Director, Emerging Platforms & Content Strategy

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$123K/yr – $215K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 4 days ago

Job Summary

Own and lead the development of a content-led growth engine at Amex, shaping strategy, building capabilities, and coordinating across the Prospect ecosystem to accelerate customer acquisition.

  • Own strategic agenda and cross-functional alignment across teams.
  • Drive AI-enabled content creation and activation across owned and third-party ecosystems.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Build Amex’s next content-led acquisition engine—using customer insight and AI to determine what content we need, transform how we create and improve it, and activate it across owned and third-party ecosystems to help more prospects understand, value and choose Amex.
  • Set the strategic agenda, build new capabilities and connect efforts across the Prospect ecosystem to accelerate growth.

Requirements

  • Experience in content, digital growth, acquisition or adjacent disciplines, with a clear understanding of how content influences customer decision-making across first and third party environments.
  • Demonstrated experience building or transforming marketing capabilities using AI, automation or emerging technology, moving beyond experimentation to proven business outcomes.
  • Comfortable operating in fast-moving, ambiguous environments, making clear strategic choices where established playbooks do not yet exist.
  • A strong cross functional leader who can influence senior stakeholders without direct authority, establish shared priorities and mobilize teams across complex organizations.
  • A strong people leader and communicator who can move seamlessly between long-term vision, practical execution and executive-level decision making.
  • Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

Benefits

  • 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
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Salaries

Posted range

$123K/yr – $215K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Content Marketing median pay in the United States

$85K/yr

Most earn $70K to $110K. Based on 3,215 salaries, including bonus and equity.

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Director, Emerging Platforms & Content Strategy

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