Sr Manager, Program Mgmt - Financial Crimes Technology

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Location:

Charlotte, NC, United States Salary: $103750 - $174750 annually + bonus + benefits

Job Function:
Technology Business Mgmt

Schedule:

Full time

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Hybrid Career Area:
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American Express Description Joining  Amex Tech means discovering and shaping your contribution to something big. Here, you can work alongside talented tech teams and build a unique career with the Powerful Backing of American Express. With a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies, and a commitment to back the broader engineering community through open source, our mission is to power your success.

Because Amex Tech is powered by our technology, our culture, and our colleagues.

The Technology organization enables and accelerates the company’s growth strategies, delivering global capabilities and services in support of Amex’s customers and colleagues, while maintaining 24/7 servicing and availability to ensure an uninterrupted, high-quality customer experience. Technology provides the foundation for everything we do in the company while driving differentiation through building and leveraging innovative technology and data insights.

The Financial Crime and Risk Management (FCRM) team within Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) at American Express is building the next generation of AI-enabled, world-class capabilities to support second-line risk and compliance functions and financial crime investigation teams.

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Senior Manager to help drive technology strategy, transformation, portfolio management, and execution excellence across our Financial Crime technology organization. This role will support a broad portfolio of capabilities spanning Transaction Monitoring, Investigations, Sanctions, Customer Risk Rating, Anti-Bribery and Corruption, and other financial crime prevention and compliance functions.

The ideal candidate will bring strong strategic thinking, portfolio management, governance, and cross-functional leadership capabilities, with experience navigating complex technology organizations and highly regulated environments. This position will play a critical role in translating organizational priorities into actionable strategies, strengthening portfolio visibility and accountability, and driving improvements in how Financial Crime Technology plans, governs, and delivers strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities Technology Strategy and Transformation:
Lead strategic planning and execution frameworks across Financial Crime Technology, translating organizational priorities into clear strategies, actionable roadmaps, and structured approaches for execution and delivery.

Portfolio and Value Management:
Drive portfolio management practices that provide visibility into portfolio health, strategic alignment, delivery performance, investment priorities, intended outcomes, and benefits realization.

Cross-Functional Stakeholder Alignment:
Partner with Product, Technology, Business, Risk, Compliance, Finance, and other stakeholder teams to align shared priorities, connect business objectives with technology capabilities, and facilitate coordinated execution across organizational boundaries.

Governance and Controls Oversight:
Establish and coordinate governance frameworks, management routines, and controls that support effective decision-making, accountability, risk management, and regulatory expectations within a highly regulated environment.

Strategic Initiative Coordination:
Lead and coordinate cross-functional initiatives and work streams, creating clarity around priorities, dependencies, ownership, milestones, and desired outcomes while enabling accountable teams to drive execution.

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