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The demonstrated leader will effectively manage the complex needs of the GS GenAI program, develop thoughtful strategies and effectively manage internal and external relationships to advance a Gen AI roadmap that meets colleague and customer needs. The effective candidate will drive measurable impact across the innovation funnel; facilitating enterprise partnerships, ideating and assessing innovative use cases, enabling tests and pilots, and delivering insights that demonstrate GS’s contribution to enterprise growth. Additionally, the effective candidate will be able to lead through ambiguity, coach effectively and inspire followership within a matrixed organization.
Job Responsibility:
Scoping the next wave of GenAI pilots, ensuring alignment to prioritization principles while extrapolating findings from smaller scale efforts and extending to “bigger bets”
Own and evolve the Servicing Innovation intake process for new ideas, establishing a structured funnel to assess, prioritize, validate, and scale innovative use cases through the Innovation Lab
Design and lead a best-in-class innovation strategy informed by external market trends, emerging technologies (with a strong emphasis on AI), and competitive intelligence to enhance customer and colleague experiences
Serve as the relationship lead for key external partners as well as core internal teams to facilitate the identification, ideation and validation of the next wave of transformational and innovative use cases and drive transparency in Servicing Innovation processes
Lead with an outcome-based perspective identifying key success metrics for GenAI pilots to test value and performance
Operate effectively in ambiguity and white space, identifying high-potential opportunities where processes, playbooks, or precedents do not yet exist
Partner cross-functionally to rapidly test and pilot concepts, embracing a fail-fast attitude to iterate, learn, and advance the most impactful ideas
Act as a leader with vision and connector across the enterprise, synthesizing insights, sharing findings, and scaling proven approaches beyond the Innovation Lab
Thought leadership/creative problem solving to accelerate technological innovation for AXP and drive progressive improvement
Requirements:
Strategic, big-picture thinker with demonstrated interest in Generative AI and innovation with strong eye for business and high degree of creativity in finding opportunities for products, services, new processes and systems
Experience designing and owning intake, prioritization, or portfolio management processes for new ideas, products, or initiatives
Strong understanding of emerging technologies, with a genuine interest in the AI and GenAI landscape and its application to customer and colleague experiences
Demonstrated ability to identify external trends, synthesize insights, and translate them into actionable strategies and scalable business outcomes
Ability to influence without authority at all levels and demonstrated track record for getting results and transformation across multiple lines of business
Proven relationship-builder with strong consultative and collaborative skills to partner with business leaders in order to devise solutions to complex business challenges
Ability to navigate ambiguity and engage in structured thinking in order derive meaningful, data-driven insights
Comfortable working in an environment with tight deadlines and managing through making decisions with imperfect information
Adept at forming thoughtful and considered perspectives, supported by both objective fact and strategic conviction
Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills, including the ability to articulate complex issues in a simple, non-technical manner, to fluently bridge business and technical discussions, and to tailor communication to various audiences
Understanding of cross-functional product deployments and/or experience working with Engineering, Product, and Risk teams on technology deployments
Demonstrated people leadership skills and ability to foster and coach diverse teams
Strong proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel required
Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the UK is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions
Nice to have:
Previous 5-8 years of management consulting, investment banking, strategy, or similar experience preferred
MBA or equivalent preferred
What we offer:
Competitive base salaries
Bonus incentives
Support for financial-well-being and retirement
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
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