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Manager - Global Capabilities Product Owner

American Express

New York, NY
Full Time
Senior
80k-155k
7 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

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. As part of Team Amex, you'll 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. This role is for a Global Capabilities Product Owner in the Regulatory Automation and Change Management team within Financial Reporting Quality Assurance Organization (FRQA), supporting the Regulatory Reporting Automation program. The team is responsible for delivering regulatory data and automation capabilities to support regulatory reporting, including areas like Regulatory data domain, Cash flow projections, Analytical drill down, Counterparty classifications, Basel RWA calculations, etc. The individual will coordinate with various groups, partner with Data Sourcing Architects and Process Owners, monitor project progress, and ensure software features align with requirements.

Key Responsibilities

  • Participate in daily stand ups with the pods, leading and delivering efficient solutions to complex prioritization and business requirements.
  • Lead and guide regulatory reporting data and automation requirements on existing processes and datasets to support Point of Arrival (POA) process design.
  • Develop functional requirement documentation and process-specific design documentation to support regulatory report owner requirements and testing lifecycle processes.
  • Understand and guide determining portfolios, data elements, and attribute analysis grain of data required for designing processes.
  • Work with complex cross-functional teams including Engineers, Architects, governance & business partners.
  • Collaborate closely with users to understand pain points, requirements, and feedback, providing timely resolutions.
  • Identify and support business requirements, functional design, prototyping, testing, training, and supporting implementations.
  • Design and build ongoing data process controls by collaborating with Technology and Data Governance.
  • Manage program blocking issues, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance business needs with technical or operational constraints.
  • Document and understand core components of solution architecture including data patterns, data-related capabilities, and standardization of datasets.
  • Lead and guide the implementation of master and reference data across operational and reporting processes.
  • Coordinate with Product Owners, Process Owners, Subject Matter Experts, Solution Architecture colleagues, and Data Management team to ensure appropriate builds.
  • Utilize development methodologies and tools such as SQL to understand system functionality and automation results.

Requirements

  • Degree in Finance/Accounting and/or Information Technologies.
  • 5+ years of work experience in US Federal Reserve/financial US regulatory reporting, banking/financial services, or Controllership.
  • Working knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework, with an Agile mindset and ability to adapt to change.
  • Strong knowledge and experience in regulatory regulations and reporting, with a preference for US regulations.
  • Experience eliciting and documenting technical business requirements via features and user stories.
  • Strong understanding of relational database concepts and experience working in big data environments (Hadoop / Cornerstone), both on-prem and cloud.
  • IT Data management experience.
  • Experience in various IT disciplines such as Infrastructure, software development, data management, or data analytics.
  • Organizational skills to meet deadlines and manage multiple deliverables.
  • Proactive team player with a passion for high-quality service.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent relationship building, presentation, and collaboration skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of explaining complex concepts clearly.

Nice to Have

  • Knowledge of US Regulatory Reports (Y9C, Y14, Y15, 2052a, among others).
  • Experience developing financial data domains for regulatory and analytical requirements in large banking/financial organizations.
  • SaFe Agile certification.
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
  • Experience with AxiomSL, Adenza, Nasdaq solutions.
  • Testing management and execution experience.
  • Foundational data architecture principles and data management experience.
  • Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP).

Qualifications

  • Degree in Finance/Accounting and/or Information Technologies.
  • 5+ years of relevant work experience in regulatory reporting or related fields.

Benefits & Perks

  • Competitive base salaries
  • Bonus incentives
  • 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
  • Free financial coaching and well-being support
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
  • Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite, or virtual arrangements
  • 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents
  • Free access to global on-site wellness centers (location-dependent)
  • Free and confidential counseling support through Healthy Minds program
  • Career development and training opportunities

Working at American Express

Our industry is rapidly evolving, and we need courageous, quick thinkers who can shape strategic decisions. We value collaboration, innovation, and leadership, and support our colleagues' holistic well-being through various benefits and flexible work arrangements. We foster a culture of continuous learning, relationship building, and impact-driven work, emphasizing diversity, inclusion, and work/life balance.

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Job Details

Posted AtAug 14, 2025
Job CategoryProduct Management
Salary80k-155k
Job TypeFull Time
ExperienceSenior

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About American Express

Website

americanexpress.com

Company Size

10000+ employees

Location

New York, NY

Industry

Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation

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