Team Leader - Operations

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The Global Fraud team focuses on insulating our Card Members and merchants from any misuse of their cards/businesses and continually minimize our losses. Ultimately, Global Fraud aims to minimize fraud while instilling a deep sense of security and confidence in our customers.

Global Fraud protects Card Members by removing financial responsibility for fraudulent activities and protects our merchants by reversing chargebacks from invalid fraud claims. The team educates both Card Members and merchants how to better protect themselves from fraud. And the team partners closely with Risk to minimize identity theft takeovers by alerting customers who have been impacted and helping them avoid future risk takeover.This position is responsible for supporting Global Fraud Operations by providing real-time support, schedule management, and call metric reporting. Day to day updates will help ensure the smooth running and execution on a variety of business deliverables, both ad-hoc and ongoing. This role will have oversight and responsibility to help deliver on both short and long-term priorities.

This individual will interact closely with internal and external customers and Account Protection Specialists (APS). Additionally, the leader will provide leadership in situations when the goal is not always clearly defined and will require strong collaboration with peers to meet business objectives. 

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Lead a group of 10-15 Account Protection Specialists (APS) who are responsible for providing service to our Global Fraud Protection Services customers.
• Coach and develop APS to drive customer engagement to ensure interactions are handled professionally, in accordance with company policies, procedures, service level agreements and legislative requirements.
• Provide feedback and direction to APS by assessing skill levels and overall readiness.
• Encourage and support a customer focused consultative environment while driving business results by means of effective process improvement, change management and employee development.
• Act as a conduit for communication to ensure direct reports are well informed about issues that affect them and their customers.
• Accountable for service and quality in support of Fraud Protection accounts.
• Shape future productivity and employee engagement through inspiration, robust coaching, collaboration, and sharing of best practices.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Tailored, inspirational and effective coaching to APS’.• Consistently and effectively implement the Performance Management Process as a leadership tool to help employees maximize their performance.
  Effectively implement the Performance Management Process as a leadership tool to help employees maximize their performance.
• Talent pipeline by Identifying staff with high potential for succession planning and coaching.
• Highly analytical with the ability to identify the root cause of a situation, while keeping the big picture in perspective.
• Process improvements by identifying gaps; offer solutions and successfully implement ideas to enhance the cardmember experience.
• This candidate should be a strong negotiator with ability to make decisions quickly.
• Exceptional organizational skills and follow up.
  Effectively communicate verbally as well as in writing.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and competing priorities successfully.
• Be able to work within business operating hours: Monday - Sunday from 5:00AM - 9:00 PM AZ Time including some holidays.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Analytical
• Strong Presentation and Communication Skills

Salary Range: $55,000.00 to $105,000.00 annually + bonus + 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.
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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.