Technical Program Manager III

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Amex GBT Product & Engineering is seeking a Technical Program Manager III to join our team of engineers. We are looking for a candidate who can demonstrate their deep technical knowledge, loves solving real-world business problems, and is dedicated to innovative thinking to ensure AmexGBT continues to be the software company leader in the corporate travel space. You will work across the Product and Engineering organization and be a part of reshaping how our customers use our products from beginning to end, being held accountable for driving the delivery of business solutions that improve business processes, surface measurable insights, and support executive decision-making.
Our commitment is to deliver a higher standard of corporate travel service and innovative technology. Our success is directly attributed to our customers' ability to move their businesses ahead, through their valued relationships with our company and more importantly, with our people. Led by an experienced, forward-thinking management team, AmexGBT has continued to expand its offering of intuitive online tools and comprehensive Travel Consultant services while maintaining its reputation for outstanding customer service globally.

What You’ll Do on a Typical Day:

• Own technical program delivery by driving new feature development through every
  stage of the agile software development lifecycle
• Collaborate with partners, product and development teams to craft technical solutions
  and provide detailed specifications that satisfy scalability, reliability, and performance
  goals
• Build strong communications and relationships with internal partners
• Strong project management skills, including active mitigation of risks to the plan,
  providing status updates, and management of trade-offs to drive satisfactory completion of
  product/project, and facilitation of planning and governance activities with the team(s).
• Seek and implement continuous improvements in all processes, including defining the
  appropriate methodology that benefits a team and tracks progress.
• Understand the importance of system and technology integration and the basic features
  and facilities involved in the integration process.

What We’re looking for:

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent
• professional experience
  4-6 years of Technical Program Management experience in a professional
  technology organization, such as e-commerce
• Experience writing technical requirements specifications, driving discussions
  among multiple business and technical teams to scope and schedule efforts and perform
  data analysis
  Excellent problem resolution skills; using data to validate an approach
• Team builder at all levels, with compelling verbal and written communication skills.
• Comfortable at presenting and keen to listen, with the ability to present 
  sophisticated technical information clearly and concisely at different levels  
  Consistently able to balance multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, 
  prioritizing engineering decisions optimally, and growing in a dynamic and fast-paced environment

Location

The #TeamGBT Experience

Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.

• Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and more.

• Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.

• Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with global tuition assistance, access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.

• We strive to champion Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in every aspect of our business at GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global Inclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.

• Wellbeing resources to support mental and emotional health for you and your immediate family.

• And much more!

This role is for Egencia LLC (“Egencia” or the “Company”), a member of the American Express Global Business Travel family of companies.

All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, gender (and characteristics related to sex and gender), pregnancy (and related medical conditions), race, color, citizenship, religion, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by law.

Furthermore, we are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the hiring process. For details regarding how we protect your data, please consult GBT Recruitment Privacy Statement.

What if I don’t meet every requirement? If you’re passionate about our mission and believe you’d be a phenomenal addition to our team, don’t worry about “checking every box;" please apply anyway. You may be exactly the person we’re looking for!