Company: American Express
Position: Manager & Counsel, Consumer Cards
Location: NYC Campus
Description:
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.
The General Counsel’s Organization (GCO) is seeking a Manager & Counsel to provide legal support to the U.S. Consumer Products and Services (CPS) business with a focus on consumer credit cards. The position will work closely with business clients and legal professionals in the GCO to provide legal advice on a wide range of issues, including card marketing and acquisition, card member agreements and other legal disclosures, new product development, reward programs, and regulatory compliance.
Here’s just some of what you’ll do in this role:
- Provide legal advice and guidance to business colleagues responsible for consumer lending, cobrand, and premium cards on a range of matters including card marketing, card member communications, product development, and rewards programs
- Advise on card product and benefit design working with the Card product teams
- Review marketing claims and liaise with other stakeholders (such as Compliance, Ad Law, product teams)
- Review Card Member communications in connection with changes such as fee increases, benefit changes/removal
- Develop regulatory subject matter expertise across U.S. consumer finance regulations, with a particular emphasis on Truth in Lending Act and UDAAP
- Participate as part of a team of seasoned attorneys and legal managers, offering thought leadership for practice group and GCO-wide projects
Contact: mario.a.magana1@aexp.com
Qualifications:
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree & J.D.
- Admitted to New York Bar or eligibility to do so
- 3+ years of relevant legal experience
Preferred qualifications:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to generate creative and innovative solutions to client issues
- Ability to interpret and apply law and regulation in a practical, hands-on, common-sense manner
- Ability to communicate complex issues clearly and persuasively, in both written and oral format
- Ability to build relationships and partner with others to drive results
- Capacity to be agile and pivot appropriately when challenged with new information or evolving circumstances
- Strong process-management skills and ability to help identify and implement improvements in work process to enhance efficiency and productivity.
- Experience applying UDAAP and the Truth in Lending Act is a plus