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Associate Manager of Acquirer Product Management at American Express

Associate Manager of Acquirer Product Management

American Express · AZ, US

4 days ago

Associate Manager of Acquirer Product Management

American Express · AZ, US

5 days ago
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About the Role

The Associate Manager of Acquirer Product Management offers the opportunity to help shape and advance a key strategic priority for the GMNS business. This team is responsible for advancing the strategic agenda for modernizing and transforming our Acquiring products and processes globally. This includes setting the strategy, defining future use cases, ensuring our current roadmap positions the business for the future, and identifying opportunities to deliver differentiated value to our Merchants and Partners. In this role, you will specifically focus on Payment products, supporting the end-to-end transaction lifecycle with an emphasis on Risk, Pricing, and Payment capabilities for acquiring merchants and partners.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to defining and executing the product strategy for products and services that deliver differentiated value and a seamless experience, enabling customers to expand into new markets and programs.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders and delivery teams, partnering cross-functionally to define trackable success metrics that enable analytics-driven decision-making and measure product performance post-launch to inform future investments.
  • Conduct discovery to identify market opportunities and user needs, and document clear, actionable requirements to support product development.
  • Shape and continually refine product priorities to build and maintain product roadmaps, including a well-managed backlog of features aligned to business and customer outcomes.
  • Gather and analyze feedback from internal and external customers and partners to create user journeys to help identify opportunities to remove obsolete or redundant payment experiences and suggest enhancements to improve user experience.
  • Partner with Acquiring Delivery Capability and Envisioning teams to guide the design, validation, and execution of innovative acquiring solutions, ensuring alignment with the product strategy and roadmap.

Requirements

  • Background in end-to-end Product Management and an understanding of the payments industry, preferably including merchant acquiring.
  • A strong balance of technical knowledge and business acumen, with a demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders, driving innovation, and delivering business metrics with a customer-first mindset.
  • High intellectual curiosity, with excellent creative and critical thinking and problem-solving skills and ability to deal with ambiguous or undefined problems.
  • Strategic and innovative mindset, with the ability to synthesize and translate market and industry trends into a clear product strategy and opportunities for AXP to deliver innovative solutions.
  • High energy, an optimistic attitude, eagerness to learn, high level of accountability and a good sense of humor.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to gather and interpret data to make informed product decisions.
  • Strong program and project management aptitude, with the ability to drive cross-functional execution and preferably including an understanding of Agile methodology and practices.
  • Strong aptitude for balancing multiple deliverables simultaneously, using effective prioritization and multi-tasking skills.
  • Flexibility and readiness to work within a global team.
  • Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

Skills

  • Product Management
  • Product Development
  • Payments industry
  • Merchant acquiring
  • Technical knowledge
  • Business acumen
  • Stakeholder influence
  • Innovation
  • Customer-first mindset
  • Critical thinking
  • Problem-solving
  • Strategic mindset
  • Analytical skills
  • Program management
  • Project management
  • Agile methodology

Location

  • United States

Work Type

  • Hybrid
  • Onsite
  • Virtual

Experience Level

  • 1-3 years of experience in Product Management and/or Product Development preferred

Education Level

  • Bachelor's (or comparable experience) in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Economics or Marketing is highly preferred.

Salary/Compensations

  • Competitive base salaries
  • Bonus incentives

Benefits

  • 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

About the Company

  • At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values, and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues.
  • From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.
  • As part of Team Amex, you’ll experience our 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.

Equal Opportunity

  • 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 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.
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