[Hiring] Senior Associate - Program Management @American Express

Role Description

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.

Senior Associate, Program Management co-manages project resources and schedules, proactively identifies risks and tracks the progress of program performance through appropriate reporting tools against delivery, cost, budget, forecast, schedule and quality targets.

• Manages project schedules, budgets, and resources, ensuring timely and cost-effective delivery
• Conducts thorough risk assessments and develops actionable mitigation plans to address potential project challenges
• Evaluates progress towards program goals by monitoring project performance against goals, making adjustments to plans and strategies to ensure successful outcomes
• Prepares comprehensive project reports and updates, ensuring stakeholders are well-informed and project documentation is up-to-date
• Monitors compliance with regulatory requirements by ensuring all project activities across different workstreams adhere to relevant regulatory standards and organizational policies
• Aligns project deliverables with the organization’s strategic goals, ensuring they contribute to overall business success
• Provides inputs in Program Increment (PI) planning meetings with colleagues and other agile ceremonies for teams to pressure test plans for feasibility, capacity, and risk
• Contributes to the full life cycle of product development, from concept to delivery, including Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Collaborates and co-creates effectively with teams in product and the business to align technology initiatives with business objectives

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering and/or comparable experience
• Experience in project management and reporting tools (e.g., MS Project, Jira, Trello, Asana, Excel, Tableau)
• Experience in budgeting and financial planning/management
• Experience in data analysis
• Project Management Professional (PMI) or equivalent Project Management certification (e.g., Certified Project Management Practitioner, International Project Management Association / Prince 2 / CSM - Certified Scrum Master / CSPO - Certified Scrum product owner)
• Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.