**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. **Description** As part of the Global Services Group (GSG), the Global Supply Management (GSM) organization partners with American Express business partners to identify the right third parties to support their strategic business objectives, negotiate supplier contracts and protect the company from third-party risk. GSM’s vision is to offer outstanding procurement, third-party risk management, and partner payment services to American Express colleagues. The Vice President of Third-Party Risk Strategy within GSM leads a global team of professionals that define first line of defense Third-Party Risk Management (“TPRM”) program standards in support of the company’s third-party management policy (AEMP 10). This involves collaboration with Risk Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) across American Express to define requirements for the effective identification, measurement, monitoring, and management of third-party risk across the end-to-end third-party management lifecycle. **Key Responsibilities of This Role Include:** + Works with Risk SMEs to define standards for third-party risk assessment questions, risk scoring logic, due diligence, and ongoing monitoring expectations. + Leads a centralized Quality Assurance program that measures and reports on TPRM program execution across Global Supply Management and other American Express business units. + Defines metrics that measure the TPRM program’s health, trends and watchlist criteria. + Evaluates changes to the global regulatory landscape which affect third-party risk and assesses potential impacts to the TPRM program. + Identifies emerging risks and defines necessary TPRM program changes to address them. **Candidate Requirements:** + Previous experience in a risk/control related field is required. E.g., Third-Party Risk Management, Operational Risk Management, Compliance, or Audit. + Strong Strategic Thinker: Ability to understand industry trends and TPRM best practices for large, highly-regulated Banks; anticipates emerging risks that have impact on the TPRM program. + Effective Influencer: Effectively manages a large and diverse set of internal and external stakeholders across AXP business units and the three lines of defense. Brings others along through active listening and soliciting feedback. + Bias Towards Action: Ability to steer program stakeholders and leaders to make informed and timely decisions and removes barriers to forward progress. + Clear Communicator: Comfortable communicating at multiple levels of the organization including to senior management, risk management committees, and regulators, but also to junior staff members and front-line colleagues responsible for TPRM program execution. + Demonstrates Courage: Has a well-informed and credible opinion and speaks up to challenge the status quo. Remains calm and composed amidst stressful situations and leads by example. + Proven people leader: Consistent track record of people leadership, both in building high performing teams, as well as creating followership. Experience leading across global markets and time zones is a plus. **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. Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions 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-Arizona-Phoenix **Other Locations:** US-Utah-Sandy, US-New York-New York **Schedule** Full-time **Req ID:** 25001758