Associate Product Manager

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How we serve our customers is constantly evolving and is a challenge we gladly accept. Whether you’re finding new ways to prevent identity fraud or enabling customers to start a new business, you can work with one of the most valuable data sets in the world to identify insights and actions that can have a meaningful impact on our customers and our business. And, with opportunities to learn from leaders who have defined the course of our industry, you can grow your career and define your own path. Find your place in risk and analytics on #TeamAmex.

The Platforms and Capabilities team within Global Risk and Compliance (GRC) is responsible for building and implementing leading-edge platforms and solutions for risk management. Our vision is to “provide best-in-class Platforms and Capabilities that enable the risk management framework in GRC and across the Company, and empower colleagues to excel at risk management activities.” 

We are seeking an Associate Product Manager to be a part of this important evolution of the next-generation Risk Management and analytics products. In particular, this person will work on the ‘Integrated Risk Management’ suite of products. The Associate Product Manager will provide day to day strategic support and function as the primary point of contact owning the vision and roadmap of technology products and platforms for the GRC organization. Particular focus would be on new product development, risk management initiatives, process control and improvement and end user experience. This is a highly visible and strategic position within the company. 

As an Associate Product Manager, you will define the user experience, direct one or more scrum teams and other delivery stakeholders to develop solutions. You will prioritize your backlog, gather and define user requirements, and interface with business partners in order to help Amex achieve aggressive business goals while providing innovative, best-in-class solution enhancements for our business stakeholders.You understand agile development processes and lean startup methods. You are someone with a good mix of product and tech skill, a deep appreciation for user-centered design and development, and a fascination for technology innovation. You have an aptitude for risk management techniques and affinity for data and analytics. You are not afraid of pushing boundaries to achieve the best outcomes for Amex.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and drive product roadmap and define timelines for future features and capabilities
• Understand and apply new trends and competitive best practices into product roadmap and requirements
• Build, prioritize, and sequence the feature backlog according to defined metrics including business value, return on investment, and job size
• Actively collaborate with risk managers, product managers, platform and partner scrum teams and technical engineers in delivery execution
• Identify use cases, define business processes, and craft end-to-end user flows.
• Breakdown complex business requirements into actionable product features and technology user stories
• Develop and implement Test and Learn plan to support ongoing iteration of customer experience and product feature set
• Conduct competitive assessments and develop product recommendations based on analysis
• Liaise with functions across geographies and Business Units to translate business strategies and goals into product development plans
• Support development of appropriate tracking and reporting to determine product performance

Qualifications:

• MBA/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems Technology or related field preferred
• Good to have – Rally/JIRA/Confluence experience
• Good to have – Agile/Scrum methodology experience
• Excellent time management skills with ability to manage multiple projects
• Good balance of technical knowledge and business acumen with a proven track record of driving digital innovation and business metrics with a customer-first mindset
• Experience working with software developers and engineers, with a strong ability to translate product requirements succinctly and ensure technology deliverables are built with high quality. Digital product development experience preferred.
• Experience in risk management disciplines
• Respect for user experience, design, and technical systems and architecture.  You easily recognize aesthetic and functional details and can make pragmatic decisions about what details are actually important.
• Working knowledge of agile and lean software development methodologies, and the importance of iteration and continuous validation
• Strong strategic thinker with the ability to prioritize tasks and drive results across various initiatives
• Strong organizational and project management skills with ability to multi-task and manage multiple work-streams
• Ability to analyze issues and business use cases, document analysis, and execute plans to action
• Ability to work under pressure and adapt quickly in an environment with evolving business demands
• Agile certification is preferred

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