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American Express Pricing Strategy Manager EMEA - Global Merchant Services Pricing in London, United Kingdom
Description
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At American Express, you’ll be recognised for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.
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Our industry is rapidly evolving, and we need courageous, quick thinkers who can shape the pricing strategies that drive our business forward. Whether it’s negotiating with some of our largest global partners or creating specific country or industry pricing solutions, you can influence the single largest source of American Express’ revenue: Merchant Discount Revenue.
How will you make an impact in this role?
The Manager of Regional Merchant Pricing Strategy will support key initiatives that will drive the pricing team’s strategies to help meet enterprise goals. The ability to understand and synthesise complex external and internal factors and to formulate strategic recommendations for senior leadership is key to the success of these initiatives. The selected candidate will report to the Director of Regional Pricing and will have considerable exposure to senior leaders in GMNS and across the Blue Box.
Lead analytical workstreams to uncover data-driven insights that inform optimal Merchant pricing strategies.
Work with internal collaborators, both within Pricing and throughout the GMNS organisation, to find Merchant pricing solutions that support enterprise goals.
Challenge existing strategies and pricing frameworks with provocative, evidence-based, proposals.
Conceptual thinking skills and ability to identify and implement technical solutions to achieve process automation and improve the final outcomes of the projects
Formulate strategic recommendations based on key findings, communicating takeaways to senior leadership through written and verbal updates.
Develop quantitative analysis and robust financial models to evaluate pricing options, assess financial impact and value delivered.
Leverage internal and external data from merchant-specific insights, the latest competitive intelligence, industry research and regulatory developments to inform pricing strategies and maintain pricing integrity.
Skills and Qualifications:
Significant experience in Management Consulting/ Corporate Strategy.
Experience in and/or significant exposure to the payments industry with a solid understanding of business model drivers.
Strong skills for analytics; proven ability to develop sophisticated financial models and draw valuable insights from large amounts of data.
Positive relationship management and collaboration skills with the ability to influence others in situations where there may be different goals
Excellent communication skills – both written and oral, with experience leading discussions with Senior Leaders where decisions need to be made based on the facts presented
Proven strategic thought leadership and comfort working with unstructured problems
Results driven with the ability to work under pressure, navigate through ambiguity, draw linkages, and balance multiple priorities.
Creative problem solver who challenges the status quo and adopts new thinking
Strong project management skills with full ownership from analysis through to implementation
Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint to an advanced level, SAS / SQL skills desirable
Additional Details:
Location: London office location
Workplace Flexibility: Hybrid, Full time.
American Express offers a fantastic and diverse working environment. High performance is rewarded continually
Qualifications
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
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
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Job: Marketing
Primary Location: United Kingdom-London-London
Schedule Full-time
Req ID: 24010585