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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.

As part of the Global Merchant & Network Services group (GMNS) the Network & Acquirer Solutions (NAS) team is at the core of American Express, uniquely positioned to service every business unit and customer across the Enterprise. Each year, we power billions of transactions through our global payments network, serving our Issuing and Acquiring businesses in more than 170 countries worldwide. We are driving a strategic, multi-year transformation to modernize our Acquirer Solutions to build innovative products, services, and capabilities that will anticipate our merchant and acquiring partner needs.

Acquirer Solutions (AS) is investing in the capabilities that drive GMNS strategy and leapfrog the competition in becoming an acquirer of the future. This is a strategic priority for GMNS as it becomes increasingly important that we stay competitive with the rise of intermediaries, can quickly adapt to an ever-changing regulatory environment and are developing strong value-added services that deepen the relationships with our acquiring customers.

Based in New York, this role will report to the Director, Multi-Currency (MCCY) & Acquiring Payment Products. The successful candidate will focus on the MCCY product, which serves as the international eCommerce growth engine for GMNS. Primary functions will include product strategy, business development, risk mitigation, marketing support, financial analysis, and project management.

The ideal candidate will have a passion to drive international business opportunities, while thinking strategically about the future. This is a great opportunity for an individual with strategic initiatives experience, who can partner cross-functionally with colleagues from Client Management, Finance, Legal, Compliance, and other merchant teams to develop and execute a product roadmap to accelerate billed business growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partnering closely with multiple global business partners to deliver a world-class cross-border and/or cross-currency eCommerce solution

• Driving the transformation strategy to streamline the MCCY merchant onboarding and usage experience

• Identifying merchant pain-points and understanding the competitive landscape to evolve MCCY product features and capabilities

• Managing and continuously improving processes end-to-end through feedback, metrics, and benchmarking

• Translating complex business processes into consumable steps for internal customer groups

• Supporting GMNS initiatives critical to the success of the MCCY product

Required Skills:

• High-level knowledge and experience of card network operations, merchant acquiring, and/or processing including familiarity of competitive practices

• Exceptional project manager with the ability to build a project plan and manage it through a complex matrix of stakeholders to execution

• Creative thinker willing to challenge the status quo and develop recommendations

• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, including the ability to develop relationships with senior leaders and key stakeholders, while appropriately influencing without direct authority

• Proven ability to successfully manage multiple strategic priorities in a fast-paced environment

• Passionate focus on the customer with a demonstrated desire to understand and solve for customer needs and pain points

• Experience in product management, leading cross-functional, global projects involving tech development is a plus

• 4-year college degree required

Qualifications

Salary Range: $103,750.00 to $174,750.00 annually bonus 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 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

• 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

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site .

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. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

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: Product

Primary Location: US-New York-New York

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 25020992