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You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back

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.

How will I make an impact in this role?

Enterprise Data Management & Products (EDMP), a key part of our Technology organization, focuses on delivering data products that fuel business growth and unlock value, while also shaping robust data management strategies and governance solutions. Our aim is to propel growth, unlock potential, enhance efficiency, manage risk, and foster talent. By prioritizing enterprise growth across all sectors, we create solutions that enhance satisfaction and value, streamline operations for scalability, and maintain trust and security.

The Enterprise Data Office (EDO) team, part of EDMP, is a global first line of defense data center of excellence responsible for realizing the potential of our data. EDG provides the principles, policies, processes, architecture, and governance to enable consistent, trusted, and usable data to drive accurate data-driven business outcomes.

Role Description:

The Senior Manager Data Governance and Policy will be responsible for supporting the Data Governance Policy and Standards, Policy Implementation Procedures, Data Risk Assessments, Effective Challenge and Control Testing Methodologies, and other key instructive and interpretive documentation that enables American Express to manage data risk.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Supporting the maintenance, implementation and updating of the Enterprise Data Management Operating Policy, Standards and supporting documentation.

• Assist in the development of methodologies and documentation to support data control testing and effective challenge of adherence to data policy requirements.

• Documenting requirements to assess and control data risk across the data supply chain for critical risk and regulatory reports and financial crimes risk management processes.

• Providing support for regulatory, independent risk management, and internal audit exams and continuous monitoring over the program.

• Ensuring the successful integration of Policy, Standards and Procedure requirements into key processes within the EDO and across American Express.

• Analyzing complex questions on the Policy and providing clear interpretation to key stakeholders and internal EDO colleagues.

• Supporting creation of materials for regular updates to senior level stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5 years in the financial services industry in operational risk management, data risk management, internal audit or a related field.

• Experience executing risk assessments (including Risk Control Self Assessment), control testing, policy adherence, and effective challenge processes.

• Prior experience authoring and updating risk management policies, standards and procedures.

• Bachelor's Degree Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of the financial services regulatory environment including BCBS-239, Dodd-Frank Act, Bank Secrecy Act and other relevant regulations.

• Proven track record of driving results in a fast-paced environment often with significant ambiguity and needing to make decisions with less than perfect information.

• Excellent communication skills with a demonstrated ability to engage, influence, and encourage partners and stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment.

• High degree of organization, individual initiative and personal accountability and resiliency.

Qualifications

Salary Range: $90,000.00 to $165,000.00 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: Data Mgmt and Analytics

Primary Location: US-New York-New York

Other Locations: US-Arizona-Phoenix

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 25016799