Manager - Technical Project Management - US Consumer & Digital Technology

Job Description

Work Location Options :

Hybrid

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared 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.

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 companys growth strategies, delivering global capabilities and services in support of Amexs 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.

The U.S. Consumer Services and Enterprise Digital & Data Technology Team brings together foundational strategic technology capabilities in digital experience engineering (Mobile and Web), AI / ML, marketing technology, enterprise communications, travel and lifestyle, and automation, grounded in our data technology model that prioritizes data governance. It employs a ground-breaking focus with development responsibilities for customer-facing capabilities that deepen and expand digital engagement, as well as core technical capabilities that cut across business lines and customer segments.

Responsibilities :

• Manage day-to-day Portfolio activities such as resourcing, financial spend tracking, capacity planning, program health check, and data trending risk identification.
• Take ownership in managing and ensuring successful financial, delivery and operational outcomes across the portfolio - gathering status updates and escalating delivery risks when needed.
• Drive design discussions and facilitate consensus on solution architecture decisions across all upstream engineering SMEs, Enterprise Architects and Raven SMEs.
• Manages the planning, coordination, and execution of technology-focused projects, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and project goals
• Leads Agile release trains, coordinating with product owners, agile champions, and development teams to ensure timely and quality delivery of project milestones
• Leads Program Increment (PI) planning meetings with senior leadership, product management, and delivery teams to ensure strategic alignment and readiness
• Mentors Agile Release Train (ART) meetings to ensure the preparation, readiness, and prioritization of features for future PI planning sessions
• Develops risk management plans, conducts regular risk assessments, and implements mitigation strategies to ensure smooth Agile Release Train (ART) execution
• Analyzes and interprets relevant portfolio, Release Train, and team-level metrics to provide strategic insights into delivery and execution
• Facilitates Inspect & Adapt sessions and other retrospective meetings to promote a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the teams
• Oversees the process of maintaining project documentations including requirements, specifications, and progress reports ensuring they are updated in Project Management tools
• Develops risk management plans, conducts regular risk assessments, and implements mitigation strategies
• Tracks relevant Objectives and Key Results / Key Performance Indicator (OKR / KPIs) to measure and report on project performance
• Facilitates communication among stakeholders, including project sponsors, team of colleagues, and external partners, to ensure effective information flow
• May or may not manage resource allocation, ensuring optimal utilization of resources across multiple projects and balancing workload among a team of colleagues
• May or may not manage and lead a team of technology delivery colleagues, providing leadership, guidance, and coaching to support continuous learning, growth opportunities, inclusivity, and the development of best practices
• May or may not recruit colleagues with relevant experience, and develops, rewards, and energizes an effective team
• Collaborates and co-creates effectively with teams in product and the business to align technology initiatives with business objectives

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Salary Range : $110,000.00 to $190,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, well 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 :

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our .

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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