Senior Associate - Digital Portfolio Management

How we serve our customers is constantly evolving and is a challenge we gladly accept. Whether you’re finding new ways to prevent identity fraud or enabling customers to start a new business, you can work with one of the most valuable data sets in the world to identify insights and actions that can have a meaningful impact on our customers and our business. And, with opportunities to learn from leaders who have defined the course of our industry, you can grow your career and define your own path. Find your place in risk and analytics on #TeamAmex.

How will you make an impact in this role?

As Senior Associate - Digital Product Ops, you will lead critical workstreams in the strategic Authorizations Modernization Program (AMP) to transform AXP’s authorization business process and platforms from legacy mainframe to modern distributed cloud native design. You will work with cross-functional program/project teams to ensure the desired results are achieved, actively overseeing journey delivery, testing and migration.
This role requires strong organizational, problem-solving and stakeholder leadership skills and should have the ability to influence across multiple levels of leadership. The incumbent must work well in a dynamic, sophisticated environment and under deadline pressures and be able to coordinate the efforts of a large agile team. The incumbent will work closely with a wide array of Strategy, Product & Technology teams, as well as partner in areas such as Servicing, Non-Risk, and Operational Risk.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience in the Credit or Fraud Risk domain, having executed transformational or change management roles.
• Experience in delivering large and complex projects in matrixed organizations and interacting with teams across all lines of defense.
• Strong problem-solving skills: ability to see the big picture while focusing attention on critical details.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple priorities under pressure.
• Excellent Microsoft Suite skills (i.e., PowerPoint, Excel, Word).
• Ability to lead informed technical discussions with engineering teams within and outside the Risk organization.
• Bachelor's Degree in business administration, computer science, engineering, or a related technical discipline is preferred.
• SAFE, Project Management Professional (PMI) or equivalent Project Management certification is preferred.
• Excellent relationship and influence management skills with the ability to build productive relationships across teams and levels of seniority.
• Self-confident with a strong sense of integrity and the ability and willingness to challenge and be challenged.
• Ability to communicate key risks to colleagues, business partners, and senior leaders.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• High energy, an optimistic attitude, and a good sense of humor.

Leadership Skills:

• Excellent relationship and influence management skills with the ability to build productive relationships across teams and levels of seniority.
• Self-confident with a strong sense of integrity and the ability and willingness to challenge and be challenged.
• Ability to communicate key risks to colleagues, business partners, and senior leaders.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• High energy, an optimistic attitude, and a good sense of humor.

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

• Support the Program Management Office, including planning and coordinating activities, through all phases of the software delivery life cycle for the migration of journeys from CAS to AMP.
• Lead journey progress for Credit, Non-Risk & Platform journeys.
• Drive clear, transparent program communications using dashboards and status reports.
• Partner with key stakeholders in Product & Solution Management to document and track Capabilities & Features.
• Build and leverage relationships with key project stakeholders across multiple lines of business.
• Identify gaps in existing processes and implement improvements.
• Be an influencer and a self-starter with the ability to lead the program without the need for explicit direction.

Salary Range: $89250 - $150250 annually + bonus + benefits