Project Manager, Enterprise Platforms

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 #TeamAmex and let’s lead the way together.

As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers’ digital lives.

Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems.

American Express offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source.

And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development.

Find your place in technology of #TeamAmex.

The Enterprise Platforms PD&I team is accountable for implementing and supporting systems for AMEX Enterprise platform businesses.

We are seeking leaders with a strong technology background to join our team. You will drive the planning, directing, and coordinating large-scale innovative & strategic products & services launch from discovery through implementation in an Agile environment.

We are that rare employer you have been seeking - a financial services company with growth, funding, and a lively culture enriched with companywide values.

We will put your skills to work as you help individuals and teams accelerate delivery and speed to market for our Enterprise Platform products and services in a large-scale Matrix organization.

As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers’ digital lives.

Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems.

Amex offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source.

And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development.

Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex.

We have opportunity to engage on crucial initiatives that are core to the growth of American Express, that will also help you learn and develop as a technology leader.

This position will be responsible for the following :

• Drives initiatives across platforms & Agile trains for product delivery demonstrating servant leadership coupled with technical expertise.
• Entire lifecycle from discovery to delivery :
• Partners with Product and Engineering owners for early engagement and prioritization process.
• Drives Pre-Program Increment (PI) planning meetings with product management, delivery teams and Business Partners. Cross Platform Integrated Release Planning and status reportingE2E Test Management (test data set up, test plan creation, reporting on testing status, etc.

Partner in the Delivery, Solutioning and Refinement processes to ensure product readiness.Ensures dependency alignment for the teams & trains across organization & external partners (where applicable)Partner with Product Managers, Product Owners, New Product Development, Business Partners and Architects to help assure strategy, vision and road map alignment and execution (initiative and epic specific).

Ensures value is achieved from end users’ perspective by the technology / product delivery. Assist with prioritization with experience regarding cross platform technology delivery and using Agile practices & techniques.

Collaborates with Delivery Managers (DMs), Release Train Engineers (RTEs) and TPMs to identify and coordinate cross-platforms dependencies.

Create data-driven insights into the delivery and execution of the program using relevant portfolio, program and team level metrics.

Manages impediments, risks, dependencies and resourcing needs across stakeholders and leaders as appropriate. Support and encourage innovation through continuous exploration.

Aggregates and drives End-to-End Program Increment (PI) objectives into Epic / Cross-Train Release objectives to ensure successful delivery.

Identify and manage gaps, issues, risks, and opportunities across Agile teams and trains. Track and measure Features & Capability execution progress.

Present the initiatives’ progress as well as improvement ideas to leaders.Manages external relationships, e.g. product partners or technology vendors on behalf of Technology organization (where appropriate).

Minimum Qualifications :

• 2+ years of Scrum Master experience.
• 2+ years’ experience in presentation & documentation tools like Microsoft PowerPoint & Excel.
• 2+ years’ experience with design and coding across one or more platforms and languages.
• 5+ relevant Program and / or Project Management experience
• 3+ years of experience facilitating Agile, Scrum, or other rapid application development teams to deliver solutions.
• 2+ years of experience agile management tools- Rally & Jira.
• BS or MS degree in computer science or information technology

Preferred Qualifications :

• PMP certification.
• In depth knowledge on SAFe and agile methodology.
• Scrum Master Certification
• Architectural concepts and solutioning mindset.
• Passionate and self-driven attitude to deliver value.
• Collaborative and servant leadership skills.

Salary Range : $85,000.00 to $150,000.00 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
30+ days ago