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Do you want to accelerate American Express’ digital capabilities by developing and delivering our tech strategy? We are looking for a Director to oversee the Strategic Planning & Program Management function for Amex Technology’s multi-year Tech Strategy and will work on select internal strategic consulting engagements for Amex’s Technology organization. This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate to bring our technology strategy to life.

The Director will be responsible for overseeing a multi-year strategy program, connecting a wide array of initiatives that will enable our aspiration. The team will also drive internal consulting for key strategic work. A successful candidate will have a strong background in enterprise-wide strategic planning and program management including driving strategic transformation and/or complex change programs along with previous management consulting experience.

What you’ll do:

This role will be a combination of program management, strategy development, and internal consulting. Specifically, this role will:

Program Management

• Own and lead the governance and implementation of the multi-year Technology Strategy, leading a small team to deliver on the program aspirations and bring key stakeholders along on the journey

• Drive governance committees and processes to track progress, metrics and any planned value capture

• Develop an integrated, sequenced, multi-year roadmap of discrete initiatives identified to deliver on the strategy

• Build strong relationships with key initiative owners and stakeholders (within Technology and across the company) to ensure commitment for sustained focus and transparency of progress and issues

• Partner with Technology Communications to enable multi-directional communication and feedback to drive sustained change and adoption of new ways of working

• Establish reporting cadence in support of governance forums and other executive updates with transparency around value, progress, metrics, issues and risks

• Define key metrics to measure progress and regularly communicate progress on the strategy to Technology Leadership, program stakeholders, and key partners

• Partner with Technology Business Management Executive Reporting team to track initiatives, program level OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) and to track impact/outcomes of the transformation in addition to general progress tracking

Strategy Development & Strategic Planning

• Evolve the multi-year Tech Strategy and oversee annual refresh process

• Partner with senior leadership to develop strategic capabilities, metrics, and initiatives in support of refreshed strategic vision

• Set the vision for future Technology aspirations and the strategic plan to achieve it

• Produce presentation materials for executive audience and senior leadership

Internal Consulting

• Be a strategic consultant for enterprise stakeholders to support digital / technology strategy development of strategic initiatives

• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to align on ideal state solution and develop the strategy to achieve it

• Conduct buy vs build assessments, conduct competitive market analysis to identify strategic capabilities, design business cases to support strategic needs

Who you are:

• A leader with 10 years of experience in Strategy Consulting and Program Management, 3 years leading, developing, and mentoring high performing teams

• An excellent communicator with the ability to engage, influence, and inspire others to work towards shared outcomes.

• Intellectually Curious and Data-driven – High intellectual curiosity, creativity, complex problem solving and strategic and innovative thought leadership; ability to proactively ask questions and design a data model to answer them; prior experience in data analytics and executive summarization to avert risk and drive actions

• Executive Presentation – Highly proficient in developing excellent quality presentations and deliverables for an executive audience.

• Continual Improvement and Innovation – Passion for continual improvement, process design, and automation; seeks new ways to improve effectiveness, quality, and compliance

• Leadership – Experience in leading, and mentoring diverse and global teams

• Stakeholder Management – Confident and clear communication and relationship building skills, with the ability to influence Executive leaders / SMEs (Subject Matter Expert), and drive progress and decision making

• Business and Technical Knowledge – Understanding of industry trends in Financial Services (Payments, FinTech) and American Express’ business model.

• Results Oriented – Track record of driving results across multiple channels and initiatives in a fast paced and dynamic environment.

• Familiar with Agile framework and methodologies; empathetic to Agile team needs.

• Bachelor’s degree, MBA preferred

• Located in NY (New York) and willingness to travel up to 10%.

Qualifications

Salary Range: $145,000.00 to $230,000.00 annually bonus equity (if applicable) benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

• Competitive base salaries

• Bonus incentives

• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan

• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits

• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need

• 20 weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy

• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)

• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program

• Career development and training opportunities

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We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's 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.

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Job: Technology

Primary Location: US-New York-New York

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 24010643