PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATION MANAGER
Company: American Express
Location: Phoenix
Posted on: September 28, 2024
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Job Description:
DescriptionYou 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.As part of our diverse tech team,
you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an
essential part of our customers' digital lives. - Here, you can
work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive
environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own
decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems. -
American Express offers a range of opportunities to work with the
latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader
engineering community through open source. - And because we
understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and
relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional
development. - Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex.How will
you make an impact in this role? -Within the Technology Portfolio
Management team, the Portfolio Optimization Manager will work with
the Director and key stakeholders to drive the enterprise
optimization of our processes, toolset, and various portfolio
models. This role will help implementing changes to the existing
model and defining the future state to drive new ways of working
with enhanced processes, data insights and capabilities, to
optimize technology, business and product outcomes.The successful
candidate will work with the Director, Portfolio to drive strategy,
solutions design, requirements definition and enablement. As a
Portfolio Optimization Manager, you will form strong partnership
with key stakeholders to help enable data-driven decisions,
establish new process and drive tooling innovation. This role will
require strong and effective communication to evolve the way we
manage our investment and support Technology organization.This is a
hybrid role, hybrid colleagues work a mix of in-office and virtual
days, coming into the office 3 days per week. Leaders and
colleagues will plan common days for in-person connection,
collaboration, and events.Responsibilities:Supports the
enterprise-wide governance of portfolio transformation activities,
focused on driving continuous optimization of processes, tools and
insights to effectively manage the Tech portfolio.Assist in the
definition, planning, and build of multi-year transformation
roadmap to achieve outcomes.Enable actionable insights to
Technology and Business Leadership to manage delivery risk and
optimize investments across and within portfolios.Using reporting
tools, monitors the progress and collate insights for the financial
and capacity planning and forecasting across a $2B Technology
investment portfolio, including scenario planning Enable and
champion a consistent taxonomy, reporting and metrics with
Portfolio, Engineering, and Product leaders to enable data
integrity, increase adoption and drive decisions.Build an effective
change management and feedback approach with Technology, Business,
Product, and Finance partners to identify and action continual
improvement opportunities.Build a strong partnership with Tech
Finance to collaborate and build deliverables for forecasting,
annual, iterative, and long-range plans.Engage with Technology
Portfolio leads to provide transparency into actuals costing while
effectively sharing risks and opportunities.Minimum
Qualifications:4+ years of program management experience.Experience
building presentations to structure messages that effectively
inform and persuade.Experience in process design, and automation;
find ways to improve effectiveness, quality, and
compliance.Experience with stakeholder management. -Experience in
the processes and tools that drive Technology portfolio and
financial management such as Rally, Jira, Clarity, Apptio, Oracle,
and Ariba. -Experience with analytical and data management
skills.Experience analyzing complex data, understand use needs and
objectives, and translate them into effective solutionsExperience
with Microsoft ExcelExperience with Agile methodologiesPreferred
Qualifications:Strong verbal and communication skills, from
preparation through execution, ability to understand your
audienceContinual Improvement and Innovation - Confident and clear
communication and relationship building skills, with the ability to
influence senior leaders / SMEs, and drive progress and decision
makingResults Oriented - Track record of driving results across
multiple channels and initiatives in a fast paced and dynamic
environment.Oracle/Smart View and Access skills and highly
proficient across other MS Office applications is critical.Working
knowledge of technology investment planning, resource management
and investment cost modeling is highly desirable.Business and
Technical Knowledge - Understanding of industry trends in Financial
Services (Payments, FinTech) and American Express' business
model.Experience in Automation and PPM / Agile Lifecycle Tools
-MBAQualificationsSalary Range: $110,000.00 to $190,000.00 annually
+ bonus + benefitsThe 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
opportunitiesFor 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: - -to access the three posters.Employment
eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required
as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these
positions. Job Field: TechnologySchedule: Full-time
Keywords: American Express, Avondale , PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATION MANAGER, Executive , Phoenix, Arizona
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