Engineering Director, Commercial Data Governance and Reliability

American Express•Phoenix, AZ

14h•Hybrid

About The Position

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. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service. 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. How will you make an impact in this role? We’re looking for an Engineering Director, Commercial Data Platform in GCS-Technology. In this role you will:

Requirements

Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Expertise with a major cloud vendor (AWS/GCP)
Expertise with spark, python, SQL
Experience leading high-performing data engineering teams focused on iterative delivery
Experience partnering cross functionally and being a hands-on leader to drive successful execution
Strong understanding of data governance best practices and technical patterns to implement them at scale

Nice To Haves

Experience building unified data driven solutions with a data-lakehouse architecture

Responsibilities

Cultivate an environment of continuous improvement through technical guidance, coaching, mentoring, and feedback.
Lead the technical strategy to scale data risk management and data governance best practices across the commercial ecosystem
Be a key leader on the effort to continuously improve the trust and reliability of our critical operational data-driven workloads
Establish and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders and cross functional partners to deliver collaboratively
Perform hands-on architecture, design, development, and testing
Implement process improvements to streamline areas for your team such as hiring, onboarding, software delivery, and internal/external communication
Recruit and retain engineering talent

Benefits

Competitive base salaries
Bonus incentives
6%25 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