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 you make an impact in this role?
Responsible for managing initiatives/projects within Finance portfolio. Detailed responsibilities include:
Leads the planning, execution, and delivery of complex technology projects, ensuring alignment with project goals and objectives
Drives program / cross platform / trains of trains product delivery demonstrating servant leadership coupled with technical expertise across domains and the corresponding business domain knowledge
Partners with LPM, Product and Engineering owners for early engagement and prioritization process.
Drives Pre-Program Increment (PI) planning meetings with leadership, product management, delivery teams and Business Partners.
Partner in the Delivery, Solutioning and Refinement processes to ensure product readiness.
Ensures dependency alignment for the teams & trains across organization & external partners (where applicable)
Assist with prioritization via experience regarding cross platform technology delivery and using methodologies such as economic decision making.
Collaborates with Delivery Managers, Release Train Engineers (RTEs) and TPMs to identify and coordinate cross-platforms dependencies
Identify and manage gaps, raise blockers, handle issues, risks, and opportunities across Agile teams and trains via RAID log and other artifacts
Identifies potential risks and develops mitigation strategies to minimize their impact on project delivery, monitoring and reporting on risk status, ensuring timely resolution of any issues that arise
Manage Rally process (Capabilities, features, stories, acceptance criteria process)
Share executive project updates to executive leadership on a regular basis
Facilitate solution technical alignment discussions
Raise blockers, handle risks, manage team capacity needs.
Manage Rally and Jira boards.
Minimum Qualifications
8+ years of experience working as a Project Manager preferably working on complex, enterprise level platforms
Deep experience with teams working in Agile. SAFe (Scaled Agile Frameworks) a plus
Experience running Pre PI and PI Planning sessions, Scrum of Scrum, ART Sync and other PI ceremonies
Strong attention to detail
Loves working in an entrepreneurial environment that is lean, fast paced, and dynamic.
A strong “driver” personality - constantly pushing toward clarity and delivery while balancing the need for great collaboration.
Ability to lead through influence
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to quickly create relationships and build trust with internal and external collaborators
Preferred Qualifications
In-depth knowledge and experience with Rally and Confluence
Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other technical discipline
Prior FinTech (Fed), Regulatory, Compliance, Treasury or Controllership experience a must
Prior Amex experience a plus
Experience with Rally
Additional Agile/SAFe certifications a plus
Salary Range: $89,250.00 to $150,250.00 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%25 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.
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