Vice President, Stablecoin and Blockchain Partnerships & Strategy
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, Stablecoin & Blockchain Partnerships & Strategy to define and operationalize how American Express participates in the next generation of programmable money, stablecoin-enabled payments, and blockchain-based financial infrastructure. This leader will be responsible for working with internal teams and external partners to shape partnership strategy, product direction, concept to launch execution, and ecosystem engagement across stablecoin issuers, blockchain networks, tokenization platforms, and emerging commerce ecosystems. This role is critical in helping influence American Express’s roadmap decisions, platform capabilities, and long-term strategic positioning. The successful candidate will work closely with Labs Product, Network, and Enterprise partners to identify opportunities where stablecoins, tokenization, digital identity, and blockchain technologies can enhance customer experiences, unlock new business models, and position American Express for the future of commerce. They will also be deeply tapped into the external environment, track progress and launches by market leaders and competitors and develop deep relationships with key American Express partners in this space, while educating internal stakeholders and translating complex blockchain concepts into decision-ready business, technical, and risk recommendations.
Requirements
- Experience in defining and operationalizing strategies for new technologies.
- Experience in shaping partnership strategies and product direction.
- Experience in concept to launch execution.
- Experience in ecosystem engagement.
- Experience working with stablecoin issuers, blockchain networks, tokenization platforms, and emerging commerce ecosystems.
- Ability to influence roadmap decisions, platform capabilities, and long-term strategic positioning.
- Ability to identify opportunities for technology to enhance customer experiences and unlock new business models.
- Ability to stay informed about the external environment, market leaders, and competitors.
- Ability to develop deep relationships with partners.
- Ability to educate internal stakeholders.
- Ability to translate complex blockchain concepts into business, technical, and risk recommendations.
Responsibilities
- Define and operationalize how American Express participates in the next generation of programmable money, stablecoin-enabled payments, and blockchain-based financial infrastructure.
- Shape partnership strategy, product direction, concept to launch execution, and ecosystem engagement across stablecoin issuers, blockchain networks, tokenization platforms, and emerging commerce ecosystems.
- Identify opportunities where stablecoins, tokenization, digital identity, and blockchain technologies can enhance customer experiences, unlock new business models, and position American Express for the future of commerce.
- Track progress and launches by market leaders and competitors.
- Develop deep relationships with key American Express partners in this space.
- Educate internal stakeholders and translate complex blockchain concepts into decision-ready business, technical, and risk recommendations.
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
