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GS Servicing Innovation: Where innovation is our business.

Our team’s mission is to shape and execute the Generative AI strategy of Global Servicing (GS) at American Express, accelerating the progress of both existing and future use cases of this exciting new technology to transform both the colleague and cardmember experience.

 The Servicing Innovation team focuses on:

• Developing and executing upon the Gen AI strategy & priorities for GS through rapid testing and learning, serving as a first mover for the broader enterprise in this new space
• Accelerating and scaling Gen AI pilot programs through scope definition, coordination, and ongoing centralized support (e.g., analysis, change management, communications) for dedicated pilot teams
• Rapidly operationalizing Gen AI initiatives at scale through development of rollout and scaling plans that quickly shift pilots from learnings to benefit realization, enabling teams to fail fast when appropriate
• Providing compliance and risk management support for each unique use case to ensure responsible and thoughtful use of Gen AI technology in accordance with AXP and regulatory policies 

 The role will require creating strategic and data-driven recommendations that enable the execution of the GS Gen AI strategy. The ideal candidate will be able to think creatively and prepare analyses and presentations on both forward-looking strategy and achieved results. This role also requires collaboration with various teams, including effective collaboration with Senior Leaders of all band levels across GS and American Express more broadly. 

 Key Responsibilities Include:

• Supporting the scoping of the next wave of Gen AI pilots, ensuring alignment to prioritization principles while extrapolating learnings from smaller scale efforts and extending to “bigger bets”
• Thought leadership/creative problem solving to accelerate technological innovation for AXP and drive progressive improvement
• Developing strong working relationships with various stakeholders in order to achieve results and enact wide-scale impact across the enterprise
• Strategic program management for live pilots, ensuring that key milestones, deadlines, and deliverables are executed by removing roadblocks and facilitating alignment between stakeholders
• Driving project delivery by fostering teams, managing relationships with stakeholders, identifying opportunities and obstacles/risks, developing strategic recommendations, and ensuring deliverables are optimally executed
• Results and change leadership, including the planning and development of key Gen AI initiatives that result in achievement of sustainable, transformational results
• Preparing and refining financial models to project Gen AI pilot results and financial impact
• Monitoring external perspectives and developments in Gen AI and innovation more broadly and incorporating them into to Amex roadmaps and decisioning as relevant
• Executing analysis of key metrics for Gen AI pilots to derive insights on value and performance, and prepare materials for sharing results

 Minimum Qualifications:

• 5 plus years of strategic, big-picture thinker with demonstrated interest in Generative AI and innovation with strong business acumen and high degree of creativity in identifying opportunities for products, services, new processes and systems
• Ability to influence without authority at all levels and demonstrated track record for driving results and transformation across multiple lines of business
• Proven relationship-builder with strong consultative and collaborative skills to partner with business leaders in order to devise solutions to complex business challenges
• Adept at forming thoughtful and considered perspectives, supported by both objective fact and strategic conviction
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills, including the ability to articulate complex issues in a simple, non-technical manner, to fluently bridge business and technical discussions, and to tailor communication to various audiences
• Familiarity with Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel required

 Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to navigate ambiguity and engage in structured thinking in order derive meaningful, data-driven insights
• Comfortable working in an environment with tight deadlines and managing through making decisions with imperfect information
• Bachelor Degree 

Salary Range: $90,000.00 to $165,000.00 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. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants. 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.

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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