Associate-Digital Product Management

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

Functional Description:

Enterprise Comms & MarTech Experiences (ECMX) is a global organization that sits within U.S. Consumer Services (USCS) and is American Express’ marketing services center of excellence with the charter of driving high quality, customer-first marketing that accelerates business growth through optimized go-to-market solutions and the development of best-in-class MarTech products & processes.

Purpose of the role:

The Associate will lead product ownership for Investment Optimization platform- Galileo. Specific activities will include working closely with business and technology partners to define Business requirements, designing process and engaging stakeholders to drive change management.

Responsibilities:

· Product owner for shaping strategic decisions and executing the marketing and IO capabilities roadmap for Galileo

· Contribute strategic insights & forward-thinking ideas to evolve the vision and road map for the product. Converting a road map into clearly defined and actionable business needs and requirements

· Communicating with stakeholders across the board, including business partners, and the development team to make sure the goals are clear, and the vision is aligned with business objectives.

· Partnering with large number of diverse internal stakeholders across multiple lines of business and functional groups to meet key project launch milestones.

· Deploy best in class technology and process innovations that deliver top line strategy and enhance the customer experience

· Leading discussions with technologies and business partners during capability development life-cycle.

· Ensure that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next.

· Active involvement in Program increment (PI) planning process. Ensure scrum team backlog is prioritized and updated. Define stories and providing necessary clarifications to assist with story estimation and sequencing.

Qualifications

· 1-3 Years of Systems / Programming, Product / Capability management & Project Management Experience; managing projects from inception to implementation.

· Strong knowledge of Big Data enterprise architecture & integration and hands-on experience with Big Data tools and platforms - Hadoop, SQL/Hive, Spark/PySpark, Big Query etc.

· Hands on experience with portfolio optimization techniques and investment strategy will be a plus.

· Strong intellectual curiosity, attention to detail, analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to innovate.

· Ability to both take direction and initiative to proactively develop solutions, and work in complex, high-profile projects end-to-end.

· Excellent Interpersonal skills, Multitasking, and Thought-leadership skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.

· Excellent Communication, Collaboration, and Change Management skills.

· Familiarity with Google Could Platform will be a plus.

· Experience with Agile, Scrum, Big Data, Cloud is preferred.

· Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information security, or any other relevant qualification

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• Support for financial-well-being and retirement
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
• 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

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.