Senior Analyst - Data Governance & Management

Joining Amex Tech means discovering and shaping your contribution to something big. Here, you can work alongside talented tech teams and build a unique career with the Powerful Backing of American Express. With a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies, and a commitment to back the broader engineering community through open source, our mission is to power your success. Because Amex Tech is powered by our technology, our culture, and our colleagues.

The Technology organization enables and accelerates the company’s growth strategies, delivering global capabilities and services in support of Amex’s customers and colleagues, while maintaining 24/7 servicing and availability to ensure an uninterrupted, high-quality customer experience. Technology provides the foundation for everything we do in the company while driving differentiation through building and leveraging innovative technology and data insights.

The Enterprise Data Office (EDO) is part of the Technology organization and sets the enterprise strategy for and delivery of critical data-related initiatives required to accelerate the ongoing digital transformation of American Express products and services, enhance the overall customer experience, strengthen our data strategy and practices, and drive our continued growth.  

American Express continues to invest in enterprise data management, and as part of the journey, we are seeking a Senior Analyst, Embedded Data Controls to help operationalize how data risk is identified, assessed, and mitigated across critical business processes. This role will support the integration of the Data Risk Pillar into key governance frameworks, ensuring that data-related risks are proactively addressed in areas such as New Product Governance (NPG), Third-Party Lifecycle Management (TLM), Generative AI (GenAI), Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) 

You will work closely with business, technology, and risk partners to translate data governance standards into practical, scalable controls and assessment tools that can be embedded into day-to-day decision-making.

This is an ideal role for someone who enjoys solving complex, ambiguous problems, collaborating across teams, and shaping how modern and emerging data risks are governed.

• Support the design and development of data risk assessments across governance processes including New Product Governance (NPG), Third-Party Lifecycle Management (TLM), Generative AI (GenAI), and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
• Support the translation of enterprise data policies and standards into practical controls, tools, and assessment criteria 
• Assist in embedding data controls “by design” into business workflows and governance processes 
• Support the development of risk assessment templates, playbooks, and supporting materials.
• Help drive adoption and awareness through training materials and stakeholder engagement 

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Data, Risk Management, Business, or related field
• 2–5 years of experience in data governance, risk management, internal controls, audit, or compliance (preferably within financial services)

• Foundational understanding of data risk concepts (e.g., data quality, access controls, data lineage, privacy)

• Ability to collaborate, influence, and communicate across multiple stakeholders and levels of leadership, speaking at the appropriate level of detail to both business executives and technology teams.
• Excellent communication skills with a demonstrated ability to engage, influence, and encourage partners and stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment.
• High degree of organization, individual initiative, results and solution oriented, and personal accountability and resiliency
• Proven track record of driving results in a fast-paced environment often with significant ambiguity and needing to make decisions with less than perfect information. 
• Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions. 

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 promis