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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.

How will you make an impact in this role?

About Global Real Estate & Workplace Experience (GREWE)

Global Real Estate and Workplace Experience (GREWE) is a global team at American Express (Amex) responsible for the full lifecycle of planning, execution, and operations of Amex real estate. GREWE supports over 75,000 Amex colleagues and contractors in over eight million square feet of property located in 59 countries. Our real estate portfolio consists of large full-service campuses, office buildings, sales offices, airport lounges and data centers. The global GREWE team is comprised of ~100 Amex full time staff that leverage ~5,000 contractors and is part of the broader Global Servicing Group organization which delivers shared business services to colleagues across the enterprise. GREWE’s key priorities include:

**GREWE Vision** : Provide the world’s best workplace experience for every colleague, at every site, every day

**GREWE Mission:** Enable profitable growth by anticipating business needs and co-creating flexible, vibrant, inspiring environments at a competitive cost

Strategic Priorities:

**Portfolio** : Best buildings in the best places at the most competitive costs

**Environment** : Tailored spaces that inspire innovation and strengthen connections between colleagues, customers, and brand

**Hospitality** : Frictionless experiences for colleagues across moments that matter

**Operations** : Operational excellence to deliver enterprise value, accelerate time to market, reduce disruption, and mitigate risk

Global Leadership and Governance Responsibilities

A summary of key responsibilities include:

This position is accountable for ensuring global compliance with AMEX Financial Procedures and the implementation of GREWE project controls tools, guidelines and industry leading practices to support major capital projects.

The Director of Project Controls is a strategic leadership role responsible for the governance, management, and performance of project controls across large and complex capital projects, typically exceeding $500M in total capital cost. This role oversees cost management, schedule integration, and risk control functions to ensure robust delivery performance, financial accountability, and decision-making support. The Director will lead the development and implementation of project controls standards, cost risk assessments, schedule risk assessments, change management protocols, and integrated reporting systems to inform stakeholders from project inception through closeout.

The candidate will have strong leadership experience with proficiency in collaborating across large complex project teams and organizations including senior leaders. Project experience driving progress and controls on major capital projects.

Other deliverables include:

+ Project Controls Execution Plan (PCEP)

+ Cost Estimates and Budgets (Class 5 through Class 1)

+ Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and Schedule Status Reports

+ Quantitative Risk Assessment Reports (CRA/SRA)

+ Monthly Cost and Schedule Performance Reports

+ Forecast-at-Completion (FAC) and Estimate-to-Complete (ETC) updates

+ Change Logs and Trend Registers

+ Stage-Gate Review Packages and Audit Compliance Documentation

+ Leads data collection and key processed supporting both Internal & External Benchmarking

+ Ensures all Project Controls Procedures and Guidelines are in alignment with AMEX requirements.

Executive Engagements

This role will have frequent interaction with the SVP of GREWE and the President of Enterprise Shared Services, and on occasion with other AXP executive committee members. This leader will demonstrate the ability to interact with these senior executives with ease, and also dive deep into details when necessary, interacting with project team members at all levels. The role is expected to frequently present to the GREWE SVP.

Major Duties & Responsibilities:

+ Develop, implement, and continuously improve project controls frameworks, policies, procedures, tools, and standards.

+ Ensure alignment with corporate governance and capital investment frameworks.

+ Lead the integration of project controls into project lifecycle stages (e.g., FEL, design, procurement, construction).

+ Champion the implementation of digital tools and analytics in project controls.

+ Lead the development and validation of project cost estimates, cash flows, and budgets.

+ Oversee ongoing cost control, forecasting, variance analysis, and earned value metrics.

+ Direct the establishment of Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and cost breakdowns.

+ Coordinate with Finance to ensure alignment with accounting principles (e.g., accruals, capitalization, asset register alignment).

+ Oversee development, integration, and maintenance of master schedules for all project phases.

+ Ensure schedule risk analyses are performed at key project milestones.

+ Monitor critical path, float, milestones, and provide early warnings of schedule deviations.

+ Validate contractor and vendor schedules and ensure integration into the overall master schedule.

+ Lead project-level cost risk assessments (CRA) and schedule risk assessments (SRA).

+ Establish and manage quantitative risk models in collaboration with risk specialists and stakeholders.

+ Ensure risks, mitigations, and opportunities are integrated into cost and schedule forecasts.

+ Facilitate risk governance reporting to executive committees and support the management of the Project RAIDD log and mitigations.

+ Lead the development and implementation of integrated change control procedures.

+ Ensure all scope, cost, and schedule changes are tracked, reviewed, and approved according to governance.

+ Assess impacts of changes on project performance baselines and provide strategic insights to decision-maker

+ Lead and mentor a team of cost engineers, schedulers, risk analysts, and controls specialists.

+ Foster cross-functional collaboration with engineering, procurement, construction, finance, and commercial teams.

+ Provide training and development programs to improve organizational maturity in project controls.

Minimum Requirements:

+ 15 years of experience in project controls on large-scale ($500M ) capital projects; at least 5 years in a senior leadership capacity.

+ Demonstrated experience in developing and leading governance processes for major capital projects.

+ Strong background in financial modeling, budgeting, and understanding of IFRS/GAAP.

+ Exceptional organizational skills and ability to focus on details while not losing sight of the big picture

+ Ability to easily partner with and influence senior leaders across the AXP organization

+ University/ Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience in Finance, Engineering or Construction Management

+ Strong team player, ability to take direction and remain flexible and adaptable to changing priorities.

Preferred Qualifications:

+ PMP, CCP, or PSP certifications

+ Construction Management, Finance background

+ Proficiency in project controls systems (e.g., Primavera P6, SAP, Oracle). Expertise in Monte Carlo simulation and probabilistic risk analysis tools (e.g., @Risk, Safran Risk, Primavera Risk Analysis).

Qualifications

Salary Range: $130,000.00 to $205,000.00 annually bonus equity (if applicable) benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

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

+ 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan

+ Free financial coaching and financial well-being support

+ Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits

+ Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need

+ 20 weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy

+ 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

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site .

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. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for this position.

**Job:** Real Estate

**Primary Location:** US-New York-New York

**Schedule** Full-time

**Req ID:** 25008852