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With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.
At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.
Join Team Amex and let’s lead the way together.
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 Global Risk & Compliance Organization (“GRC”) is an independent risk management function, led by the Chief Risk Officer, with the objective of ensuring that American Express operates in a safe, sound, and fully compliant manner within all applicable regulatory expectations. GRC creates and maintains the overall risk management framework, performs independent risk management assessments, and monitors applicable risks.
Colleagues at GRC are passionate about our commitment to drive the Company’s goals of growth and progress by creating a culture of risk awareness and proactivity around regulatory matters. By partnering closely with business units across the enterprise, we help deliver maximum value to our shareholders and our customers through effective risk management and oversight activities.
Enterprise Data Risk Management, within GRC, is the independent risk management function covering risk of financial loss, reputational damage, or regulatory or legal action resulting from inadequate data governance and/or data management practices adversely impacting the accuracy, timeliness, comprehensiveness, or usability of data within or throughout its lifecycle. Enterprise Data Risk Management is hiring a Director who will play a pivotal role in supporting the development of the comprehensive data risk management strategy to safeguard our organization's data assets and ensure compliance with relevant regulations.
Responsibilities:
- Support the implementation of the strategic vision of Data Risk Management, aligning with the company's overall data risk management practices on data usability, data protection, data compliance, and third-party data.
- Support development and maintenance of the Data Risk Appetite for the enterprise including definition and scope of the Risk Appetite Statement, and corresponding metrics with risk limits, tolerances, and escalations.
- Enforce Enterprise Data Risk Management policies and procedures in alignment with industry regulations and global standards.
- Conduct regular risk assessments to identify and evaluate potential data risks, providing strategic recommendations for risk mitigation.
- Lead independent risk assessments and challenge the design and effectiveness of controls with a willingness to conduct hands-on analysis and assessments.
- Partner with teams across Legal, Compliance, Privacy, Information Technology, Information Security, Enterprise Data Governance, and business units to implement effective data risk mitigation strategies.
- Assess and manage data-related risks associated with third-party vendors, ensuring robust due diligence and compliance with financial industry regulations.
Qualifications:
Experience/Skills:
- Minimum of 7 years of progressive experience in data governance, risk management, 3rd party risk management, Information Technology, Information security, Data Privacy, or a related field within the financial services industry
- Strong knowledge of data governance, data compliance, and data-related issue management in large, financial services firms
- Experience in building / supporting Enterprise Data Quality programs
- Familiarity with all aspects of the data lifecycle
- Exceptional leadership skills including the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at the executive level.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with an ability to explain complex problems and ideas clearly and succinctly to senior management.
- Able to effectively manage multiple, and often conflicting priorities, under tight timeframes and adapt to frequent change
- Ability to work independently and across a matrix organization, excellent relationship building skills and ability to influence partners.
- Highly organized with attention to detail, sense of follow-through, and accountability
- Bachelor’s degree required, advanced degree a plus
Salary Range: $130,000.00 to $205,000.00 annually + bonus + equity (if applicable) + 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.
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
For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.
At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.
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.
We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's 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.
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