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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.

Retain and profitably grow one of our largest and most strategic global Supplier Payment clients. The ideal candidate will be a client-focused leader with a consultative mindset and the ability to navigate complex, matrixed organizations both internally and externally. This role requires someone who can think strategically, lead cross-functional initiatives, and drive meaningful outcomes in a high-visibility environment.

Responsibilities:

• Own and drive the global strategic vision for the account, including business plans and clear action steps to deliver program growth, retention, and client satisfaction

• Develop and maintain executive-level relationships across business units and geographies, ensuring strong connectivity with key stakeholders in Payment Operations, Finance, Disputes, Product, and Technology

• Collaborate closely with internal partners across Product, Risk, Servicing, Technology, Legal, TLS, and Strategic Partnerships to deliver tailored solutions and ensure operational excellence

• Maintain a deep understanding of the client’s industry, platform model, organizational goals, and evolving priorities particularly within the travel and digital commerce space

• Design and lead regular business reviews, communicating performance, insights, and opportunities clearly and persuasively

• Consult with clients using a value-driven approach, clearly articulating the Global Corporate Payments value proposition and quantifying business impact

• Identify and implement cross-sell opportunities across B2B Payment Solutions, Virtual Payments, and T&E card products

• Achieve portfolio growth and retention targets

• Serve as the point of escalation and resolution, using structured action plans and project management tools as needed

• Analyze client financial performance and P&Ls to recommend strategies for improving profitability, optimizing working capital, and enhancing efficiency

• Deliver an exceptional client experience by ensuring that contractual obligations, SLAs, and service expectations are consistently met or exceeded

Minimum Qualifications:

• Strong track record of building relationships and influencing at the executive level, including presenting business cases and performance reviews to senior stakeholders

• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional projects across virtual teams, regions, and internal departments

• Skilled in navigating ambiguous or evolving client needs, with a proactive and strategic approach to solving problems

• Experience developing and progressing a pipeline of opportunities through strategic, solution-based selling

• Strong project management and organizational skills; ability to manage multiple priorities under tight timelines

• Excellent communication and storytelling skills with the ability to translate complex data into clear, compelling recommendations

• Proficiency in developing strategic plans, and action plans tailored to client-specific goals

• High degree of professionalism, responsiveness, and customer service orientation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven experience managing global clients with complex, matrixed structures, ideally in travel, digital, tech, or marketplace-related industries

• Deep understanding of Global Corporate Payments products, including both B2B and T&E payment solutions

• Knowledge or experience with vPayment solutions is a plus

• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to interpret and influence financial levers, including incentive structures, pricing, and margin drivers

Qualifications

Salary Range: $80,000.00 to $155,000.00 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: Sales

Primary Location: US-New York

Other Locations: US-Connecticut, US-New Jersey

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 25011318