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Senior Analyst - Data Governance & Management

Charlotte, NC, United States

New York, NY, United States

(Hybrid)

Job Description

You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back

Joining Amex Tech means discovering and shaping your contribution to something big. Here, you can work alongside talented tech teams and build a unique career with the Powerful Backing of American Express. With a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies, and a commitment to back the broader engineering community through open source, our mission is to power your success. Because Amex Tech is powered by our technology, our culture, and our colleagues.

The Technology organization enables and accelerates the company’s growth strategies, delivering global capabilities and services in support of Amex’s customers and colleagues, while maintaining 24/7 servicing and availability to ensure an uninterrupted, high-quality customer experience. Technology provides the foundation for everything we do in the company while driving differentiation through building and leveraging innovative technology and data insights.

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.

As a Senior Analyst within the Enterprise Data Office (EDO), you will support the integration of data policies with broader risk and control frameworks, helping ensure they reflect both data and technology risk considerations. You will work closely with leadership to support partner teams, including Tech Risk and Information Security (TRIS) and Enterprise Architecture, to assist in aligning policies, standards, and controls across the enterprise. This role supports data policy integration and cross-risk operationalization efforts by contributing analysis, documentation, and coordination, and helps ensure that data risk and control requirements are consistently embedded within enterprise policies and practices.

Responsibilities

• Providing direct support in the integration of data policies with enterprise risk, technology risk, and control frameworks to ensure consistent application across the organization.

• Supporting team by conducting analysis, preparing documentation, and tracking actions related to updates to data-related policies, standards, procedures, and supporting materials.

• Maintaining the enterprise Data Control Catalog by ensuring controls are accurately documented, mapped, and maintained to help mitigate data risks across the enterprise.

• Supporting the ongoing updates, maintenance, and documentation of team-owned standards, procedures, and related artifacts to ensure alignment with enterprise policies, risk requirements, and evolving data practices.

• Monitor emerging data and technology risk trends and escalate findings, issues, or opportunities to leadership to support proactive policy and control enhancements.

• Support partnership efforts with Tech Risk, Information Security, Enterprise Architecture, and other stakeholders by preparing materials, coordinating meetings, and documenting outcomes.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of prior experience in Data Management, Data Governance, Risk Management, Technology, or a related discipline.

• Experience supporting the analysis, documentation, or implementation of policies, standards, or controls, preferably in data, technology, or information security domains.

• Familiarity with data risk and control concepts such as data protection, access management, issue management, and control documentation.

• Foundational knowledge of data management concepts such as metadata, data lineage, data quality, and data architecture is preferred.

• Experience gained at large US and/or global financial institutions.

• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail and a high degree of personal accountability.

• Ability to work effectively in environments with ambiguity, managing multiple priorities and deadlines.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly document requirements and explain concepts to a broad stakeholder base.

• Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values (https://www.americanexpress.com/en-us/company/who-we-are/) and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.

As part of Team Amex, you’ll experience our 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.

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 out Colleague Benefits Site (https://www.americanexpress.com/en-us/colleagues/benefits) .

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 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 Info

• Job Identification 26007351

• Job Category Data Mgmt and Analytics

• Posting Date 05/04/2026, 10:27 PM

• Apply Before 05/18/2026, 05:00 AM

• Degree Level Bachelor's Degree

• Job Schedule Full time

• Job Shift Day

• Locations 600 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC, 28202, USAMEX World Financial Center, New York, NY, 10285, US(Hybrid)

• Salary Range $89250 - $150250 annually + bonus + benefits

• Career Area Technology