**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. **General Counsel’s Organization:** Where great legal minds influence global business strategy. As a member of the Global Technology, Cybersecurity, Procurement and Real Estate Law Group of the General Counsel’s Organization, the Vice President & Senior Counsel – Resiliency and Third-Party Risk will be a subject matter expert and provide legal support to business and legal colleagues covering two critical and growing areas of legal risk: global resiliency, and third-party risk. **Role & Responsibilities:** Collaborate with colleagues around the world on cutting edge resiliency and third-party risk issues. + Develop and lead team providing legal support and strategic advice to the Technology Resiliency and Enterprise Resiliency and Business Continuity Management organizations, the Third-Party Risk Management organization, and legal colleagues and business clients on a global basis. + Lead legal support and delegate and oversee team responsibilities during operational outages. + Engage in readiness planning, crisis response plan development and exercise planning. + Support global regulatory examinations (which may include communicating directly with regulators). + Develop contracting strategy to comply with global resiliency and third-party risk legal requirements. + Guide team in support of product development and new product launches, including conducting legal reviews of resiliency and third-party risk management issues. + Engage in lobbying and compliance efforts for both global resiliency and third-party risk requirements, including developing relationships with government affairs colleagues, trade associations and industry groups to develop regulatory harmonization and information sharing strategies. + Assist in the development of American Express strategy and policies related to operational resilience and third-party risk management and advise on public disclosures around resiliency and third-party risk. + Oversee preparation and delivery of internal training on operational resilience and third-party risk management. + Build positive working relationships across the legal department, business, and enterprise resiliency, third party risk management, and technology teams, and build relationships with external industry and trade groups. + Implement and improve methods for legal knowledge management within the team and foster a collaborative team culture. **Qualifications:** **Minimum Qualifications:** + J.D. with eligibility to practice law in New York. + 8 years of work experience involving resiliency and third-party risk management issues in a law firm and/or in-house corporate legal environment. + Demonstrated people leadership with proven track record of leading high performing team. + Significant experience with global legal requirements and guidance related to resiliency and third-party risk management, including Federal Financial Institution Examination Council (FFIEC) Business Continuity Management; federal banking agency guidance on third party risk management; Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA); European Banking Authority Guidelines on Outsourcing Arrangements; OSFI Operational Risk Management and Resilience Guidelines; Federal Reserve SR 20-24 and 03-9 and OCC Bulletin 2003-14 Operational Resilience Guidance; National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) operational resilience guidance. **Preferred Qualifications:** + Strong interest and/or experience in digital products and emerging technology + Strong analytical and problem-solving skills + Ability to communicate complex issues clearly and persuasively + Demonstrated experience effectively communicating with regulators + Demonstrated experience in gaining credibility, managing expectations, and developing strong working relationships with legal colleagues and clients **Qualifications** Salary Range: $220,000.00 to $320,000.00 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-New York-New York **Schedule** Full-time **Req ID:** 25001485