Senior Manager – Strategic Partnerships: Retail, Entertainment

2 months ago


New York, New York, United States American Express Full time

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Strategic Partnerships manages the most significant enterprise relationships across American Express, with a mission to build differentiated partnerships that unlock the potential of American Express' strategic relationships to drive growth and innovation. The team is responsible for defining a multi-year partnership strategy, supporting key negotiations and projects, and driving new business opportunities globally with our largest Blue Box partners. It exists to deliver against three core objectives: (1) foster and maintain external senior level relationships to drive partner strategies, (2) lead the partner strategy that maximizes value to customers and the enterprise, and (3) bring the best of Amex to drive growth and innovation.

This Senior Manager will report to the Director, Strategic Partnerships, and work to identify and implement enterprise partnership opportunities between American Express and our most significant retail, entertainment, and telecom partners. Success in this role will require developing a deep understanding of our partners' businesses and the payments landscape, operating with a growth mindset, identifying relevant and mutually beneficial partnership opportunities to accelerate value for customers, American Express and our partners and enabling collaboration across stakeholders internally and externally to drive outcomes.

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated individual who aspires to develop their skills as a strategic and innovative business leader.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop a deep understanding of our partners' business models, strategies, and priorities as well as their existing relationships with American Express and use this knowledge to identify new and innovative revenue driving opportunities.Build excellent relationships with a range of stakeholders across Amex who are critical to the success of the partnerships and work closely with them to meet business objectives and drive value to Card Members.Develop deep and broad relationships with the external partners to support the successful operation and performance of the partnership.Support the development of new growth opportunities from conception through ideation, business case development and execution.Enable the successful day to day oversight of the Strategic Partnerships portfolio including initiative tracking, brief writing, facilitating regular partner communications and materials for internal and external meetings, etc.Qualifications:Experience working with partners to identify win/win opportunities and drive growth.Experience driving complex strategic projects with many stakeholders. Strong project management skills and attention to detail.Excellent communication skills including written and verbal communication. Able to take complex ideas and materials and synthesize for executive audience. Highly effective collaborator and influencer who enjoys working with and through others to drive the success of the team.Proactive and comfortable acting with autonomy; Ability to excel in a dynamic, fast paced, and ambiguous space.Strong critical thinking skills and analytical acumen, including an ability to translate data into insights.Inquisitive with track record for leveraging self-directed learning for the benefit of the team.Experience managing external partnership relationships a plus.Business Development experience a plus. Salary Range: $90,000.00 to $165,000.00 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. 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: to access the three posters.

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