Senior Manager-Travel Lifestyle Services Strategic Initiatives

Senior Manager / Manager, Global Customer Experience

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and leadership behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career. Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express. American Express entered the travel agency business in 1915 and today is one of the world's largest luxury travel and lifestyle service networks. TLS is a critical component of the value proposition of the American Express premium card products, focused on delivering travel and lifestyle benefits, which allow American Express to create differentiation and loyalty with premium CMs. This senior manager / manager role sits within the global customer experience organization and will be a critical part of the enterprise engagement team, leading and implementing global strategic initiatives that support the TLS future is now 2.0 transformation agenda. These initiatives require not only cross-functional coordination and collaboration across TLS but also the enterprise, supporting both the strategic direction of the initiative as well as its planning and execution. We are looking for a highly skilled technical program management office sr manager / manager with a deep understanding of hotel program architecture, web and mobile app architecture, and strong knowledge of TLS next-gen architecture. The ideal candidate will have experience working in e-commerce environments and be comfortable managing complex, technical projects with multiple stakeholders.

Program Management

• Support the stand-up of the PMO (program management office) framework, including defining and engaging appropriate workstreams and owners to deliver on the strategy
• Ensure clear definition of roles, responsibility, and accountability as it relates to the program framework and milestones
• Partner with workstream owners to manage and drive the workstreams forward to deliver on project milestones and to drive speed in decision-making, prioritization, and escalations
• Proactively identify, raise, and solve roadblocks to keep projects on track
• Provide day-to-day program management structure and support, including milestone tracking, RAID updates, status reports, scorecard tracking, and ensuring the proper meeting cadence is in place to support communication across teams and to leadership
• Coordinate with market resources for operational readiness and change management of initiative launches
• Regularly interact with senior executives on program status, issues, and to facilitate decision making

Industry & Technical

Minimum Skills

Qualifications

Salary range : $103,750.00 to $174,750.00 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 you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally :

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