**Description** **You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.** 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. **General Counsel's Organization:** Where great legal minds influence global business strategy. Our mission is to protect and strengthen American Express through legal expertise and strategic advice that helps our business partners manage risk, identify opportunities, and deliver on the company’s promise of exceptional products and services. Given the dynamic nature of the global payments industry and the valued partnership between our team and the business, we see it as imperative to attract and develop talented people by: + Providing rich work experiences and opportunities for professional development + Recognizing and rewarding those who drive and deliver results + Respecting and valuing diversity, integrity, and personal accountability **How will you make an impact in this role?** As a member of the Digital Platforms and Internet Law (DPSLRM) group within the Global Enterprise Services Practice Group of the General Counsel’s Organization of American Express, this position will involve interfacing with clients and colleagues in the US and across the globe on various cutting-edge, digital law issues. This position will report to a Director and Counsel and is based in New York City. Help propel your team and its business partners to success. Here’s just some of what you’ll do in this role: + Provide legal advice and counsel to the Company’s teams that support open banking enterprise strategy, open banking product development and manage open banking partnerships and portfolios. + Support and help manage the effective implementation of new Section 1033 Consumer Financial Data Right requirements across the US Enterprise. + Negotiate, draft and review third party and data aggregator data access agreements and support client API issues and communications. + Create, maintain and optimize templates, resources and internal processes in the open banking and digital law space. + Review and advise on customer access and revoke UX and customer-facing experiences. + Partner with Government Affairs teams to monitor and track legal and regulatory developments across the open banking ecosystem. + Provide legal advice and counsel on a wide range of other digital law topics and policy issues to the Company’s teams that create and operate the Company’s mobile app, website, e-communication channels, API developer’s portal and other digital platforms. + Review and advise on digital UX and customer-facing experience and marketing campaigns. + Legal research and special projects. **Qualifications** Are you ready for the challenge? Minimum Qualifications: + Bachelor’s degree and JD + Qualified to practice law in the United States; admission to the New York Bar in good standing or eligibility to do so is preferred + 2 years of relevant experience in a law firm and/or in-house corporate legal environment Preferred Qualifications: + Strong interest in and/or experience with digital products and services, digital experiences and emerging technology. + Experience advising on Section 1033 Open Banking matters or related service, a “labs” or innovative team, a Fintech, digital bank, or a customer-facing (UX) digital experience team. + Experience with any of the following: ESIGN Act, electronic signatures, electronic communication laws (like CAN SPAM, TCPA), API or data licensing arrangements, digital identity, web 3.0, artificial intelligence and chat bots, digital accessibility for the disabled, open finance, e-commerce or other internet law related matters. + Experience drafting and maintaining customer-facing digital terms, conditions and disclosures. + Experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts. + Ability to gain credibility, manage expectations, and develop strong working relationships with GCO colleagues and business clients; convey clear advice to clients. + Strong process-management skills and ability to help identify and implement improvements in work process to enhance efficiency and productivity. + High energy, team-oriented, self-starter, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. + Strong work ethic and personal accountability. + Demonstrates a self-motivated, proactive, creative, and solutions-oriented growth mindset and “can do” attitude. + Ability to prioritize and manage multiple competing and challenging projects in an Agile and deadline-intensive environment. + Ability to work well in a fast-moving, cross-functional team settings. + Ability to understand the details of how the Company operates and the internal and external environment in which it does so. + Willingness and flexibility to take on new responsibilities and challenges as American Express and its businesses continue to evolve. **Qualifications** Salary Range: $110,000.00 to $190,000.00 annually bonus 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 . 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. US Job Seekers/Employees - Click here to view the “Know Your Rights” poster and the Pay Transparency Policy Statement. If the links do not work, please copy and paste the following URLs in a new browser window: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters to access the three posters. **Job:** Legal **Primary Location:** US-New York-New York **Other Locations:** US-New York **Schedule** Full-time **Req ID:** 25001382