<div>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. </div><div>Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express. </div>Team Description<a name="_Hlk81894014">The Global Merchant &amp; Network Services (GMNS) organization is responsible for managing relationships with millions of Merchants and Partners around the world that facilitate American Express acceptance and enabling the day-to-day operations of our company’s payment network.  The people, processes, and technology that support this vital function are evolving to improve the merchant experience and economics. Within GMNS, the Global Strategy, Operations &amp; Performance (GSOP) team’s mission is to deliver a best-in-class premium merchant member experience that will get merchant to not only accept American Express but openly welcome and recommend us to their customers.</a>The GMNS Data Office is responsible for bringing GMNS critical data elements and applications under the Enterprise Data Management Operating Policy (AEMP70) and Enterprise Data Risk Management Policy (AEMP79) compliance. Our team is dedicated to helping American Express leverage the true value of data through application of Data Management and Governance principles.Role DescriptionAs a Senior Manager, Data Governance &amp; Management, 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 and your team 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.Other Primary Responsibilities:<ul><li>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.</li><li>Develop advanced knowledge on the Enterprise Data Management Operating Policy in order to support the Data Steward in the execution of their role.</li><li>Responsible for holistic platform data quality monitoring, including but not limited to key reports.</li><li>Assist in the identification of data risk, working with upstream data providers, downstream business partners, as well as technology teams.</li><li>Support the Data Steward in in the establishment, maintenance, and testing of controls to manage data risk within their business unit.</li><li>Support function for creation of controls to mitigate Data Quality risk, Fit for purpose risk and Data Steward risk as part of RCSA assessments.</li><li>Coordinate with Business Units and other Business Unit Data Offices to ensure System level Lineage is documented completely and accurately</li><li>Build advanced platform expertise to influence the identification of critical data elements and contribute to the roadmap to govern the data elements.</li><li>Responsible to partner with the Data Steward in developing and managing the data management roadmap.</li><li>Collaborate with and influence product managers to ensure all new use cases are managed according to policy.</li></ul>Minimum Qualifications:<ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in business, analytics, information systems, computer science, engineering, or any other data-related field.</li><li>5 + years of hands-on direct experience relating to the creation and execution of formal data governance and/or data management programs.</li><li>Consistent record of understanding business challenges and strategies and connecting those to data and capabilities.</li><li>Strong communications skills.</li><li>Working knowledge of current and upcoming data governance, data management and data product techniques and trends.</li><li>Eagerness to test, learn, fail and improve is crucial.</li><li>Must have a positive, collaborative leadership style with colleagues and customer first attitude</li></ul>Preferred Qualifications:<ul><li>Master’s degree preferred.</li><li>Certification as a Data Management Professional (CDMP) or other similar data management certification preferred.</li><li>Certifications and experience working within the Collibra Data Intelligence Platform, MANTA, or other similar Data Governance tools preferred.</li><li>Incident management and reporting, risk/data risk management, data breach management, data classification and handling, data quality monitoring and improvement, and data governance/compliance management experience preferred</li><li>Working knowledge of SQL &amp; Python or other programming language preferred.</li><li>Prior experience with Agile or SAFe project methodologies preferred.</li></ul> Salary Range: $123,000.00 to $215,250.00 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 U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for this position.

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Senior Manager - Data Governance & Management

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