Associate, Acquirer Product Management (APT)

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As part of the Global Merchant & Network Services group (GMNS) the Network & Acquirer Solutions (NAS) team is at the core of American Express, uniquely positioned to service every business unit and customer across the Enterprise. Each year, we power billions of transactions through our global payments network, serving our Issuing and Acquiring businesses in more than 170 markets worldwide. We are driving a strategic, multi-year transformation to modernize our Acquirer solutions to build innovative products, services, and capabilities that will anticipate our merchant and acquiring partner’s needs.

Reporting to the Director of Acquirer Platform Transformation (APT) – Product Management, this newly created role the Associate, Acquirer Product Management (APT), will have the exciting opportunity to be part of a key strategic priority for the GMNS business. This team is responsible for evolving the strategic agenda focused on how we are modernizing and transforming our Acquiring products and processes globally. This includes setting the strategy, defining future use cases, ensuring our current roadmap enables the business for the future, and identifying opportunities to provide differentiated value to our Merchants and Partners.

As a key member of this team, your responsibilities will include:

• Assist in defining products and services that provide value and a seamless customer experience
• Continually refine prioritization to maintain product roadmaps including sustaining a backlog of features.
• Partner with Product Delivery teams to design, validate, and execute new solutions while ensuring roadmap execution.
• Collaborates with stakeholders and deliver teams to define trackable success metrics to enable analytic-driven decision-making
• Support market readiness of product releases including preparation and deployment of documentation and training to ensure successful adoption.

The successful candidate will have the following:

• Intellectual curiosity: High intellectual curiosity, with excellent creative and critical thinking and problem-solving skills and ability to deal with ambiguous or undefined problems.
• Highly collaborative: Ability to collaborate and build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to influence, inspire and deliver value beyond traditional means.
• Great attitude: High energy, an optimistic attitude, eagerness to learn, high level of accountability and a good sense of humor.
• Experience: Background in Product Management and an understanding of the payments industry, preferably including merchant acquisitions; 2+ years of experience in Product Management and/or Product Development preferred.
• Education:Bachelor's degree required; Bachelor's (or comparable experience) in Business, Economics or Marketing is highly preferred.

Salary Range: $60,000.00 to $110,000.00 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 these positions.

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

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