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American Express International Card Services (ICS) is a leading issuer and provider of Consumer and Commercial products and services across many countries around the world. The ICS Lending Center of Excellence (COE) team vision is to ensure each customer has access to flexible payment options, relevant rewards, and the powerful backing of American Express.

As we continue growing our customer base, ICS Lending must ensure our customers and shareholders can realize maximum value.  To support this agenda, we are seeking a colleague that can collaborate with multiple partners across numerous business units, functional areas, and geographies to:

Work with product, risk, and marketing teams to enable long-term profitable growth: You will partner and collaborate with colleagues across international markets to ensure our lending products deliver on their promise to our customers. Drive Excellence across Product actions to grow our business: Design, lead, and operate effective controls across ICS Lending products.  Delivering outstanding products for our customers and shareholders calls for operational excellence in everything we do. Actionable insights: Provide regular insights highlighting testing outcomes, business risks, and recommendations to further strengthen our processes. Communicate, build, and build relationships: Demonstrate a passion for building strong working relationships across regional and international partners (product, marketing, credit risk, insights, servicing, operational risk, technology, GCO, LOBCO) to deliver lending excellence.  Lead with a customer first approach, and one that is grounded with the external environment: You will have international experience, a customer-first approach, and do things the right way to help the international business excel. Develop and grow talent: Support the growth and development of your team and colleagues across the organization.

Minimum Qualifications:

Relevant work experience in a high-growth product or risk management team. Strong project management skills with the ability to sift through data, find opportunities and update leadership teams as required. Ability to identify potential gaps in processes as well as the relevant controls to address them. Has shown to be a thoughtful leader that can work effectively across different teams. Experience of navigating multiple teams across the business. Ability to clearly document processes in a way that an audit trail is available. Strong analytical skills that enable the candidate to understand the economics behind different portfolios and the cost/benefit relationship of proposed changes.

Preferred Qualifications

A good understanding of the international product landscape across lending, charge, and loans. Able to forecast, plan, lead and implement innovative solutions that generate result.

Salary Range: $80,000.00 to $155,000.00 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

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