American Express is looking to drive innovation in Enterprise Metadata Management Platforms, owning vision, roadmap, enabling secure, scalable, and compliant data ecosystems.
Requirements
- 6+ years in technical product management/engineering, including 5+ years in Agile (Scrum/Kanban) partnering closely with engineering.
- Hands-on data/code fluency: strong SQL; RDBMS (Oracle/Postgres/SQL Server) and No-SQL (MongoDB/Cassandra/Bigtable); ability to read/understand Java and Python (Go a plus) and interpret code paths for lineage.
- Deep knowledge of metadata domains: technical metadata, business glossary, lineage, data-quality signals/rules, sensitivity/classification, retention & deletion, stewardship/ownership.
- Proven delivery integrating catalog/lineage/classification tools and building custom connectors/APIs; REST/GraphQL, Kafka/Pub/Sub; microservices on AWS/Azure/GCP with Docker/Kubernetes.
- Practical exposure to AI in metadata (auto-classification/PII, AI-assisted lineage, semantic search) and vector stores (OpenSearch/Elastic/Pinecone/Vertex Matching Engine).
- Demonstrated ability to set OKRs, analyze telemetry, prioritize data-driven roadmaps, and communicate crisply with executives.
- GSIB/Tier-1 bank experience in data/metadata platforms or data governance with exposure to risk, compliance, and audit examinations.
Responsibilities
- Define and deliver the multi-year product strategy with clear OKRs, value metrics.
- Lead cross-functional Agile squads, manage backlog, PRDs/epics/stories, and ship high-quality, iterative releases.
- Build "enterprise metadata management platform" enabling discovery, lineage, data quality, retention and deletion, classification, and policy enforcement across lakes/warehouses/MDM/BI/streaming.
- Drive enterprise-scale harvesting from SQL & No-SQL stores, ETL/ELT, orchestration (Airflow/Control-M), code repos (Java/Python/Go), pipelines (Spark/Beam), cloud services; implement CDC and schema evolution— including embeddings and code-to-lineage inferences
- Evaluate/integrate vendor and open-source platforms (Collibra/Alation, ATLAN, Foundational.io, Manta/Solidatus, Data Hub. Open Metadata); optimize TCO and make build-vs-buy calls, with AI guardrails and privacy-by-design
- Define/evolve domain models, taxonomies, glossary, stewardship and certification workflows; enforce RBAC/ABAC, masking, and data minimization with AI suggestion review loops
- Embed controls aligned maintain audit-ready evidence in products.
Other
- Bachelor’s in computer science, Engineering, or related field (MS/MBA a plus)
- Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
- 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
- Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
- 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.
