Manager-Tech Project Mgmt
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?
As a Sr TPM, you will be required to leverage technical knowledge to drive delivery of multi-disciplinary programs across technical, regulatory, and business requirements—from beginning to end, translate business objectives into execution strategy, anticipate, track, and resolve risks, dependencies, and impediments to project delivery.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree in technical discipline or equivalent work experience required; advanced degree preferred
• Certifications in project management methodologies is preferred
• 8+ years in program delivery and project management
• Experience with Agile/ SAFe/ Lean methodologies a plus
• Experience managing multiple initiatives, priorities and teams
Preferred Qualifications:
• Technical knowledge sufficient to understand and discuss technical challenges and systems design
• Ability and aptitude to learn new technical skills quickly.
• Working understanding of major coding languages to track delivery challenges and support solutioning
• Experience writing technical documentation
• Ability to manage cross-functional projects with technical dept
• Strong understanding of organizational, product, and industry standard metrics.
• Ability to leverage metrics to diagnose problems and improve delivery
• Ability to collaborate across teams and able to build and leverage strong working relationships and bring different opinions to consensus
• Understanding of the full life cycle of product development, from concept to delivery, including Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Ability to manage the post-production processes, drive quality, and implement testing best practices
• Technical problem solving and issue-resolution abilities
• Ability to maintain a high attention to detail in a deadline-driven work environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated experience engaging and influencing cross-functional stakeholders and senior leaders
• Strong understanding of interconnections between various business priorities
• Demonstrated knowledge of project management process, project management software tools, templates, and management techniques.
• Strong ability to manage change in a dynamic environment and influence others without direct authority
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, 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.
US Job Seekers - Click to view the “Know Your Rights” poster. If the link does not work, you may access the poster by copying and pasting the following URL in a new browser window: https://www.eeoc.gov/poster
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions
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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?
As a Sr TPM, you will be required to leverage technical knowledge to drive delivery of multi-disciplinary programs across technical, regulatory, and business requirements—from beginning to end, translate business objectives into execution strategy, anticipate, track, and resolve risks, dependencies, and impediments to project delivery.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's Degree in technical discipline or equivalent work experience required; advanced degree preferred
• Certifications in project management methodologies is preferred
• 8+ years in program delivery and project management
• Experience with Agile/ SAFe/ Lean methodologies a plus
• Experience managing multiple initiatives, priorities and teams
Preferred Qualifications:
• Technical knowledge sufficient to understand and discuss technical challenges and systems design
• Ability and aptitude to learn new technical skills quickly.
• Working understanding of major coding languages to track delivery challenges and support solutioning
• Experience writing technical documentation
• Ability to manage cross-functional projects with technical dept
• Strong understanding of organizational, product, and industry standard metrics.
• Ability to leverage metrics to diagnose problems and improve delivery
• Ability to collaborate across teams and able to build and leverage strong working relationships and bring different opinions to consensus
• Understanding of the full life cycle of product development, from concept to delivery, including Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Ability to manage the post-production processes, drive quality, and implement testing best practices
• Technical problem solving and issue-resolution abilities
• Ability to maintain a high attention to detail in a deadline-driven work environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated experience engaging and influencing cross-functional stakeholders and senior leaders
• Strong understanding of interconnections between various business priorities
• Demonstrated knowledge of project management process, project management software tools, templates, and management techniques.
• Strong ability to manage change in a dynamic environment and influence others without direct authority
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, 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.
US Job Seekers - Click to view the “Know Your Rights” poster. If the link does not work, you may access the poster by copying and pasting the following URL in a new browser window: https://www.eeoc.gov/poster
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions
Apply Now
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