**Description** **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. As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers’ digital lives. Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems. American Express offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source. And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development. Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex. The objective of the Tech Control Management Risk Identification & Assessment team is to identify, assess, mitigate, and report on Operational Risk within BU processes for Tech Control Management to ensure adherence to regulatory standards, Amex policy and enhance the BU's resilience through managing a clear methodology of inherent and residual risk. Tech Control Management is looking for a Director of Risk ID, Assessment, Testing & Reporting to lead a diverse team of high-performing professionals focused on ensuring control management is embedded in the day-to-day operations of our organization. It will involve extensive collaboration with multiple partners across numerous business units, functional areas, and geographies. **The Director, Tech Control Management Risk Identification & Assessment will:** * Support the Risk ID Assessment, Testing & Reporting lead by providing targeted business process and system review to identify risks and control opportunities * Partner with Technology Process Owners to design and/or refine controls related to operational risk * Collaborate with the technology Process Risk Self-Assessment team to help facilitate BUs in their risk assessments performance in addition to further assessments and testing / QA programs to ensure regulatory and internal standards are met * Support new Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) modernization activities as a technology subject-matter-expert * Document and maintain detailed guidelines for control identification and design, applicable to existing and new process creation * Proactively communicate key OR trends, activities, and events to senior management, to facilitate informed decision-making * Proactively identify areas of high-risk for intervention (e.g., automated alerts generated for high-risk areas signal need for intervention and focus), including conducting independent quality assurance and vertical process testing * Report thematic risk reporting (levels, trends, causes) to provide actionable insights to BU on current risk levels, emerging trends and root causes * Categorize controls and map against risks and processes (e.g., cross-BU process-control mapping) * Develop risk profiles and maintain inputs in support of an updated risk register(s) * Be a key leader for sharing insights, better practices, themes, etc. across the enterprise **Required Qualifications:** * 6 Years experience in operational risk management (e.g., within Risk and/or Internal Audit function) Understanding of critical operational risk management lifecycle activities * Excellent project management, communication, and interpersonal skills, with an ability to interact and obtain buy-in from senior BU/tech counterparts * Expertise in process governance, with a track record of establishing and overseeing robust decision-making processes that align with policies, regulatory frameworks, and/or operational standards * Experience within financial services industry * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to analyze data, identify trends, and evaluate risk scenarios effectively [BU-SPECIFIC] * Demonstrated history and ability to manage large teams, spread over geographies and with varying backgrounds **Preferred Qualifications:** + Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business, Risk Mgmt., or related field; advanced degrees (e.g., MBA, MSc) or certifications are advantageous Experience in at least one of the following: o Providing identification of operational risks throughout business processes and systems o Facilitating risk assessment performance in addition to further assessments and testing programs to ensure regulatory and internal standards are met o Enhancing risk assessments and associated methodologies o Leading independent control monitoring, including identification of control improvements o Identifying areas of risk for intervention, including conducting independent quality assurance and process testing o Compiling thematic risk reporting to provide actionable insights on risk levels, emerging trends and root causes **Qualifications** Salary Range: $170,000.00 to $255,000.00 annually bonus equity (if applicable) 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 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 + 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 . American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. 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. US Job Seekers/Employees - Click here to view the “Know Your Rights” poster and the Pay Transparency Policy Statement. If the links do not work, please copy and paste the following URLs in a new browser window: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters to access the three posters. Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions. **Job:** Technology **Primary Location:** US-New York-New York **Schedule** Full-time **Req ID:** 25000244