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&amp;M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition.&nbsp;</p> <p>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.</p> <p data-path-to-node="7">As the <strong data-path-to-node="7" data-index-in-node="7">Customer Engagement &amp; Industry Advocacy – Europe</strong> lead, you will be responsible for elevating both Adyen’s voice and the voice of our Customers across the payments ecosystem. This role sits at the intersection of deep customer engagement, industry influence, and executive thought leadership, ensuring that Adyen is not only delivering exceptional experiences but also shaping the future of commerce alongside its customers.</p> <p data-path-to-node="8">You will build and lead critical advocacy and engagement initiatives, including European Customer Advisory Boards, executive engagement programs, and merchant communities. By embedding customer perspectives directly into our product innovation lifecycle and amplifying their voices externally, you will position Adyen as a trusted strategic partner and industry leader.</p> <p data-path-to-node="9">A key focus of this role is converting Adyen’s deep expertise into compelling market narratives, actionable insights, and influential industry participation. You will leverage Adyen’s global merchant base and scale to proactively debate and influence partners, industry bodies, and regulatory stakeholders, ensuring both Adyen and its customers shape the European payment landscape.</p> <h3 data-path-to-node="11">&nbsp;</h3> <h3 data-path-to-node="11"><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></h3> <p data-path-to-node="12"><strong data-path-to-node="12" data-index-in-node="0">1. Customer Advocacy &amp; Merchant Engagement</strong></p> <ul> <li data-path-to-node="13,0,0">Design, launch, and steward the Customer Advisory Board for strategic merchants across Europe.</li> <li data-path-to-node="13,1,0">Build and scale merchant communities and executive engagement programs to deepen relationships and foster peer collaboration.</li> <li data-path-to-node="13,2,0">Partner cross-functionally to integrate merchant perspectives dir