Senior Technical Program Manager

4 weeks ago

Burgess Hill, United Kingdom American Express Full time
You Lead the Way. We've Got Your Back.

With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you'll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that's unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, you'll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact-every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company's success. Together, we'll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world's best customer experience every day. And we'll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

How will you make an impact in this role?

Responsible for coordinating delivery across various workstreams / value streams / other GAR platforms as part of the Modernization initiative enabling teams / trains to coordinate dependencies, help remove impediments, coordinate technical discussions and dependencies, manage / coordinate various kind of testing and be the face of team with external platforms

Key Responsibilities
  • Steers execution on defined, program-level goals for medium-to-high complexity programs
  • Works within and across team(s) to anticipate, track, and resolve risks and impediments to delivery
  • Steers technical program conversations (e.g., relating to architectural approach and system design) and articulates solutions; co-develops and documents solution
  • Participates with product and engineering leaders to build implementation roadmaps
  • Provides and consolidates inputs for leadership updates; facilitates meetings with leadership on delivery status and key decisions needed to support project delivery
  • Identifies and executes on opportunities for improvements to the delivery process; works with relevant teams to redesign process flows
  • Mentors, guides, and supports Technical Project Managers and other team members as appropriate
  • Tracks and interprets relevant OKR/KPIs; identifies key insights & next steps
  • Participates in PI planning meetings and other Agile ceremonies for team/teams. Contributes to prioritization discussions and pressure tests plans for feasibility, capacity, and risk
  • Drives coordination, collaboration, and alignment between Product Owners, Architects, and Engineers to meet regulatory and technical requirements
  • Monitors and ensures compliance with SDLC standards
  • Facilitates and plans change management and release management activities
  • Identifies and addresses complex inter-team technical dependencies, bridges gaps in technical management
  • Follows and instills documentation best practices to ensure designs meet requirements
  • Drives technical and regulatory consistency across workstreams; develops documentation to ensure ongoing maintenance and development of technical and regulatory solutions
Scope of Impact/Influence
  • Collaborates with Engineering teams to drive alignment architectural approach and technical strategy to execute delivery
  • Responsible for tracking delivery, and activities related to medium to high complexity initiatives by adding to design discussions, issue resolution, and removing obstacles to ensure program goals are met.
  • Embraces the Technology SDLC process and role models a continuous improvement mindset
Education & Experience
  • Bachelor's Degree in technical discipline or equivalent work experience required; advanced degree preferred
  • Certifications in project management methodologies is preferred
  • 3+ years in program delivery and project management
  • Experience with Agile/SAFe/Lean methodologies a plus
  • Experience managing multiple initiatives, priorities and teams
High-performing Behaviors
  • Independently drives work, with some supervision, guidance, and coaching from line manager and senior members of Engineering team
  • Independently defines problems and identifies solutions in the face of ambiguity
  • Ability to manage multiple projects across multiple teams
  • Tailors messages and style across stakeholder groups
  • Understands and aligns priorities to the program vision and strategy
Knowledge/Skills
  • Technical knowledge sufficient to understand and discuss technical challenges and systems design
  • Ability and aptitude to learn new technical skills quickly.
  • Working understanding of major coding languages to track delivery challenges and support solutioning
  • Experience writing technical documentation
  • Ability to manage cross-functional projects with technical dept
  • Strong understanding of organizational, product, and industry standard metrics. Ability to leverage metrics to diagnose problems and improve delivery
  • Ability to collaborate across teams and able to build and leverage strong working relationships and bring different opinions to consensus
  • Understanding of the full life cycle of product development, from concept to delivery, including Test Driven Development (TDD)
  • Ability to manage the post-production processes, drive quality, and implement testing best practices
  • Technical problem solving and issue-resolution abilities
  • Ability to maintain a high attention to detail in a deadline-driven work environment
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated experience engaging and influencing cross-functional stakeholders and senior leaders
  • Strong understanding of interconnections between various business priorities
  • Demonstrated knowledge of project management process, project management software tools, templates, and management techniques.
  • Strong ability to manage change in a dynamic environment and influence others without direct authority
Technology Core Competencies
  • Adaptive Communication
  • Agile Practices
  • Industry and Company Knowledge
  • Organizational Change Management
  • Technical Acumen
  • Technology Industry Trends
  • Game Changers
  • Adaptability
  • Collaboration & Teamwork
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Courage
  • Curiosity
  • Ingenuity
  • Servant Leadership
  • Tenacity
We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:
  • Competitive base salaries
  • Bonus incentives
  • Support for financial-well-being and retirement
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
  • Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
  • Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
  • 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
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

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