Senior Envisioning Manager

American Express; England; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in the UK seeks a Senior Envisioning Manager to bridge business and technology. You will collaborate with partners, lead transformation initiatives, and present insights to senior leadership. Ideal candidates have strategic thinking skills and experience in payments, with a full-time commitment expected.

Benefits

Competitive base salaries

Bonus incentives

Comprehensive medical benefits

Flexible working model

Generous paid parental leave

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience driving results in a global environment.
• Payments industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with partners to define scope and value.
• Lead transformational initiatives to enhance capabilities.
• Present complex concepts clearly to senior leadership.
• Provide consultancy on ecosystem capabilities.
• Engage experts for informed decisions.
• Drive continuous improvement for lasting value.

Skills

Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills

Business Process Modelling

Excellent communication

Strong analytical skills

Strong collaboration and influencing skills

Tools

Agile methodologies

Project Management

Job description

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones physical financial and mental health as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally :

• 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.

At American Express our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation shared values and Leadership Behaviors and an unwavering commitment to back our customers communities and colleagues. As part of Team Amex you’ll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well‑being and many opportunities to learn new skills develop as a leader and grow your career.

Here your voice and ideas matter your work makes an impact and together you will help us define the future of American Express.

The Network & Acquiring Solutions (NAS) team at American Express powers global payments working across business units and with key industry stakeholders. We tackle critical challenges like securing online transactions and driving innovation in payment solutions.

The Network & Acquirer Envisioning Team drives the delivery of digital products and services for merchants acquirers issuers and payment facilitators. Our solutions span ATM / debit point‑of‑sale authorizations and submissions transaction pricing disputes and settlement all designed to meet the evolving demands of the global payment network. By developing a wide range of innovative capabilities we enable American Express to attract new customers expand into new markets respond to regulatory requirements and support emerging payment types.

How will you make an impact in this role

As a Senior Envisioning Manager for Strategic Network and Acquirer Solutions your role will have best elements of Senior Business Analyst and Business Transformation Consultant roles. You’ll bridge the gap between business and technology by interpreting business requirements into capability needs for technical delivery. You’ll solve complex problems assess alternative solutions and design innovative deliverables that align with strategic goals. You’ll also build relationships across teams influence stakeholders and present insights to senior leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with partners to define scope value and align to strategic priorities.
• Lead transformational initiatives to build and enhance Network and Acquiring capabilities.
• Present complex concepts clearly to senior leadership.
• Provide consultancy on ecosystems capabilities and discovery best practices.
• Deliver solutions with business and technology teams.
• Engage experts and stakeholders to enable informed decisions.
• Drive continuous improvement in discovery to deliver lasting value.

Minimum Qualifications

• Strong strategic thinking and problem‑solving skills
• Business Process Modelling data & insight analysis
• Excellent communication and ability to elicit and translate business needs into technical requirements
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to clearly articulate complexities
• Strong collaboration presentation and influencing skills
• Experience in business transformation and Agile frameworks.
• Payments industry experience is preferred but not essential.

Proven experience driving results in a global environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Payments industry experience

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the UK is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

Required Experience

Manager

Key Skills

• Program Management
• FDA Regulations
• Management Experience
• Facilities Management
• Clinical Development
• Data Management
• Quality Systems
• Project Management
• Research & Development
• GLP
• Budgeting
• Leadership Experience

Employment Type

Full‑Time

Experience

years

Vacancy

1