Job 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.



The AIM (Analytics, Investment & Marketing Enablement) team - a part of GCS Marketing- is the analytical engine that enables Global Commercial business portfolio of American Express. Accelerating growth momentum, increasing profitability, and powering up our value proposition are key objectives for this organization. The team enables GCS Marketing business by providing actionable insights to drive business strategy and growth.



This Analyst (Band 30) role would be based in Gurgaon, India and would be focused on driving sentinel Analytics spanning across channels and product offerings from Amex. The incumbent will be responsible for driving innovative analytical solutions and strategies that helps in gaming prevention thereby driving profitable acquisitions for the commercial business. S/he will be challenged with designing and creating world class prospect marketing analytics by leveraging machine learning and advanced methodologies.



A very important focus for the role shall be leveraging data science, quantitatively determining the value, deriving insights, and then assuring the insights are leveraged to create positive impact that cause a meaningful difference to the business.

Key Responsibilities include:

Effectively engage and deliver results in a cross-functional collaborative environment, i.e., in partnership with key stakeholders including the functional channel owners, the business partners/end-users of data science solutions and technology partners. Explore usage and implementation of data mining techniques, including regression analysis, clustering, and decision trees. Exceptional execution skills - be able to resolve issues, identify opportunities, define success metrics, and make things happen. Prioritizing efforts to help the team focus on the most impactful opportunities. High degree of organization, individual initiative, and personal accountability.

Qualifications:

Hands on exposure to data science tools & techniques such as Big Data, PySpark, Hive, Scala, Python is required. Master's degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics and Economics) or PhD is required. Ability to learn and quickly adapt around ever evolving analytics landscape is preferred. Proficiency & experience in applying cutting edge statistical and machine learning techniques to business problems and leverage external thinking (from academia and/or other industries) to develop best in class data science solutions. Strong communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to build and retain strong working relationships. Strong analytical/conceptual thinking acumen to solve business problems and articulate key findings to senior leaders/stakeholders in a succinct and concise manner. Ability to project-manage effectively, manage several concurrent projects through collaboration across teams/geographies.

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 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 Career development and training opportunities

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.


Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.