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You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

How will you make an impact in this role?

The Global Merchant Services (GMS) Pricing team is responsible for the single largest source of American Express’ revenue: Merchant discount revenue. GMS Pricing works closely with multiple partners to determine the ideal pricing structure for merchant acceptance of American Express, while striving to improve coverage and merchant satisfaction.

The Senior Manager in U.S. Pricing Strategy and Planning is responsible for leading project management and the execution of strategic pricing initiatives in a compliant and rigorous manner. This position will collaborate across Relationship Management, Marketing, General Counsel’s Office, Technology / Product Management, and Controls Management organizations in a fast-paced environment on projects with significant impact to the U.S. merchant business.

This is an excellent opportunity for an individual to gain deep knowledge of the merchant business, as well as exposure to and insight from Leadership across the Blue Box. The Senior Manager should be a dynamic individual who can work closely with partners and leaders and has the right ambition to drive change.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate centralized planning processes for U.S. Pricing, collaborating across multiple teams and developing frameworks that drive decision-making

• Manage key compliance-related support activities including ORE mitigation efforts and definition of critical processes

• Manage key U.S. Pricing-driven strategic initiatives and programs, as well as ad hoc senior leadership requests

• Lead the ongoing development of a robust pricing infrastructure, including documentation and mapping of critical internal processes and implementation of a strong control environment

• Mange cross-functional relationships across Merchant Acquisition, Client Management, Finance, Legal, and Operations to drive alignment on strategic pricing initiatives

Minimum Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in consulting, management, project management, strategy, or related experience

• Expertise in preparing PowerPoint presentations tailored to various audiences

• Strong project management skills with full ownership of end-to-end execution, including ensuring documentation of key workstreams and tracking against deliverables’ timelines

• Detail- and action-oriented individual able to work autonomously with limited direction

• Proven ability to actively collaborate across teams as well as lead and contribute to discussions with partners and Leadership

• Strong organization and prioritization skills while working in an agile manner

• Demonstrated proficiency in drawing value-added insights from data and presenting compelling recommendations through effective verbal and written communication

• Some level of proficiency in Excel, TM1 and BigQuery/SQL and/or willingness to learn and develop

• Some level of proficiency with large data sets

• Ability to excel and drive results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

• Bachelor’s Degree required

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred financial services industry experience and an understanding of related products, services, features, economics and key regulations

• Advanced degree

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 our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

• 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: Marketing

Primary Location: US-New York-New York

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 25005049