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Senior Associate - Program Management

American Express

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Compensation
$89–150K/yr
Location
Remote · US
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior Associate, Program Management co-manages project resources and schedules, identifies risks, and tracks program performance against delivery, cost, budget, forecast, schedule, and quality targets. The role manages project plans and budgets, supports agile planning and product development, and collaborates with product and business teams to align technology initiatives with business objectives.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Project Management ToolsReporting ToolsBudgetingFinancial PlanningFinancial ManagementData Analysis

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering or Comparable ExperienceProject Management or Reporting Tools ExperienceBudgeting and Financial Planning ExperienceData Analysis ExperienceProject Management Certification or Equivalent

Full job description

Senior Associate - Program Management

UT, United States(Remote)

Job Description

Joining Amex Tech means discovering and shaping your contribution to something big. Here, you can work alongside talented tech teams and build a unique career with the Powerful Backing of American Express. With a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies, and a commitment to back the broader engineering community through open source, our mission is to power your success. Because Amex Tech is powered by our technology, our culture, and our colleagues.

Senior Associate, Program Management co-manages project resources and schedules, proactively identifies risks and tracks the progress of program performance through appropriate reporting tools against delivery, cost, budget, forecast, schedule and quality targets.

Responsibilities

  • Manages project schedules, budgets, and resources, ensuring timely and cost-effective delivery

  • Conducts thorough risk assessments and develops actionable mitigation plans to address potential project challenges

  • Evaluates progress towards program goals by monitoring project performance against goals, making adjustments to plans and strategies to ensure successful outcomes

  • Prepares comprehensive project reports and updates, ensuring stakeholders are well-informed and project documentation is up-to-date

  • Monitors compliance with regulatory requirements by ensuring all project activities across different workstreams adhere to relevant regulatory standards and organizational policies

  • Aligns project deliverables with the organization’s strategic goals, ensuring they contribute to overall business success

  • Provides inputs in Program Increment (PI) planning meetings with colleagues and other agile ceremonies for teams to pressure test plans for feasibility, capacity, and risk

  • Contributes to the full life cycle of product development, from concept to delivery, including Test Driven Development (TDD)

  • Collaborates and co-creates effectively with teams in product and the business to align technology initiatives with business objectives

Qualifications

Education Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering and/or comparable experience

Work Experience:

  • Experience in project management and reporting tools (e.g., MS Project, Jira, Trello, Asana, Excel, Tableau)

  • Experience in budgeting and financial planning/management

  • Experience in data analysis

  • Licenses and Certifications:

  • Project Management Professional (PMI) or equivalent Project Management certification (e.g., Certified Project Management Practitioner, International Project Management Association / Prince 2 / CSM - Certified Scrum Master / CSPO - Certified Scrum product owner)

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

Job Info

  • Job Identification 26015884

  • Job Category Technology

  • Posting Date 11/02/2026, 11:26 PM

  • Apply Before 11/10/2026, 08:00 AM

  • Degree Level High School Graduate

  • Job Schedule Full time

  • Job Shift Day

  • Locations Virtual Location Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84184, US(Remote)

  • Salary Range $89250 - $150250 annually + bonus + benefits

  • Career Area Technology

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How this job compares

Set against the 10,761 open Program Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$89–150K/yr
  • Utah median$120–196K/yr130 salary ranges
  • US median$127–201K/yr7,738 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $120K, is 24% below the Utah median midpoint ($158K) — in the lowest quarter of Program Management salary ranges in Utah.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 188 open Program Management jobs in Utah and 10,761 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Utah
Experience
Program Management postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 10 years (9,212 postings).
Education
4,188 of the 10,761 open Program Management jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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