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Enterprise Data Governance & Platforms (EDGP) is part of the larger Enterprise Digital and Data Solutions (EDDS) organization.  EDGP improves the customer experience and drives business growth through robust enterprise-wide data policies and governance and enabling a data-driven culture, while developing digital and data platforms that provide insightful customer relationships and allow users to leverage enterprise-wide data capabilities.

American Express is on a multi-year journey to enhance our focus on Privacy compliance as well as Customer data handling and transparency.  As part of this journey, EDGP is establishing the Global Privacy Center of Excellence.  The Director, Control Framework will sit within the newly formed Privacy Center of Excellence to define and execute privacy activity control implementation by defining standards of care for privacy activities across the enterprise for all processes and technologies. This role will coordinate across business units and markets to set control guidelines and identify opportunities for improvement in relation to privacy risk.

Primary Responsibilities

• Work with partners in the global Privacy Center of Excellence to enable an enterprise-wide privacy control framework to guide how American Express detects and mitigates privacy risk
• Work with technology and product teams to outline scalable and actionable technical and business requirements for technology to successfully implement and document relevant privacy controls
• Work with Privacy COE to ensure privacy training is consistent with implemented controls
• Coordination across Privacy COE to establish appropriate training to ensure control implementation
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the current and future privacy controls and work with technical and business teams to remediate as needed
• Ensure integration of privacy controls embedded across existing systems and capabilities and support continued maintenance
• Collaborate with Privacy Risk Assessment Team and Enterprise Data Management to refresh and execute assessment of privacy risk and treatment of PII
• Own inventory of privacy capabilities across Privacy COE and Federated Offices

Qualifications:

• A strong strategic approach with 8+ years prior experience including implementation of privacy controls
• Experience in privacy risk and/or defining risk detection/mitigation processes and standards of care
• Proven track record of driving results in a fast-paced environment often with significant ambiguity and needing to make decisions with less than perfect information. 
• Track record of being able to be a subject matter expert and using enterprise-thinking to quickly identify areas of improvement  
• High degree of organization, individual initiative and personal accountability and resiliency. 
• Excellent communication skills with a demonstrated ability to lead, engage, influence, and encourage partners and stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment. 
• Proven ability to manage multiple demands successfully within a matrixed organization.  
• Track record of creating and leading strong cross-functional teams 
• Enjoys solving large and complicated problems.  
•  Ability to maintain a positive, ‘can-do’ attitude 

Salary Range: $150,000.00 to $225,000.00 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

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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, but not limited to, 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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