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American Express Campus - Internship Programme - Global Risk & Compliance - 2025 (Madrid) Madrid, Spain

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

At American Express, we know that with the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. Whether we’re supporting our customers’ financial confidence to move are constantly redefining what’s possible — and we’re proud to back each other every step of the way. 

American Express is one of the world’s leading payments companies and provides customers with access to products, insights and experiences that enrich lives and build businesses. Our “closed-loop” network includes card-issuing, merchant-acquiring and card network businesses. Around the world we provide financial products and services to a broad range of customers, including consumers and businesses of all sizes. Founded in 1850 and headquartered in New York, American Express has a heritage built on service and sustained by innovation. 

When you join #TeamAmex, you become part of a diverse global community of over 60,000 colleagues. Your contributions to supporting, promoting and enhancing our brand will have a significant impact on how we continue to back our customers, communities and colleagues now and into the future.

You’ll have the opportunity to develop a range of skills and networks, collaborate on challenging projects that deliver value to our business and customers, learn about our award-winning culture and network across our diverse business units and regions. You’ll become part of a collaborative and inclusive workplace as you build on your technical and interpersonal skills, hear from senior leadership through our Global Speaker Series, be responsible for your own live project, and learn first-hand how we deliver for our customers.

Overview B U / Team :

The American Express Global Privacy Oversight are trusted advisors on the American Express Data Protection & Privacy Principles. We work to raise privacy awareness, drive compliance with both internal privacy policies and regulatory expectations across the organization and establish privacy as a strategic differentiator for the American Express brand. As a second line of defense function, Global Privacy oversee, provide expertise in, and challenge the identification, management, and mitigation of privacy risks across the company in line with the privacy framework and the company’s vision to provide the world’s best customer experience every day.

Internships Tasks :

We are seeking a motivated intern to join our team and contribute to impactful projects focused on privacy risk oversight. In this role, you will assist with tasks related to vendor onboarding escalations, ensuring smooth coordination and compliance with privacy standards. You will familiarize with supporting process workflows, conducting research, analyzing data, and collaborating with team members to address challenges and improve efficiencies. This is a dynamic opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment, with the chance to adapt and grow as project needs evolve.

Ideal candidates are detail-oriented, proactive, and eager to learn, with strong communication skills and an interest in privacy or operational processes.

More information:

  • Location:Madrid

  • Starting Date: 28th April 2025

  • Duration: 6 months internship with potential 6 months renewal

  • Hours: 35 hours per week

For Recent Graduate Students:

Alongside your internship you will be enrolled on programme coordinated by Fundación Universidad Empresa (FUE). This programme will allow students to focus on productivity, adaptive management and innovation, to apply their theoretical knowledge in a real-world setting, collaborating directly on the management and optimization of commercial processes. The student will develop essential skills in project management, data analysis, and negotiation, which are critical for future integration into the labor market.

To enroll the programme, the candidate must have completed the degree or due to submit the final degree project, or the final degree project plus 9 ECTS max.

For Undergraduate Students:

If you are an undergraduate student, your university will need to agree that you can commit to 35hours per week, please ensure you check this with your university prior to applying.

Qualifications

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

  • Competitive base salaries

  • Bonus incentives

  • Support for financial-well-being and retirement

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)

  • Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need

  • Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)

  • 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

Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check, subject to applicable laws and regulations.

Job: Campus

Primary Location: Spain-Madrid-Madrid

Schedule Full-time

Req ID: 25004247

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