At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared <a target="_blank" href="https://www.americanexpress.com/en-us/company/who-we-are/">values</a> and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, youll 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. Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express. It takes exceptional people to create exceptional products. We’ve built one of the most respected service brands in the world by creating products that set the standard for ease, convenience, security and innovation. Our product owners are at the center of it all, collaborating with business leaders, partners and engineering teams to shape the products of the future. If that fits your career vision, look no further. As a key link in the product development process, two days here will not be the same, but there are some things you can count on doing:<ul><li>Work with customers, key stakeholders, and partners to define a product vision and roadmap</li><li>Understand and apply new trends and competitive best practices into product roadmap and requirements</li><li>Support development of appropriate tracking and reporting to determine product performance</li><li>Work closely with the design and technology teams to develop, test and deliver defined capabilities</li><li>Translate product roadmap into well-defined product requirements/user stories and acceptance test criteria</li><li>Facilitate resolution of risks, issues and changes related to the product development lifecycle</li><li>Document process flow in support of Project Governance Policy</li><li>Identify Risk and Controls Self-Assessment (RCSA) process documentation modifications for ongoing maintenance to RCSA materials.</li><li>Support project management for Product Issues with long term controls required – includes Product owned Issues and/or provide direct support to American Express Technology owned Issues specific to collaboration across business community.</li><li>Maintain Value Co Creation (VCC) artifacts for Enterprise initiative work specific to Project Orbit. </li></ul> Description/Overview of the Department:The Network &amp; Acquiring Solutions (NAS) teams bring together American Express Merchant-and Network-related Businesses to enable a sharp focus on using the power of our network to provide unique value to all our mutual Customers. The organization manages the relationships with millions of Customers around the world that accept American Express and runs the company’s payment network and manages bank partnerships globally.It begins with a Card Member using an American Express Card at one of our millions of proprietary Merchants around the world, then processing that transaction, and getting the merchant paid, is up to us. The Acquirer Capability Delivery (ACD) Products team is at the heart of the proprietary transaction process.  We power billions of transactions leading to merchants being paid and continuing to welcome American Express cardmembers and their cards.We are looking for talented Associates with Product Owner aspirations to join the Acquirer Capability Delivery (ACD) team in delivering efficient, effective, predictable, and compliant Acquirer capabilities for our global merchants.  The success of the role will depend on your ability to maintain, improve, and expand capabilities provided to our Merchants and Partners around the world. The successful candidate should be strategic and a detail-oriented self-starter who is comfortable working in a dynamic and fast paced role within the organization.You will work among high performing product, process, and engineering teams. You will have a passion for both technology and business solutions and an eye on industry trends. Working with our partners, you will develop and prioritize features that optimize shareholder value while solving customer problems. You will enjoy being challenged in a fun, collaborative, diverse, and inclusive team environment.Does this sound like you?The Associate / Product Owner will:<ul><li>Build, update, and improve policies and procedures of the Merchant Payments application. Craft and maintain a product backlog and ensure user stories are aligned to underlying outcomes.</li><li>Develop the business case for new features. Research regulatory development and provide preliminary input on analysis of potential implications to existing products. Prepare the documentation of as-is processes for product management, product enhancements, key findings and standard methodologies.</li><li>Act as a point of contact for internal inquiries. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, Technology and other adjacent stakeholders to gather and document product requirements and to ensure timely delivery of product features, following agile development methodologies.</li><li>Identify technical gaps and collaborate with broader team to facilitate resolution risks, opportunities and changes tied to product management initiatives and processes.</li><li>Facilitate the reports and presentations for product governance meetings and Senior leadership meetings</li><li>Maintain open communication channels with ACD Leadership, stakeholders, business partners, and technology partners</li><li>Support governance processes for Acquirer Capability Delivery</li><li>Become a subject matter expert of the product(s) in scope</li></ul>Qualifications<ul><li>Knowledge and experience of Agile and Product development practices and processes is preferred, including the ability to write compelling user stories and lead certain Agile ceremonies</li><li>1+ years’ experience working with a scrum team</li><li>Knowledge of merchant transaction processing capabilities a plus</li><li>Strong communicator with a demonstrated ability to connect at all levels, who can also lead and influence business and technology partners effectively, are desired</li><li>Ability to drive project deliverables to achieve business results</li><li>Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and in a team environment</li><li>Curious and strives to know how things work and ability to use that knowledge to find enhancement opportunities</li><li>Ability to solve problems in a structured manner</li><li>Recognize issues quickly and determine how to go about getting resolution</li><li>Ability to drive standardization in processes</li><li>Ability to manage Business and end user expectations in a challenging and ever-changing environment</li><li>Degree in any of the relevant fields or relevant work experience</li></ul>  Salary Range: $78,000.00 to $124,750.00 annually + bonus + benefitsThe 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.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:<ul><li>Competitive base salaries </li><li>Bonus incentives </li><li>6% Company Match on retirement savings plan </li><li>Free financial coaching and financial well-being support </li><li>Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits </li><li>Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need </li><li>20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy </li><li>Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) </li><li>Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program </li><li>Career development and training opportunities</li></ul>For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our <a target="_blank" href="https://www.americanexpress.com/en-us/colleagues/benefits">Colleague Benefits Site</a>.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. Thats 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.US Job Seekers - Click to view the “<a target="_blank" href="https://www.eeoc.gov/poster">Know Your Rights</a>” poster. If the link does not work, you may access the poster by copying and pasting the following URL in a new browser window: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.eeoc.gov/poster">https://www.eeoc.gov/poster</a>Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

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