About PCN
What is PCN?
PCN is a boutique fintech and payments recruitment agency headquartered in Amsterdam, with founding year 2000 ("Founding year 2000" / "Over 15 years of industry expertise"). The mission, per the homepage: "connecting top fintech and payments talent with industry leaders." The agency's name is unpacked on the about page: P for Pulse (staying on top of industry signals), C for Curve (re-evaluating when things don't go to plan), N for Nodes (intersection-led network-building through placements and partnerships).
PCN supports clients across five named verticals: Risk, Fraud & Compliance (regulatory and risk-management talent), Tech (engineering talent), Delivery (project managers, solution engineers, implementation managers, architects), Commercial (sales, partnerships, account management, business development), and Product. Notable client work includes Worldline, where PCN Internal delivered "12 high-impact hires in just four months, exceeding targets by 50%" via an embedded recruitment model across Europe and the US.
Where will I work?
PCN is based at Singel 126, 1015 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands (phone +316 26 74 16 07, [email protected]). Active recruiter job postings span 12+ cities globally — Amsterdam, Paris (incl. 75002), Austin, Berlin, Bochum, Frankfurt, Hamburg, London, New York, The Hague, Tokyo, Utrecht, Vienna — plus fully-remote roles.
What is the PCN team like?
The team is "international, driven and looks out for each other" per the work-at-PCN page, grounded in three core values: People. Knowledge. Empathy. PCN positions itself as a people-first destination where "our standards are set high on personalities". The team statistics published on the about page: 250+ placements per year with 92% retention, a network of 180,000+ professionals, 125,000+ social-channel audience, and 15,000+ candidate interviews to date.
Work-Life Balance
PCN operates a 4-day work week with Fridays off. The verbatim careers framing: "PCN is committed to providing world class recruitment services to all of our clients. In our mission to continue to deliver these results, it's equally as important that our team is rested, inspired and able to do things they love most on Fridays."
Perks and Benefits
Confirmed from PCN's own work-at-PCN page:
- 25 vacation days + tenure time + unused rollover vacation days
- A MacBook + extra goodies
- Free daily lunch delivered to the office
- Office trips to places you may not have been (cadence not specified)
- Travel costs fully covered within a 25km radius of Amsterdam
- Room for growth and development