About the Role
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. Because Amex Tech is powered by our technology, our culture, and our colleagues.
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.
Responsibilities
•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
Education Qualifications
•Bachelor's degree in Engineering and/or comparable experience
Work 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
Licenses and Certifications
•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.
