Description You Lead the Way.
Weve Got Your Back.
At American Express, we know that with the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways.
Whether were supporting our customers financial confidence to move ahead, taking commerce to new heights, or encouraging people to explore the world, our colleagues are constantly redefining whats possible and were proud to back each other every step of the way.
When you join TeamAmex, you become part of a diverse community of over 60,000 colleagues, all with a common goal to deliver an exceptional customer experience every day.
The Tech Strategy and Portfolio Management (TSPM) team is responsible for powering the business of Tech by optimizing investments, enabling innovation, and driving enterprise agility.
Were growing our CIO Portfolio & Decision Support team and looking for a Program Manager.
Our team is responsible for ensuring Technology demand adheres to prioritization principles and for delivering analytics and insights to accelerate decision making.
This group works as advisors to Technology Leadership Team and formulates strategies to help the Technology team build better/smarter/faster.
As the Program Manager, you will be responsible for proactively identifying specific business opportunities where technology can enhance the value of the business.
You will partner with our stakeholders in TSPM, finance, product, and technology to identify opportunities to simplify and drive growth through solid business case value.
The ideal candidate will have deep experience is crafting, publishing, and socializing streamlined business processes.
This role will report to the Director, CTO & Tech LOB Portfolio Strategy, in the Technology Strategy and Portfolio Management Organization.
The successful candidate will be able to: Clearly communicate recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences, effectively gaining buy-in from executives and peers.
Able to craft visually impactful presentations to tell a compelling story.
Identify roadblocks to roadmap execution and collaborate with key stakeholders to remove those roadblocks.
Have excellent analytical abilities, capable of being hands on with the data and quickly interpret results and communicate concise recommendations.
Be comfortable providing your point-of-view and communicate clear recommendations to Senior Leaders.
Collaborate with technology, finance, and product leaders.
Understand, articulate, and translate complex ideas.
Bring their significant experience in effective data modeling to build great tools.
Engage and influence all key stakeholders.
As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers digital lives.
Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems.
Amex offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source.
And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development.
Find your place in technology on TeamAmex.
Qualifications BS Degree; Advance Degree preferred.
You are a strategic, structured thinker with strong problem solving, analytical and decision-making skills, and the ability to translate information and analysis into actionable insights and recommendations.
You are not afraid to challenge the status quo and speak up when you have a different point of view.
You are a relationship builder with strong influence management skills who excels at bringing multiple cross-functional teams together toward common goals.
You are a team player with a strong collaborative orientation.
You have excellent written and verbal communications skills with experience and comfort working closely with all levels of the organization.
You are comfortable leading a team through ambiguity and creating structure and strategies in white space.
You are curious about how technology works.
You have the ability to drive results.
You are able to navigate complex organizational needs and imperatives to identify opportunities for new and more efficient ways to structure and deliver high quality software.
We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally.
Thats why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture.
Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.
If the role you are applying for is designated as hybrid or onsite, you will be required to demonstrate that you have completed your primary COVID-19 vaccination series (i.e., 2 doses for Moderna/Pfizer and 1 dose for J&J) in order to work in or visit any of our offices.
This requirement is subject to legally required accommodations.
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S.
is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.
Job: Technology Primary Location: United States Other Locations: US-Arizona-Phoenix Schedule Full-time Req ID: 22024724