Director - Assistant

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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.

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How will you... make an impact in this role?

The Colleague Experience Group (CEG) seeks to provide a great colleague experience every day. The Director Assistant – Global Compensation will support the SVP, Global Compensation and serve as a key member of the Global Compensation Leadership Team. The Director Assistant is responsible for strategic planning, executive communications, and managing projects and processes critical to the efficient operations of this global team.

The ideal candidate will have outstanding leadership, strategic thinking, influencing, and communication skills. This candidate needs to have a proven record of working at a fast pace and operating both independently and within a high-performing, global team environment.

Additional responsibilities include:
• Provide strategic support on a broad range of complex initiatives and projects, including organizational change, talent management, annual CEG processes and creation of presentations for Executive audiences
• Support SVP, Global Compensation and Global Compensation Leadership Team with overall planning, management, and strategic development for respective teams
• Collaborate closely with leaders across Global Compensation and Colleague Total Rewards and Well-being to drive strategic agenda and ensure alignment on relevant decisions and projects
• Act as central point of contact for urgent priorities and initiatives
• Manage day-to-day operations (e.g., building and managing templates, managing processes, overseeing recruitment, etc.)
• Lead special ad hoc projects, including complex reporting analyses and insights
• Own budget oversight and tracking
• Manage and participate in key meetings including organizing meetings, developing objectives and material, coordinating follow-ups, etc.
• Represent the team on broader CEG related activities

Minimum Qualifications
• Exceptional qualitative and quantitative problem-solving skills (issue identification, problem structuring, analysis, development of recommendations)
• Strong strategic thinker: ability to build sound strategies using leading practice frameworks for the full strategic development cycle; focused on meaningful business outcomes
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with exceptional ability to translate ideas and thoughts in written presentations, including strong Microsoft Office skills (PowerPoint and Excel)
• Be a highly motivated self-starter who is able to drive results and get things done in a self-directed manner, with excellent organizational skills and careful attention to detail
• Experience working in a large/matrixed environment and operating with cross-functional teams, internal and external partners
• Ability to efficiently prioritize, escalate appropriately, manage tight deadlines and changing priorities in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
• Strong sense of integrity, discretion, and ability to maintain confidentiality
• A commitment to continuous learning demonstrated through education e.g. a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field, followed by approximately 8 years of related experience

Non-considerations for sponsorship:

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

Salary Range: $130,000.00 to $205,000.00 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. Thats 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.

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