Senior Manager - Data Governance & Management - job 2 of 21

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.

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Team Description

American Express US Consumer Services (USCS) is responsible for our suite of consumer products, services, and experiences in the U.S., including our premium, cobrand, cash back, and lending portfolios, Membership Rewards, Global Travel & Lifestyle Services, the Centurion Lounge network, our Global Dining and Resy businesses, U.S. Consumer Banking, and best-in-class marketing programs across customer, prospect, and partner channels. The USCS team is focused on making membership an indisputable competitive advantage and helping each other become better leaders every day.

The USCS Data Office is responsible for the day-to-day compliance with the Enterprise Data Risk Management Policy within business units and supporting enterprise-wide priorities.

Role Description

As a Senior Manager – Data Governance and Management, Data Steward Delegate, you are part of a team responsible for supporting activities for the day-to-day compliance with the Enterprise Data Management Operating Policy within your domains/business units. You are responsible for identifying critical data, maintaining data definitions, classifying data, supporting data sourcing / usage requests, measuring Data Risk Controls, and confirming Data Incidents are remediated. You will partner across various business units, technology teams, and product/platform teams to define and implement the data governance strategy, supervising and leading data quality, resolving data/platform issues, and driving consistency, usability, and governance of specific product data across the enterprise.

Primary Responsibilities

• Responsible for supporting the Data Steward in identifying data incidents, performing root-cause-analysis of data incidents and driving remediation of audit and regulatory feedback.
• Responsible for holistic platform data quality monitoring, including but not limited to key reports and business processes.
• Assist in the identification of data risk, working with upstream data providers, downstream business partners, as well as technology teams.
• Support the Data Steward in in the establishment, maintenance, and testing of controls to manage data risk within their business unit.
• Coordinate with Business Units and other Business Unit Data Offices to ensure System level Lineage is documented completely and accurately
• Build advanced platform expertise to influence the identification of critical data elements and contribute to the roadmap to govern the data elements.
• Collaborate with and influence product managers to ensure all new use cases are managed according to policy.
• If needed, partner with legal, compliance, and control management to account for and uphold diverse privacy and compliance requirements. 

Qualifications

• 5+ years of work experience relating to the creation and execution of formal data governance and/or data management programs.
• Strong verbal and written communication, leadership, organizational, interpersonal, presentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Intermediate understanding of Data Management and Data Governance concepts (metadata, lineage, data quality, etc.) and prior experience.
• Intermediate competency in SQL & Python or other programming language.
• Prior experience with Agile or SAFe project methodologies.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science or other similar fields.
• Ability to understand business challenges and strategies and translating those to relevant data governance and management requirements to improve compliance and efficiency.
• Skilled in developing clear and structured documentation.
• Demonstrated learning agility, ability to make decisions quickly and with the highest level of integrity.
• Willingness to test, learn, fail and improve.
• Must have a positive, collaborative leadership style with colleague and customer first mindset.

Salary Range: $90,000.00 to $165,000.00 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.

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for this position

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.

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*Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.