People Performance Lead

Adyen

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. We’re looking for an experienced and motivated leader to join our London office as the Manager Enterprise Account Management UK. The UK is a cornerstone market for Adyen, home to some of the world’s most sophisticated Enterprise Merchants. In this newly created role, you will sit directly between our Team Leads and the Head of Account Management, serving as a critical leader responsible for driving the execution, operational health, and strategic direction of our dedicated Enterprise Account Management sub-teams. As a second-level manager, you will oversee a team of Team Leads (and, where applicable, Senior Account Managers). You thrive on translating high-level market visions into concrete, actionable milestones, driving mid-term portfolio growth, and coaching people managers into true organizational leaders. Your mission is to ensure our enterprise merchants—from global retail giants to digital disruptors—receive localized, vertical-specific expertise to unlock their full potential on Adyen’s platform. WHAT YOU'LL DO * Deliver Commercial Goals: Deliver 12–18 month commercial targets and growth for the Enterprise portfolio. Establish goals and accurate forecasting, identifying UK best practices to scale across EMEA. * Scale Leaders: Upskill Team Leads and Senior DAMs into strategic people leaders. Provide specialized vertical advice on complex merchant strategies and manage the sub-team's span of control to maintain efficiency. * Relationship Excellence: Build trust with high-value enterprise contacts and act as the escalation point before the Head of AM. Mentor teams to uncover commercial opportunities and guide high-stakes renegotiations. * Optimize Performance: Lead initiatives to streamline workflows and drive "Account Management at scale". Prioritize initiatives to protect bandwidth and build a cohesive view of segment health. * Embody Adyen Formula: Exemplify and coach teams on the Adyen Formula Leadership Expectations. Act as a culture carrier to foster cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Product, Tech, and Marketing. WHO YOU ARE * A Leader of Leaders: Proven experience acting as a second-level manager, with a passion for guiding, mentoring, and upskilling people managers into high-performing commercial leaders. * A Dedicated Enterprise Expert: Deep, specialized payments industry knowledge with a clear understanding of the specific operational challenges, technical frameworks, and nuances that impact large Enterprise merchants. * Commercially Sharp & Analytical: Possess a pristine track record of defining mid-term pipeline goals, managing high-stakes client negotiations, and connecting complex commercial data points into a single cohesive strategy. * An Astute Decision Maker: Display exceptional situational judgment, with the ability to comfortably navigate difficult internal trade-offs, confidently communicate vertical decisions, and make the correct mid-term operational calls for portfolio health. * A Cross-Functional Advocate: A strong internal communicator who can navigate complex environments both internally and externally, remove regional roadblocks using past experience, and advocate fiercely for the vertical team structure. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS * 7–10+ years of experience in senior commercial roles within Account Management, Customer Success, or Business Development, including a strong track record of managing people managers or multi-level teams. * Deep operational experience within the UK enterprise, retail, or digital disruptor space; a strong understanding of omnichannel and complex merchant infrastructures. * Proven experience within the Fintech or Enterprise Payments industry is highly preferred to support the technical maturity of the UK portfolio. * Strategic Mindset with a Global Perspective: Proven ability to move beyond tactical execution to mid-term partnership scaling, working on strategic projects at a regional vertical level while maintaining a global perspective to scale local operational successes. * Full professional proficiency in English.   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.   This role is based out of our London office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.

Adyen

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. We’re looking for an experienced and motivated leader to join our London office as the Manager Platforms Account Management UK. The UK is a cornerstone market for Adyen, with one of the most mature Platform and Marketplace portfolios within Adyen.In this role, you will serve as a vital leader responsible for driving the execution, operational health, and strategic direction of our UK Platforms Account Management team. As a second-level manager, you will oversee a hybrid team consisting of both Team Leads (People Managers) and Senior Account Managers (Individual Contributors). You thrive on translating high-level market visions into concrete, actionable milestones, driving mid-term portfolio growth, and coaching people managers and senior AMs into true organizational leaders. Your mission is to ensure that the Platforms and Marketplaces receive the operational framework, consultative guidance, and financial product capabilities required to scale their ecosystems successfully to unlock their full potential on Adyen’s platform. WHAT YOU'LL DO * Deliver Commercial Goals: Deliver 12–18 month commercial targets and revenue growth for the Platforms portfolio. Establish goals, accurate forecasting, and commercial strategies that maximize user/sub-merchant adoption across our platform accounts. * Scale a Hybrid Team: Upskill Team Leads into strategic people leaders, and simultaneously mentoring and coaching Senior Account Managers (ICs). Guide the team through complex account planning, contract renegotiations, and high-stakes executive engagements. * Relationship Excellence: Build trust with high-value enterprise contacts and act as the escalation point before the Head of AM. Serve as a senior trusted advisor to c-suite executives at major Platforms and Marketplace. Mentor teams to uncover commercial opportunities and guide high-stakes renegotiations. * Optimize Performance: Lead initiatives to streamline complex platform workflows (e.g., sub-merchant onboarding, compliance/KYC, and payout structures) to protect team bandwidth and drive "Account Management at scale". * Embody Adyen Formula: Exemplify and coach teams on the Adyen Formula and Leadership Expectations. Act as a culture carrier to foster cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Product, Tech, and Marketing. WHO YOU ARE * A Leader of Leaders and Senior ICs: Proven experience acting as a second-level manager, with a passion for guiding, mentoring, and upskilling people managers into high-performing commercial leaders. And in parallel effectively keeping senior individual contributors motivated and strategically aligned. * A Platforms & SaaS Ecosystem Expert: Deep knowledge of the payments industry with a clear understanding of the operational challenges, API frameworks, onboarding nuances, and financial regulations impacting Platforms and Marketplaces. * Commercially Sharp & Analytical: Possess a pristine track record of defining mid-term pipeline goals, managing complex client negotiations, and connecting complex data points into a single cohesive strategy to help platforms unlock new monetization streams.. * An Astute Decision Maker: Display exceptional situational judgment, with the ability to comfortably navigate difficult internal trade-offs, confidently communicate vertical decisions, and make the correct mid-term operational calls for portfolio health. * A Cross-Functional Advocate: A strong internal communicator who can navigate complex environments both internally and externally, remove regional roadblocks using past experience, and advocate fiercely for the vertical team structure. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS * 7–10+ years of experience in senior commercial roles within Account Management, Customer Success, or Business Development, including a strong track record of managing people managers or multi-level teams. * Deep operational experience within the SaaS, B2B Platform, and/or Marketplace ecosystem, with a solid grasp of embedded financial products. * Proven experience within Fintech or Enterprise Payments is highly preferred to support the high technical maturity and nuanced discussions required by our Platform and Marketplace portfolio. * Strategic Mindset with a Global Perspective: Proven ability to move beyond tactical execution to mid-term partnership scaling, working on strategic projects at a regional vertical level while maintaining a global perspective to scale local operational successes. * Full professional proficiency in English. 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. This role is based out of our London office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.

Trainline

About us We are champions of rail, inspired to build a greener, more sustainable future of travel. Trainline enables millions of travellers to find and book the best value tickets across carriers, fares, and journey options through our highly rated mobile app, website, and B2B partner channels.  Great journeys start with Trainline 🚄  Now Europe’s number 1 downloaded rail app, with over 135 million monthly visits and £6.3 billion in annual ticket sales, we collaborate with 270+ rail and coach companies in over 40 countries. We want to create a world where travel is as simple, seamless, eco-friendly and affordable as it should be.  Today, we're a FTSE 250 company driven by our incredible team of over 1,000 Trainliners from 50+ nationalities, based across London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Edinburgh and Madrid. With our focus on growth in the UK and Europe, now is the perfect time to join us on this high-speed journey.  Introducing the Trainline People Team 👋 At Trainline, our People team plays a critical role in helping our business and colleagues thrive. We create the conditions for high performance, growth, and meaningful career development by building the capabilities, culture, and leadership needed to support our ambitious goals. As we continue to evolve, Learning & Development is a key enabler of organisational success, helping our people adapt, grow, and perform at their best. As our Head of Learning & Development, you will define and lead Trainline’s learning strategy, ensuring it is closely aligned to business priorities and future capability needs. Reporting to the Director of People Partnering & L&D, you will partner closely with People Partners, leaders, and stakeholders across the organisation to deliver scalable, impactful learning solutions that drive measurable outcomes. This role combines strategic thinking with a practical, hands-on approach, leading a small team while shaping the learning experiences, behaviours, and capabilities that will support Trainline’s continued growth and transformation. In this role as the Head of Learning & Development, you will...🚄 Learning Strategy & Business Alignment * Define and lead Trainline's Learning & Development strategy and roadmap, ensuring capability-building initiatives are aligned with business priorities, organisational goals, and future workforce needs. * Partner closely with People Partners and business leaders to identify capability gaps and design targeted learning solutions that drive measurable business outcomes. * Embed learning as a strategic enabler of performance, productivity, and organisational effectiveness, ensuring initiatives are commercially grounded and outcome-focused. AI & Future of Work Enablement * Shape the learning strategy that supports AI adoption and evolving ways of working, helping colleagues and leaders build the skills, behaviours, and confidence needed to embrace new technologies. * Develop scalable approaches to continuous learning and upskilling that enable Trainline to adapt to an increasingly dynamic business and technology landscape. Performance & Leadership Development * Design and embed learning interventions that strengthen leadership capability, enhance manager effectiveness, and support a high-performance, feedback-rich culture. * Partner with People Partners and business leaders to build greater ownership and accountability for performance, coaching, and development across the organisation. Learning Experience & Ecosystem * Own and continuously evolve Trainline's learning ecosystem, including platforms, tools, external partnerships, and core learning journeys such as onboarding, leadership development, and compliance learning. * Make informed build-versus-buy decisions that balance effectiveness, scalability, colleague experience, and return on investment. Leadership & Stakeholder Partnership * Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing Learning & Development team, creating clarity of purpose while encouraging innovation and continuous improvement. * Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across the business, influencing decision-making and bringing external insight, emerging trends, and best practice into Trainline's approach to learning and development. We'd love to hear from you if you have...🔍 * Significant experience in Learning & Development, with deep expertise across learning strategy, leadership development, and organisational capability building. * Experience operating at Senior Manager, Principal, Head of Learning & Development, or a similar leadership level, with responsibility for shaping and delivering impactful learning strategies. * A strong track record of designing scalable learning frameworks, programmes, and operating models that deliver measurable business outcomes. * Experience partnering with senior leaders, People teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to diagnose needs, influence priorities, and co-create effective solutions. * Strong capability in leadership and manager development, with experience building learning interventions that improve performance and strengthen organisational culture. * A good understanding of modern learning methodologies and learning technologies, alongside experience managing or evolving learning platforms and ecosystems. * Experience supporting organisational transformation, behavioural change, digital adoption, or future of work initiatives, ideally including exposure to AI-enabled ways of working. * A commercially minded and pragmatic approach, with the ability to balance long-term strategy with hands-on execution and adapt effectively in a fast-moving environment. More information: Enjoy fantastic perks like private healthcare & dental insurance, a generous work from abroad policy, 2-for-1 share purchase plans, an EV Scheme to further reduce carbon emissions, extra festive time off, and excellent family-friendly benefits.  We prioritise career growth with clear career paths, transparent pay bands, personal learning budgets, and regular learning days. Jump on board and supercharge your career from day one!  We're operating a hybrid model and ask that Trainliners work from the office a minimum of 60% of their time over a 12-week period. We also have a 28-day Work from Abroad policy. Our values represent the things that matter most to us and what we live and breathe everyday, in everything we do:  * 💭 Think Big - We're building the future of rail  * ✔️ Own It - We focus on every customer, partner and journey  * 🤝  Travel Together - We're one team  * ♻️ Do Good - We make a positive impact  We know that having a diverse team makes us better and helps us succeed. And we mean all forms of diversity - gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, nationality and diversity of thought. That's why we're committed to creating inclusive places to work, where everyone belongs and differences are valued and celebrated. Interested in finding out more about what it's like to work at Trainline? Why not check us out on LinkedIn, Instagram and Glassdoor!