Vice President, Global Payment Partnerships
About The Position
American Express Digital Labs catalyzes digital innovation across the enterprise by originating, incubating, and scaling emerging products and platforms that are integral to our customers’ digital lives. We combine creativity, customer centricity, and technical excellence to reimagine how Card Members experience payments and membership in an increasingly digital world. As a fast-moving, entrepreneurial team, we leverage emerging technologies to build differentiated digital payment solutions and engaging membership experiences. We work in close collaboration with leading technology companies and strategic partners to bring innovative products to market and extend the reach of the Amex ecosystem. Amex Digital Labs is seeking a VP, Global Payment Partnerships to define how American Express participates in the next generation of digital payments. This leader will be responsible for shaping the strategy, product direction, and ecosystem engagement across wallets, tokenization, AI-enabled payments, and commerce platforms, and overseeing a team managing ongoing requirements for digital wallet management. Unlike traditional business development roles focused primarily on partner management and deal execution, this role will also work closely with the Product, and external partner leads. The successful candidate will influence roadmap decisions, shape platform capabilities, and ensure American Express wallet payment credentials can be seamlessly embedded across emerging commerce experiences. Partners in this portfolio include Apple, Google, PayPal, Meta, among others.
Requirements
- Experience in defining strategy and product direction for digital payments.
- Experience in ecosystem engagement across wallets, tokenization, AI-enabled payments, and commerce platforms.
- Experience managing a team.
- Experience working closely with Product and external partner leads.
- Experience influencing roadmap decisions and shaping platform capabilities.
- Experience ensuring seamless embedding of payment credentials across commerce experiences.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with partners such as Apple, Google, PayPal, Meta.
Responsibilities
- Define how American Express participates in the next generation of digital payments.
- Shape the strategy, product direction, and ecosystem engagement across wallets, tokenization, AI-enabled payments, and commerce platforms.
- Oversee a team managing ongoing requirements for digital wallet management.
- Work closely with Product and external partner leads.
- Influence roadmap decisions and shape platform capabilities.
- Ensure American Express wallet payment credentials can be seamlessly embedded across emerging commerce experiences.
Benefits
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
No Education Listed
