Enterprise Sales Manager, Platforms

<p><strong>This is Adyen</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p> <p><strong>Enterprise Sales Manager, Platforms </strong></p> <p>As an Enterprise Sales Manager focused on Adyen’s Platform business (e.g. Lightspeed, Eposnow, Fresha, Mews, Qonto, Pennylane, Doctolib, etc.), you will drive new revenue by building and expanding strategic reseller, channel, and platform partnerships. You will leverage Adyen’s global financial technology platform to empower enterprise-level platforms, marketplaces, and software providers to embed payments and financial services at scale.</p> <p>This role will focus on net-new customer acquisition. You bring experience selling complex platform solutions, navigating long sales cycles, and developing high-impact partner ecosystems. You will open new doors, build strategic alliances, and influence how platforms integrate, commercialize, and scale with Adyen.</p> <p><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></p> <ul> <li>Own the full enterprise sales cycle from strategic prospecting through deal closure for merchants across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.</li> <li>Identify, prioritize, and unlock high-value enterprise opportunities through focused, selective pipeline building.</li> <li>Build trusted relationships with C-level and senior decision-makers, and develop multi-threaded engagement across buyer groups.</li> <li>Lead complex commercial conversations by clearly articulating Adyen’s value across payments, financial technology, and broader business outcomes.</li> <li>Navigate long sales cycles involving commercial, product, technical, compliance, procurement, and executive stakeholders.</li> <li>Shape deal strategy, handle objections effectively, and negotiate mutually beneficial commercial outcomes while protecting long-term value.</li> <li>Partner closely with internal teams including Sales Support, Implementation, Account Management, BDR, and other cross-functional stakeholders to drive high-quality customer outcomes.</li> <li>Act as a strong market representative for Adyen in DACH by bringing insight on customer needs, competitive dynamics, and regional business culture.</li> <li>Contribute to team excellence through knowledge sharing, mentoring, and example-setting.</li> <li>Travel and network regularly across the region to strengthen market presence and develop new business opportunities.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Who You Are</strong></p> <ul> <li>You are <strong>fluent in both English & German</strong> in verbal and written settings, and can tailor your message to different audiences.</li> <li>You have a strong track record in full cycle enterprise sales (4 years +) with measurable success winning and growing complex strategic accounts.</li> <li>Experience selling into consumer-facing industries such as platforms & financial services, or similar sectors where payments are strategically important.</li> <li>Existing network across DACH merchants, partners, advisors, or ecosystem pl