**Description**

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With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, youll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey thats unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, youll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impactevery colleague has the opportunity to share in the companys success. Together, well win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the worlds best customer experience every day. And well do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join Team Amex and let's lead the way together.

The Global Merchant & Network Pricing (GMNP) team is responsible for the single largest source of revenue for American Express: merchant discount revenue. The team works closely with multiple business partners to determine pricing structures that encourage merchant acceptance of American Express, while striving to improve coverage and merchant satisfaction. Ultimately, the team drives merchant revenue and profit growth through customer-centric pricing principles, flexible pricing architecture, and innovative pricing solutions.

The Manager - Merchant Acquisitions Pricing Strategy is responsible for managing the pricing strategy and financial analyses for American Express U.S. new merchant relationships within the Merchant Acquisition portfolio. This position will also drive broad-scale pricing initiatives aimed at preserving our merchant discount rate while balancing the organizations goal for growing profitable charge volume.

**Responsibilities:**

This is an excellent opportunity for an individual to gain knowledge of the payments industry, as well as exposure to and insight from senior leaders across American Express. The Manager should be a dynamic individual who can partner closely with senior leaders and has the right ambition to drive change. Key responsibilities include:

Develop pricing approaches or constructs based on quantitative data analysis and provide recommendations on key financial / commercial terms

Leverage internal and external data, competitive intelligence, and industry research to inform pricing strategies and maintain pricing integrity

Evaluate business cases for various merchant pricing scenarios, model P&L impacts, and perform sensitivity analyses to drive agile business decisions

Develop and regularly present to senior leaders on merchant pricing negotiation strategies and recommendations

Build relationships with partners in the Client Management organization that drive team accountability and achievestated priorities

**Qualifications:**

4 years of experience with an Undergraduate degree (MBA a plus)

Strategic thinker with the ability to work through unstructured problems and develop clear, data-driven insights

Strong relationship management and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence others in situations where there may be competing priorities

Creative thinker who is willing to question traditional ways of doing things and develop new approaches to old challenges

Excellent communication skills and strong executive presence with the ability to appropriately structure information to drive decision-making

Self-starter who excels in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that places a premium on driving results

Strong analytical skills and financial acumen, including familiarity with financial modeling and sensitivity analysis in Excel

Experience in the payments industry or consulting a plus

SAS / SQL a plus

**Qualifications**

Salary Range: $80,000.00 to $155,000.00 annually bonus 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.

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

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.

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**Job:** Marketing

**Primary Location:** US-New York-New York

**Schedule** Full-time

**Req ID:** 24006379