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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?

As a member of the Enterprise Digital, Strategic Partnerships & Legal Risk Management in the General Counsel Organization of American Express, this position will involve interfacing with colleagues globally on legal issues related to products and capabilities managed by Enterprise Digital & Data Solutions, strategic data deals, digital marketing initiatives and other projects, as well as working collaboratively with other stakeholders in a highly matrixed organization. This position will report to a Senior Counsel and it is based in New York.

Here is just some of what you will do in this role:

• Provide a wide range of legal support to internal product development and marketing teams and assess legal risk with respect to Amex Offers channels, web and digital acquisition platforms, customer communications and product updates/enhancements.

• Collaborate with internal governance and enterprise compliance stakeholders in connection with offers’ constructs, program terms and cardmember facing terms to ensure adherence to UDAAP, FTC and other relevant legal and regulatory requirements.

• Support legal needs across the enterprise that involve customer, merchant and third-party data & information housed within internal systems and databases.

• Provide legal advice and support to business partners and stakeholders to manage legal risks for their functions, improve internal processes and advice on global company programs such as the Global Retention Management, Global Legal Inventory, and other similar databases.

• Draft, negotiate and review a variety of vendor and partnership agreements.

• Monitor external trends and developments, support on how to ensure management and the organization understands and complies with legal and regulatory requirements.

• Engage and collaborate with key stakeholders across the organization in order to efficiently identify legal issues and effectively mitigate associated risks, including Compliance, Data Strategy, Information Security, Privacy and the Third-Party Lifecycle Management teams.

• Support efforts, more generally, to identify and manage legal and compliance risks, including through company programs and frameworks. Support the operation of these programs day-to-day and through periodic reviews and updates.

Qualifications - Are you ready for the challenge?

Minimum qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree and JD with admission to practice law in the United States 2 years of relevant privacy experience in a law firm and/or in-house legal environment

• Experience advising marketing/business, technology, and operations teams on how to implement nuanced legal and policy requirements

Preferred qualifications :

• Admission to the New York Bar in good standing or eligibility to do so

• Ability to convey clear advice to clients and provide proactive, creative, and business oriented solutions

• Strong interest and/or experience in digital products, data, emerging technology, and artificial intelligence

• Strong executive presence, interpersonal skills, and ability to influence stakeholders on cross functional teams through collaboration

• Self-motivated, with the ability to resolve novel, complex issues with a resourceful, can-do attitude

• Demonstrated ability to build excellent relationships with legal colleagues and business clients, while prioritizing multiple challenging tasks and managing stakeholder expectations

• Willingness and flexibility to be a team player, and take on new responsibilities and challenges as American Express and its businesses continue to evolve

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Qualifications

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 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.

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. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

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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Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for this position.

Job: Legal

Primary Location: US-New York-New York

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 25004475