Senior Manager - Pricing

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

The Global Merchant & Network Services (GMNS) organization is responsible for managing relationships with millions of Merchants and Partners around the world that facilitate American Express acceptance and enabling the day-to-day operations of our company’s payment network.

The role of the Global Merchant & Network Pricing (GMNP) team is to design and implement global pricing strategies that support our coverage objectives and optimize our Discount Revenue. This revenue stream is the single largest source of American Express’ revenue and Merchant Pricing strategies play a key role in driving financial performance.   

The Senior Manager, Merchant Pricing – Global Client Group (GCG) is responsible for managing the pricing strategy and financial analyses for several of American Express’ largest global merchant relationships. This position will also drive the merchant pricing and commercial negotiation strategy for several of the most strategic accounts across a variety of different industries (retail, online, lodging, car rental, etc.).

The Senior Manager is also responsible for supporting important broad-scale pricing initiatives aimed at preserving our merchant discount rate while balancing the organization’s goal for growing profitable charge volume and merchant expansion; essential to the strength of our business.

This is an excellent opportunity for an individual to gain deep knowledge of the Merchant business, as well as exposure to and insight from senior leaders across the Blue Box.  The Senior Manager should be a dynamic individual who can work closely with senior leaders and has the right ambition to drive change.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience within Pricing, Finance, Analytics or related field required
• Bachelor's degree required
• Strategic thought leader with the ability to work through unstructured problems and develop clear action plans
• Strong aptitude for analytics; demonstrated ability to develop sophisticated financial models and draw value-added insights from large amounts of financial data
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office Tools: Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook required
• SQL and/or SAS data querying is preferred
• Strong relationship management and collaboration skills with the ability to influence others in situations where there may be different goals
• Excellent communication skills – both written and oral -- with experience leading discussions with Senior Leaders where decisions need to be made based on the facts presented
• Demonstrates exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills ensuring accuracy, precision, and efficiency in all tasks and has the patience to undertake time-consuming projects
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, dynamic team environment, which places a premium on driving results
• Creative thinker who is willing to question traditional ways of doing things and develop new approaches to old challenges
• Strong project management skills with full ownership from analysis through to implementation
• Passionate focus on the customer; demonstrated desire to understand and solve for customer needs
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple requests and prioritize accordingly
• Capacity to remain calm and flexible under pressure

Salary Range: $80,000.00 to $155,000.00 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