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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.

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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 with 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.   

The Operational Risk Management (ORM) team facilitates and monitors the implementation of effective operational risk management programs throughout the company, and oversees risk ownership throughout business units, products, and processes. 

The objective of the ORM Governance team is to develop, oversee and strengthen the organization’s ORM framework to ensure that governance structures, policies, and procedures are robust, effective, and align with regulatory requirements and best practices. 

ORM Governance is looking for a Vice President of ORM Transformation to drive the strategy and execution of the transformation of the Operational Risk Management framework for the enterprise. They will lead a diverse team of high-performing professionals and extensively collaborate with multiple partners across numerous business units, functional areas, and geographies.  

The VP, Operational Risk Management (ORM), Transformation will: 

Lead strategy and execution of the transformation of operational risk across the enterprise 

Oversee initiatives within Program Management Office to transform the organization  

Execute on a robust communication plan to keep relevant stakeholders at different levels informed, obtain buy-in, receive inputs and remove roadblocks as relevant  

Conduct regulatory interactions and contribute to plans related to remediation of Matters Requiring Attention (MRAs)  

Manage OR technology/systems and contribute to an innovation strategy 

Collaborate across cross-functional stakeholders, bringing them along and ensure comprehensive engagement in initiatives and projects  

Create material for regular updates and presentations to Board, Executive Committee, BU Presidents and several senior stakeholders 

Stay abreast of regulatory changes and industry best practices, and lead regulatory engagement, and provide oversight of processes to monitor, evaluate and integrate regulatory changes into OR framework & trainings 

Be a though leader with a proactive mindset – align stakeholders, assess risks and escalate or devise mitigation strategies, think through interdependencies, etc.  

Perform regular evaluations of the risk governance framework’s effectiveness, identifying improvement opportunities and overseeing the implementation of enhancements 

Facilitate the development of a strong risk culture throughout the enterprise, emphasizing risk awareness, accountability, and informed risk-taking within the bounds of the risk appetite 

Qualifications:  

Experience driving transformational change across the enterprise  

Experience in operational risk management (e.g., within Risk and/or Internal Audit function) and understands critical operational risk management lifecycle activities) 

Knowledge of regulatory changes and industry best practices, leading regulatory engagement and providing oversight of processes to monitor, evaluate and integrate regulatory changes into operational risk framework and trainings 

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to analyze data, identify trends, and evaluate risk scenarios effectively 

Project management skills and experience 

Demonstrated history and ability to manage team and stakeholders spread across geographies and with varying backgrounds 

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with an ability to interact and obtain buy-in from senior BU/tech counterparts 

Proven expertise in process governance, with a track record of establishing and overseeing robust decision-making processes that align with policies, regulatory frameworks, and/or operational standards 

Salary Range: $185,000.00 to $260,000.00 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.

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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