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Facilitate and Leads Program Execution

• Drives program / cross platform / trains of trains product delivery demonstrating servant leadership coupled with technical expertise across domains and the corresponding business domain knowledge
• Entire lifecycle from initiation to delivery:

o   Partners with LPM, Product and Engineering owners for early engagement and prioritization process. 

o   Drives Pre-Program Increment (PI) planning meetings with leadership, product management, delivery teams and Business Partners. 

o   Cross Platform Integrated Release Planning and status reporting

o   E2E Test Management (test data set up, test plan creation, reporting on testing status, etc.)

• Partner in the Delivery, Solutioning and Refinement processes to ensure product readiness.
• Ensures dependency alignment for the teams & trains across organization & external partners (where applicable)
• Partners with Product Managers, Product Owners, New Product Development, Business Partners and Architects to help assure strategy, vision and road map alignment and execution (initiative and epic specific).
• Ensures value is achieved by the program/technology product delivery on behalf of end users.
• Assist with prioritization via experience regarding cross platform technology delivery and using methodologies such as economic decision making.
• Collaborates with Delivery Managers, Release Train Engineers (RTEs) and TPMs to identify and coordinate cross-platforms dependencies
• Create data-driven insights into the delivery and execution of the program thro Partners with Product Managers, Product Owners
• New Product Development, Business Partners and Architects to help assure strategy, vision and road map alignment and execution (initiative and epic specific).
• Manages impediments, risks, dependencies and resourcing needs across stakeholders and senior leadership as appropriate.
• Support and encourage innovation through continuous exploration.
• Aggregates and drives End-to-End Program Increment (PI) objectives into Epic/Cross-Train Release objectives to ensure successful delivery.
• Identify and manage gaps, issues, risks, and opportunities across Agile teams and trains.
• Track and measure capability and epic execution
• Manages external relationships, e.g. product partners or technology vendors on behalf of Technology organization (where appropriate)

Technical Skills 

• Inform or co-develop architecture and process flows to ensure end to end technology product solutions
• Understand the program’s technical platforms and applications
• Execute solution technical alignment discussions . Bridges the gap between product teams

Leadership and Coaching 

• ·Coach leaders, teams in technology and product management in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets
• Live the Agile and SAFe Values & Principles
• Encourage diversity of thought and demonstrate an open mindset.
• Foster a culture of trust and leadership in others.
• Champion a learning culture to drive continuous improvements and  standardization.
• Respectfully and purposefully challenge the status quo
• Inspires collaboration and quality practices between system architects & Agile teams and product teams
• Guidance to ensure the timely identification and prioritization of technical
• infrastructure to support implementation of priority features and enablers e.g. Architectural Runway
• Ensures compliance with SDLC standards across the program
• Ensures data integrity for the program within the Agile Management tools
• Influence without authority through effective change and leadership management.

Minimum Qualifications

·         7+ years relevant Program and/or Project Management experience

Salary Range: $110,000.00 to $190,000.00 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:

• 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 opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

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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.

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