Product Director - Digital Wallets, Amex Digital Labs at American Express Company South Africa

New York, New York, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

22 May, 26

Salary

256250.0

Posted On

21 Feb, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Product Strategy Development, Roadmap Management, Cross-functional Collaboration, Partner Management, User Insights, Analytics, Performance Monitoring, Team Leadership, Coaching, Payments, Commerce, AI, Global Product Management, Go-to-Market Capabilities, Technical Literacy, Communication

Industry

Financial Services

Description

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. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career. Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express. Amex Digital Labs is responsible for catalyzing digital innovation at American Express by originating, incubating, and managing emerging products and platforms that can be essential to our customers’ digital lives. We strive to emphasize creativity, customer centricity, and innovation. Focus areas include crafting industry-leading digital payment solutions, using our outstanding servicing network and lifestyle assets to build digital experiences, and defining new products and services based on emerging technologies and trends. Amex Digital Labs is responsible for catalyzing digital innovation at American Express by originating, incubating, and managing emerging products and platforms that can be essential to our customers’ digital lives. We strive to emphasize creativity, customer centricity, and innovation. Focus areas include crafting industry-leading digital payment solutions, using our outstanding servicing network and lifestyle assets to build digital experiences, and defining new products and services based on emerging technologies and trends. The Labs Digital Payments team is hiring a product leader to focus on digital wallets growth and expansion. In this role you will lead a product team responsible for a portfolio of digital wallets, including Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Amazon One. This product area is central to our mission to develop and grow products that make membership essential while generating revenue streams for American Express. How will you make an impact in this role? Working together with your team and Labs partners, you will lead: Product and Platform Strategy Development: Formulate a comprehensive strategy for the creation and expansion of digital wallet offerings and underlying platform capabilities—including agentic payments—grounded in user needs, the competitive landscape, emerging technologies, and strategic partnerships, and aligned with broader company goals. Product Roadmap Management and Delivery Planning: Drive the development and execution of a detailed product roadmap, prioritizing features and enhancements to optimize user engagement, repeat usage, and best in class customer experience. Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with engineering, business development, enablement, and other stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of features, timely delivery, and alignment with technical feasibility and user experience standards. Partner Management: Cultivate the relationship with partner counterparts in support of joint product goals. User Insights & Analytics: Utilize qualitative and quantitative data analysis techniques to gain deep insights into user behavior, preferences, and trends, leveraging findings to refine product strategies, improve user experience, and drive growth. Performance Monitoring & Optimization: Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and regularly monitor product performance to identify optimization opportunities. Team Leadership and Coaching: Provide authentic and empathetic leadership to your product team, fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture. Encourage innovation, continuous learning, and accountability to drive excellence in product development and delivery Minimum Qualifications: Experience in payments, commerce and AI, with demonstrated results driving meaningful value in customer facing experiences Strong leadership skills and passionate about colleague development, with the ability to coach, mentor, and guide direct reports A history of both managing scaled global products and transforming ideas into go-to-market capabilities Technically literate with a deep appreciation of the engineering discipline and partnership Experience successfully managing and growing partner relationships Energy and drive to ensure that your product is successful and has an impact, with a keen eye for detail and ability to analyze key metrics to identify opportunities or problems Clear and concise communication skills to convey product strategy and vision, adept at explaining complex concepts to a broad audience Ability to prioritize roadmaps across multiple competing priorities and timelines, with high consideration of user needs, technical feasibility, and business outcomes Clear understanding of customer research frameworks and principles; able to articulate a strong point of view that is backed by knowledge of the industry and customer needs Salary Range: $144,250.00 to $256,250.00 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 you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally: Competitive base salaries Bonus incentives 6%25 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. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions. We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's 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. US Job Seekers - Click to view the “Know Your Rights” poster. If the link does not work, you may access the poster by copying and pasting the following URL in a new browser window: https://www.eeoc.gov/poster *Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

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Responsibilities

This role involves leading a product team focused on the growth and expansion of digital wallets, including Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, and Amazon One, central to developing essential membership products and generating revenue. Key duties include formulating product and platform strategy, driving roadmap execution, collaborating across functions, managing partners, utilizing data for insights, and leading/coaching the product team.