Roles & Responsibilities:

- Technical ownership for Global Finance services applications and platforms within the Tech organization in support of Finance and Global Supply Management (Procure to Pay) Organization and Enterprise products.

- Scope of technology platform primarily includes Oracle EBS and Fusion/Cloud. Scope also covers solutions built leveraging other COTS products like Hyperion products, custom solutions across a variety of Oracle technology stacks as well as open source.

- Driving engineering solutions to enhance existing capabilities, add new features, lead initiatives focused towards modernization & transformation of platform, drive operational efficiency of platform to support transformation initiatives for Finance Month Close and cloud readiness roadmap.

- Develop Data Integration platforms to define Data Domains and Data Products, create Relationship Data Models, build data ontology, data governance and data profiling

- Development and maintenance of several critical applications, service integrations, and capabilities supporting the portfolio

- Partnering with technical leaders across a broader American Express Technology ecosystem to design platform architecture and drive continuous improvements of new frameworks/patterns.

- Ensuring availability and performance of platforms.

- Supporting and transforming the portfolio into an Agile/Lean, SAFe enabled as required by product-centric organization

- Cultivating an environment of engineering culture leveraging various Engineering and Automation toolchain

- Identifying and implementing strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce and engineering talent.

- Leading software development teams and acting as an escalation point to remove impediments

- Engaging in solution design and ensuring alignment of strategy, architecture, tools/methods with software engineers and architects to execute product roadmaps.

- Manage relationship with product owners, technology colleagues and other business stakeholders globally.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering, or related field required; advanced degree preferred

- Hands-on engineering experience of leading enterprise solutions in Finance domain leveraging Oracle Fusion Cloud is a must.

- Experience of leading transformation including Cloud adoption journey of Oracle Financial services suite of products.

- 10+ years of large-scale hands-on Software Product Engineering experience with full stack (preferred) tools,

- Agile delivery methods in a complex environment and experience in developing solutions leveraging Open Source, Java, API, Microservices.

- Proven experience of attracting, hiring, retaining and leading top engineering talent and building high performing teams in a highly competitive market

- Deep understanding of the product / technology Platform's underlying technology stack and its core components. Exposure to Oracle Financial Services Cloud is a must. Exposure to full stack is preferred.

- Strong systems integration architecture skills and a high degree of hands-on technical expertise with a proven track record of turning new technologies into business solutions

- Experience managing in a fast paced, complex and dynamic global environment

- Outstanding influential and collaboration skills; ability to partner with multiple stakeholders, create transformation roadmap and drive change, drive consensus and tangible outcomes, demonstrated by breaking down silos and fostering culture of collaboration.