You’ll do more than the expected. You’ll do the unexpected.
This role is part of the Global Commercial Services Tech (GCST) Product Delivery & Integration leadership team and will focus on leading the E2E Technology teams to deliver critical initiatives for GCS, with a focus on Compliance and Regulatory initiatives.
We are seeking a Project Manager with technical experience and a strong interest in technology product delivery to join our team in Burgesshill. You will support the delivery of strategic market launches that integrate across multiple product teams, from definition through implementation.
Our team pursues an agile-first approach, focuses on colleague professional development, and provides opportunities to experience working with a large range of Technology platforms. We are looking for motivated individuals, with a passion for Agile project management, a can-do attitude and an ability to learn and grow.
You will have the following responsibilities:
- Collaborating with integrated teams to deliver solutions in support of key product initiatives by working closely with product managers, scrum masters, architects, developers, and QA teams.
- Creates an environment of continuous improvement through honest communication and regular retrospectives with the goal to surface issues/concerns and to identify clear action steps
- Manage Test Strategy planning, test delivery schedule, and technical/user testing at all phases of product development.
- Manage project Test planning, coordination of multiple applications for test preparedness, managing of test execution and test results.
- Responsible for testing specific documentation and implementation of existing and new testing processes.
- Planning and executing of the Technology development schedule for major product releases
- Tracking status, progress and other critical metrics in relation to the plan and publishing progress reports to senior partners
- Maintaining release and dependency plans across American Express development teams, external partners and third parties
- Identifying and raising risks, issues, and changes tied to the product development initiatives
- Resolving impediments precluding teams from making progress against plans
- Ensuring deliverables across Technology teams are high-quality and clearly documented
- Organizing and executing Pre and Post PI Planning sessions, daily stand-ups, scrum of scrums and retrospectives at the end of each planned unit of work, with a focus on continuously learning from the past
- Finding opportunities to embrace innovative technologies and processes
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Minimum Qualifications
This high-energy Project Manager should have:
- A University Degree in related field and/or prior relevant Technology or business experience
- Previous Project or Product Management experience, ideally in an Agile environment
- Desired at least 1 year of technical experience in software engineering, infrastructure, operations or product delivery & system integration
- Organizational skills and self-motivation
- Some knowledge of internal delivery tools & a desire to deepen understanding
- Adaptive communication
- Collaboration & partnership
- Courage, curiosity, passion & resourcefulness
Why American Express?
There’s a difference between having a job and making a difference.
Amex have been making a difference in people’s lives for over 160 years, backing them in moments big and small, granting access, tools, and resources to take on their biggest challenges and reap the greatest rewards.
We’ve also made a difference in the lives of our people, providing a culture of learning and collaboration, and helping them with what they need to succeed and thrive. We have their backs as they grow their skills, conquer new challenges, or even take time to spend with their family or community. And when they’re ready to take on a new career path, we’re right there with them, giving them the guidance and momentum into the best future they envision.
Because we believe that the best way to back our customers is to back our people.
The powerful backing of American Express.
Don’t make a difference without it.
Don’t live life without it.
To complete your application please click on the links below. However, if you require any assistance with the completion of this process – or need any reasonable adjustments to be made – then please contact the Recruitment Team on recruitment.support.uk@aexp.com.
