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American Express · 21 hours ago

Senior Manager - Open Banking Data Strategy

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$104K/yr - $175K/yr

5+ years exp

American Express is a company with a long history of innovation and commitment to its customers. The Senior Manager will be part of the Open Finance and Banking Data Strategy team, responsible for optimizing data strategies and supporting the implementation of the US 1033 Open Banking regulation to enhance credit underwriting and fraud management.

Credit CardsFinanceFinancial ServicesPaymentsTravel

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead and support Open Finance and Banking data strategy across the customer lifecycle through structured and risk-based principles

Analyze existing and new banking data sources to uncover opportunities that will optimize our data solutions & purchases and address business needs

Own third party relationships and manage all aspects of relationship including data quality and relationship monitoring, product performance, data testing/use cases and contract negotiations

Develop innovative and impactful data driven insights and analytics through our strategic partnerships to drive business growth and credit & fraud risk management excellence

Develop metrics to deliver strong controls and insights

Closely partner with colleagues across CFR Data Strategy, Product Owners, Compliance, CFR Fraud, Banking & Payments Strategy and Decisions Science to successfully design, implement, monitor, and govern strategies related to external banking data

Collaborate with external strategic partners to influence data product development

Be able to handle urgent escalations and time sensitive risk events

Influence, lead and communicate across a broad range of audiences, including internal and external senior leadership

Qualification

Data evaluationPythonSQLBanking data knowledgeProject managementCommunication skillsInterpersonal skillsTeam-first mentality

Required

5+ years of experience in a financial services organization in data or strategy function

Demonstrated ability to work independently and across a matrixed organization to deliver solutions at top speed

Ability to manage and lead large scale projects with multiple cross functional partners

Results driven mindset with a proven track record to prioritize and deliver against multiple priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Good communication and influencing skills with an ability to translate data and analytics into business insights and recommendations, conceptualize and sell ideas

Strong technical skills to perform data evaluation, analytics, and matrices tracking/reporting

Knowledge of Python, SQL, Spark, SAS, and familiar with big data and cloud environments

Bachelor's Degree required, concentration in a quantitative field or business management preferred

Adaptable interpersonal skills, high energy, and a proven team-first mentality