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Campus Undergraduate – 2023 Strategic Partnerships Summer Internship

You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back.

With the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. When you join Team Amex, you become part of a global and diverse community of colleagues with an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities and each other. Here, you’ll learn and grow as we help you create a career journey that’s unique and meaningful to you with benefits, programs, and flexibility that support you personally and professionally.

At American Express, you’ll be recognized for your contributions, leadership, and impact—every colleague has the opportunity to share in the company’s success. Together, we’ll win as a team, striving to uphold our company values and powerful backing promise to provide the world’s best customer experience every day. And we’ll do it with the utmost integrity, and in an environment where everyone is seen, heard and feels like they belong.

Join #TeamAmex and let's lead the way together.

Strategic Partnerships manages the most significant enterprise relationships across American Express, with a mission to build differentiated partnerships that unlock the potential of American Express’ strategic relationships to drive growth and innovation. The team is responsible for defining a multi-year partnership strategy, supporting key negotiations and projects, and driving new business opportunities globally with our largest American Express partners.
 
About the Internship

We’re looking for a graduate level summer intern to support the team on critical and innovative projects as a Summer Strategic Partnerships Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for a project contributing to the Strategic Partnership’s strategy, such as ideating innovative partnership recommendations across digital giants, travel, retail, entertainment, telecom, B2B or aggregators.
 
This internship provides an outstanding opportunity to work with different functions and geographies across the company and will provide interns with an understanding of Amex’s current and future opportunities with select Strategic Partners. Interns will work with American Express colleagues to develop strategic recommendations that provide new sources of value for customers. This internship is an excellent opportunity for a curious, self-motivated individual who is interested in developing general management and partnership skills in an environment where innovation is highly valued.
 
How will you make an impact in this role?
 
  • Develop a deep understanding of our Partner’s business model, strategy, and priorities as well as their existing relationships with Amex and use this knowledge to identify new revenue and share driving opportunities for the partnership.
  • Support the development of new growth opportunities from conception through ideation, conceptualization and business case development
  • Build excellent relationships with colleagues across Amex who are critical to the success of the partnerships and work closely to meet business objectives and drive value to Card Members
 
 
Minimum Qualifications
 
  • Currently enrolled in a full-time undergraduate degree program with a graduation date between December 2023 and June 2024
  • Strategy, business development, or partner management experience or education focus
  • Deep curiosity, interest in learning about both American Express and our Strategic Partners.
  • Critical thinking skills to analyze and develop solutions for complex issues.
  • Strong financial and analytical skills; ability to translate data into insight.
  • Natural collaborator and excellent influencer who enjoys working with and through others to drive the success of a team.
  • Excellent communication skills.
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