**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. The Global Risk & Compliance Organization (“GRC”) independently oversees the company’s risk-taking and risk management activities, including the comprehensive identification, management, and mitigation of risks within the Company’s risk appetite. GRC ensures the company operates in a safe, sound and fully compliant manner within all applicable regulatory expectations. We create and maintain the overall risk management framework while ensuring legal and regulatory compliance. We are passionate about our commitment to drive the company’s goals of growth and progress by creating a culture of awareness and proactivity around regulatory matters, and by partnering closely with business units across the enterprise to ensure we deliver maximum value to our shareholders and our customers efficiently and effectively. We are seeking a highly experienced VP, Transformation and Strategic & Reputational Risk, to join our Enterprise Risk Management and Risk Oversight (ERM&RO) function within GRC. You’ll help the enterprise grow its business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks and using your expert judgement to solve real-world challenges that impact our company, customers and communities. Our culture in Global Risk & Compliance is all about thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo and striving to be best-in-class. **Key Responsibilities:** + Project manage transformation initiatives from initiation to completion, ensuring timely delivery within scope, budget, and deadlines. + Coordinate with business units, risk teams, and technology teams to ensure alignment of transformation initiatives with enterprise objectives. + Proactively identify project risks and issues, ensuring appropriate mitigation plans are in place. + Facilitate project governance by preparing materials for steering committees and senior management reviews. + Develop and maintain project dashboards, progress reports, and executive summaries for key stakeholders. + Provide independent oversight of strategic and reputational risks within the Independent Risk Management function. + Develop and oversee execution of the suite of credible challenge activities for both strategic and reputational risks. + Conduct aggregate risk assessments to identify areas of increasing risk and the need for control improvements for strategic and reputational risk + Provide credible challenge on the annual strategic plan for the bank. + Continuously monitor external environment for potential reputational risks including news coverage, social media sentiment, competitor activity, regulatory changes, and industry trends **Minimum Qualifications:** + 10 years of experience in strategic risk, reputational risk, enterprise risk management, or a related field within GSIB’s + Advanced degree in Business, Finance, Risk Management, or a related field is required + Proven expertise in enterprise risk management, with a deep understanding of strategic and reputational risk factors + Demonstrated experience in crisis management and communication + Strong understanding of financial services regulations and risk management best practices + Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with senior executives and cross-functional teams + Ability to think strategically, manage complex projects, and deliver results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment **Qualifications** Salary Range: $185,000.00 to $260,000.00 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. **Job:** Executive **Primary Location:** US-New York-New York **Schedule** Full-time **Req ID:** 25001909