Campus Graduate Summer Internship Program

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.

Business Unit/Role Specific Information

American Express’ Global Commercial Services (GCS) is the global leader in providing payments solutions for small, medium and large businesses. The GCS business offers a wide range of card and payment programs, expense management tools, consulting services, business financing and cross-border payments solutions to small businesses, mid-sized companies and large corporations around the world. Global Commercial Services and the Company continue to innovate and deliver a broad range of products and services to support the needs of all business customers.

This exciting and fast-growing business seeks to drive the success of businesses around the world, rooted in the truth that when our business customers thrive, so do we. We strive to serve all of our commercial clients, from the mom-and-pop store on Main Street to the largest global business.

Our Strategy & Transformation teams at American Express play a central role in identifying client and colleague needs, defining winning strategies, and influencing partners to complete these goals. The teams work to cultivate collaboration and alignment across many cross functional partner teams to deliver on our collective ambitions.

How will you make an impact in this role?

• Own and influence a strategic project end-to-end tied to our long-term growth ambitions for the Client Management and Sales organizations.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams including Client Management/Sales, Marketing, Product, Finance, Technology, Pricing, Legal, Compliance and other stakeholders.
• Work with senior leaders to define strategic priorities and articulate the operating plan required to reach the objectives.
• Assess business needs based on customer or colleague experiences, deriving insights from the customer landscape and colleague feedback.
• Synthesize analytics and financials to develop data-driven recommendations.
• Document and maintain a project plan, project processes and communications, including strategic prioritization.

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a full-time Master’s or Graduate degree program.
• Graduate Degree candidates with an expected graduation date between December 2026 and June 2027.
• Interest in commercial payments, strategic planning, and project management.
• Problem solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to distill down complex concepts or problems.
• Project management experience: Superior organizational skills with the ability to multi-task, and prioritize within changing business needs, navigating both planned and urgent tasks while working independently.
• Effective communicator and influencer: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present ideas clearly and concisely, as well as comfort addressing executive audiences.
• Intellectual curiosity: High-intellectual curiosity and desire to continually learn about the changing payments landscape and emerging technologies.
• Collaborative team player: Ability to collaborate with and build strong relationships with leaders, colleagues in different time zones, and cross-functional partners to deliver value.
• Proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 years’ minimum experience across strategic planning, project management, and/or related.
• Demonstrated resilience, proactive problem solving, can-do attitude, and optimism in changing circumstances.
• Comfort with challenging the status quo and driving continuous process improvement.
• Strong attention to detail.

Salary Range: $38.45 to $87.00 hourly + sign-on bonus

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.

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

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
•  Flexible work arrangements and schedules with hybrid and virtual options with Amex Flex
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
• Free and confidential counselling 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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