american expressBrooklyn, NY
Senior Manager - Product Operations & Strategic Initiatives
Senior Manager - Product Operations & Strategic Initiatives
Senior Manager - Product Operations & Strategic Initiatives
american expressBrooklyn, NY
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Overview:
In this role, you drive the end-to-end launch of new advertising products within Amex Ads, coordinating across product, technology, legal, compliance, and go-to-market teams. You will establish launch plans, ownership, and governance to ensure readiness for market. You’ll scale product operations through standardized artifacts, tooling, and annual planning while managing budgets and vendor relationships. You’ll craft executive materials and roadmaps that translate strategy into actionable delivery. This is a cross-functional, impact-focused role in a fast-paced, data-driven environment. Compensation / Benefits bonus benefits hybrid work arrangement career development team culture market-competitive compensation
Responsibilities:
Lead end-to-end execution of new advertising product launches across multiple teams to ensure market readiness Align and track launch plans, timelines, responsibilities, dependencies, and decisions; maintain accountability through launch Navigate governance with Control Management and Compliance to meet requirements before launch Develop business cases, operating models, and processes to support new products and capabilities Improve product ops effectiveness by standardizing artifacts and adopting tools (e.g., Jira, Airtable) Lead annual planning, gather requirements, prepare overviews for engineering, estimate effort, and summarize for leadership Monitor technology spending, forecast delivery budgets, and support funding decisions Manage relationships with third-party technology vendors and ensure compliance reviews Create executive presentations, performance updates, and roadmaps to communicate progress and decisions Prepare materials to explain products, capabilities, and roadmap to partner teams
Key requirements:
4+ years in product operations, program management, business ops, consulting, or related field Ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives with clear plans and risk management Strong attention to detail and multitasking abilities Familiarity with Agile development lifecycles and sprint planning Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ambiguity management Excellent executive communication and presentation skills; ability to influence leaders Proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel; experience with Jira, Confluence, Airtable; awareness of AI productivity tools Experience creating business cases, operating models, and scalable processes Experience in digital advertising, commerce media, or adtech Experience managing budgets, forecasts, and third-party technology partners Experience leading governance and compliance approval processes cross-functional collaboration strong communication executive presence PowerPoint Excel Jira
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Level
Manager
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Occupation
Marketing Managers
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