Manager, Legal Affairs

You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

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, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, you’ll be recognized 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.

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

General Counsel’s Organization – Corporate Secretary’s Office. Where great legal minds influence global business strategy.

Our mission is to protect and strengthen American Express through legal expertise and strategic advice that helps our business partners manage risk, identify opportunities, and deliver on the company’s promise of exceptional products and services. Given the dynamic nature of the global payments industry and the valued partnership between our team and the business, we see it as imperative to attract and develop talented people by:

• Providing rich work experiences and opportunities for professional development
• Recognizing and rewarding those who drive and deliver results
• Respecting and valuing diversity, integrity, and personal accountability

How will you make an impact in this role?

Role & Responsibilities:

Help propel your team and its business partners to success.

Here’s just some of what you’ll do in this role:

• Support the Corporate Secretary’s Office (CSO) with respect to corporate governance matters for all American Express Company subsidiaries
• Act as a thought leader on subsidiary-related corporate governance matters across the enterprise
• Manage projects to enhance subsidiaries’ corporate governance
• Assist in all aspects of subsidiary management, including KYC requirements
• Serve as an Assistant Secretary for significant subsidiaries
• Draft subsidiary board/committee meeting agendas
• Attend subsidiary board/committee meetings and take minutes
• Draft/refresh internal governance policies and procedures
• Assist governance leadership across the enterprise to administer the ongoing maintenance and oversight of legal entity governance for all legal entities within the Amex organization
• Manage procedures that underlie internal policies owned by the CSO
• Manage projects to enhance workflow efficiency in the CSO

Are you ready for the challenge?Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Previous experience at a law firm and/or a large corporation in subsidiary management and corporate governance
• Detail oriented, highly organized, and strong ability to work independently without constant supervision
• Strong administrative and project management skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Strong typing, editing, and proofing skills
• Solid interpersonal skills and ability to interact on a global basis and with all levels of management
• Reliable thought leadership and good judgment
• Must be (or become) a notary

Preferred qualifications:

• Strong proficiency with Diligent (Blueprint) database (or equivalent), Boardvantage (or other secure Board portals), MS Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, PDF, Visio, and DocuSign

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.

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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