Senior Manager - KYC Operations

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Chicago, IL
Hybrid
160K-200K
Senior level
Fintech • Payments • Financial Services
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The Role
Lead and manage KYC onboarding teams, ensuring compliance and operational excellence while supporting commercial objectives and process improvements.
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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.

Senior Manager - KYC Operations

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Group Manager – KYC Operations to lead our platforms KYC onboarding and periodic review teams. This role plays a pivotal part in ensuring we onboard and maintain sub-customers (i.e. customers of our customers, such as platforms) efficiently, compliantly, and at scale.

You will oversee a global team of Team Leads and their respective operational teams, driving performance against well-defined speed and quality metrics, while supporting our commercial teams in their growth objectives. This is a high-impact role requiring a combination of operational leadership, stakeholder management, and process excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Team Leadership & Management
    • Lead, coach, and develop multiple KYC teams through a structured layer of Team Leads.
    • Set clear team goals, KPIs, and performance metrics aligned to business objectives.
    • Foster a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and customer-centric service delivery.
  • KYC Operations & Delivery
    • Ensure timely and high-quality onboarding and periodic reviews of sub-customers.
    • Maintain robust operational oversight across all KYC work-streams to meet SLA and compliance obligations.
    • Implement and refine workflows and quality assurance processes to maintain regulatory standards.
  • Commercial Partnership
    • Collaborate closely with commercial and growth teams to align KYC capacity with business demand.
    • Translate commercial growth forecasts into actionable operational plans, including resourcing, training, and process scaling.
  • Process Excellence & Scalability
    • Identify and lead continuous improvement initiatives to drive efficiency, accuracy, and scalability in KYC operations.
    • Partner with the relevant product teams to implement automation and workflow enhancements.
    • Own and evolve metrics and reporting dashboards to enable real-time tracking of workload and team performance.
  • Risk & Compliance
    • Ensure all KYC activities are carried out in strict adherence to regulatory requirements and internal policies.
    • Proactively manage operational risk through root-cause analysis, escalation frameworks, and corrective action plans.

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of people leadership experience in operational teams (Preferably CDD/KYC)
  • 2 years of experience leading leaders, including managing managers and overseeing multi-layered teams.
  • Demonstrated experience managing team leads and large operational teams in a fast-paced, regulated environment.
  • Proven ability to work cross-functionally, especially with commercial, product, and compliance stakeholders.
  • Track record of process improvement and scaling operations through systems, automation, and change management.
  • Excellent analytical, planning, and organizational skills.
  • Strong communication and influencing skills at both operational and senior management levels.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience in fintech, payments, banking-as-a-service, or platform-based models.
  • Exposure to global regulatory environments (e.g., UK, EU, US).
  • Familiarity with KYC tools, case management systems, and analytics platforms.

Compensation

We offer a competitive compensation package that includes both a base salary and equity in the form of RSUs. Base salary ranges are location-dependent:

The annual base salary range for this role is $160,000 to $200,00 plus RSU's; to learn more about our compensation philosophy, please click here.

This role is based out of our Chicago office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.

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.

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.

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The Company
HQ: Amsterdam
4,568 Employees
Year Founded: 2006

What We Do

Adyen (ADYEN:AMS) is the financial technology platform of choice for leading companies. By providing end-to-end payments capabilities, data-driven insights, and financial products in a single global solution, Adyen helps businesses achieve their ambitions faster. With offices around the world, Adyen works with the likes of Meta, Uber, H&M, eBay, and Microsoft.

Why Work With Us

At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition. We started with payments, at a time when providers offered services based on a patchwork of systems built on outdated infrastructure. Ambition demanded more. So we set off to build a financial technology platform for the modern era, entirely in-house, from the ground up.

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We believe that in-person collaboration is the best route to building genuine connection. We’re an office-first company that offers flexibility when needed. We trust our team to act with autonomy and make good choices.

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