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Quality Program Manager roles in manufacturing, tech, and regulated industries align with STEM degrees in engineering, systems science, and applied sciences, making them strong fits for the 24-month STEM OPT extension. Employers must be enrolled in E-Verify to hire you, and your role must connect directly to your degree field.
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Get Access To All JobsGeneral Counsel Tech and Innovations (GCO Tech):
General Counsel Tech and Innovations (GCO Tech) has an opening for a Product Manager role focused on Workflow Automation and Platform Strategy. This role will own the product vision, roadmap, and delivery execution for the Tonkean workflow automation platform while partnering closely with Engineering, Legal business partners, and external professional services resources to deliver scalable workflow solutions across the General Counsel Organization.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and progressively responsible work experience in Product Management, Workflow Automation, Business Process Management, or Technology Strategy.
- 3-5+ years of progressively responsible experience in Product Management, Product Ownership, Workflow Automation, Business Process Management, or related enterprise technology disciplines.
- Demonstrated experience translating business challenges into scalable workflow products and automation capabilities through structured product discovery, requirements definition, and user-centered solution design.
- Experience with Tonkean is strongly preferred. Experience with comparable enterprise workflow automation or low-code platforms (e.g., ServiceNow, Microsoft Power Platform, or similar technologies) will also be considered.
- Demonstrated experience identifying, evaluating, and delivering AI-enabled workflow solutions by leveraging enterprise AI platforms, APIs, large language models (LLMs), intelligent automation, and workflow orchestration capabilities to improve business processes and user experiences.
- Ability to partner with Engineering and business stakeholders to design scalable, governed workflow solutions that integrate automation, enterprise data, and AI services while meeting security, compliance, and operational requirements.
- Demonstrated experience defining product vision, prioritizing roadmaps, managing feature backlogs, and balancing strategic investments with operational platform enhancements.
- Experience partnering with engineering teams to translate business requirements into well-defined user stories, acceptance criteria, technical requirements, and release plans.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present product strategy, roadmap updates, business cases, and delivery status to executive leadership, technical teams, and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience partnering with Legal departments, attorneys, Legal Operations teams, or corporate functions to understand practice workflows and translate business needs into technology-enabled solutions is strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of legal services delivery, legal workflow automation, document and matter management processes, Legal Operations technologies, or enterprise legal technology platforms is a significant advantage.
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. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.
As part of Team Amex, you’ll experience our 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.
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.
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 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.
US Job Seekers - Click to view the “Know Your Rights” poster. If the link does not work, you may access the poster by copying and pasting the following URL in a new browser window: https://www.eeoc.gov/poster.
General Counsel Tech and Innovations (GCO Tech):
General Counsel Tech and Innovations (GCO Tech) has an opening for a Product Manager role focused on Workflow Automation and Platform Strategy. This role will own the product vision, roadmap, and delivery execution for the Tonkean workflow automation platform while partnering closely with Engineering, Legal business partners, and external professional services resources to deliver scalable workflow solutions across the General Counsel Organization.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and progressively responsible work experience in Product Management, Workflow Automation, Business Process Management, or Technology Strategy.
- 3-5+ years of progressively responsible experience in Product Management, Product Ownership, Workflow Automation, Business Process Management, or related enterprise technology disciplines.
- Demonstrated experience translating business challenges into scalable workflow products and automation capabilities through structured product discovery, requirements definition, and user-centered solution design.
- Experience with Tonkean is strongly preferred. Experience with comparable enterprise workflow automation or low-code platforms (e.g., ServiceNow, Microsoft Power Platform, or similar technologies) will also be considered.
- Demonstrated experience identifying, evaluating, and delivering AI-enabled workflow solutions by leveraging enterprise AI platforms, APIs, large language models (LLMs), intelligent automation, and workflow orchestration capabilities to improve business processes and user experiences.
- Ability to partner with Engineering and business stakeholders to design scalable, governed workflow solutions that integrate automation, enterprise data, and AI services while meeting security, compliance, and operational requirements.
- Demonstrated experience defining product vision, prioritizing roadmaps, managing feature backlogs, and balancing strategic investments with operational platform enhancements.
- Experience partnering with engineering teams to translate business requirements into well-defined user stories, acceptance criteria, technical requirements, and release plans.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present product strategy, roadmap updates, business cases, and delivery status to executive leadership, technical teams, and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience partnering with Legal departments, attorneys, Legal Operations teams, or corporate functions to understand practice workflows and translate business needs into technology-enabled solutions is strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of legal services delivery, legal workflow automation, document and matter management processes, Legal Operations technologies, or enterprise legal technology platforms is a significant advantage.
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. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.
As part of Team Amex, you’ll experience our 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.
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.
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 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.
US Job Seekers - Click to view the “Know Your Rights” poster. If the link does not work, you may access the poster by copying and pasting the following URL in a new browser window: https://www.eeoc.gov/poster.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding STEM OPT Authorization as a Quality Program Manager
Verify your CIP code covers quality management
STEM OPT eligibility depends on your degree's CIP code, not just its name. Check whether your engineering, systems, or applied science program maps to an approved STEM CIP code before targeting Quality Program Manager postings.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment before applying
Not every company that hires engineers is enrolled in E-Verify. Search the E-Verify employer search tool to confirm enrollment before investing time in applications. A missing enrollment means you can't legally start on STEM OPT.
Build your I-983 training plan around quality systems
Your I-983 must connect your daily work to your STEM degree. For Quality Program Manager roles, map specific responsibilities like process audits, root cause analysis, and standards compliance directly to learning objectives tied to your field.
Target regulated industries with structured QMS roles
Aerospace, medical devices, and semiconductor manufacturing run formal quality management systems under ISO, AS9100, or FDA standards. These industries create defined Quality Program Manager roles with documented scopes, which makes I-983 training plans far easier to justify to your DSO.
Use Migrate Mate to find E-Verify enrolled employers
Filter your Quality Program Manager job search on Migrate Mate to surface employers already enrolled in E-Verify and experienced with STEM OPT hires. That narrows your list to roles where your authorization won't stall the offer process.
Time your offer acceptance around OPT end dates
USCIS requires your STEM OPT extension application to be filed before your initial OPT EAD expires. Start the DSO recommendation request at least 90 days before that date so your authorization stays continuous after accepting an offer.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Quality Program Manager role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
It depends on whether your specific degree program has an approved STEM CIP code and whether your job duties connect directly to that field. Quality Program Manager roles rooted in industrial engineering, systems engineering, or applied sciences typically qualify. Roles that are primarily administrative or cross-functional without a technical core may not satisfy the degree-relatedness requirement your DSO must confirm.
What does the I-983 training plan need to include for this role?
Your I-983 must identify specific learning objectives tied to your STEM degree, not just a job description. For Quality Program Manager positions, that means documenting how activities like failure mode analysis, statistical process control, audit management, or standards compliance develop skills directly related to your degree field. Your employer's authorized representative signs the form, and your DSO must approve it before USCIS processes your extension.
How do I know if an employer is enrolled in E-Verify before I apply?
E-Verify enrollment is a legal requirement for all STEM OPT employers, but not every company hiring engineers is enrolled. Use the official E-Verify employer search tool to confirm enrollment status before submitting applications. You can also ask the recruiter directly during a screening call. If an employer isn't enrolled, they cannot legally employ you on a STEM OPT EAD, regardless of how interested they are in hiring you.
What happens to my work authorization if my STEM OPT extension is pending when my EAD expires?
If you filed your STEM OPT extension application before your initial OPT EAD expired, you receive a 180-day automatic cap-gap extension that keeps you authorized to work while USCIS adjudicates. Your employer remains responsible for maintaining E-Verify compliance during this period. File early enough to avoid any gap in your employment authorization, and keep your receipt notice as proof of your continued authorization.
Where can I find Quality Program Manager jobs that are open to STEM OPT candidates?
Migrate Mate lists Quality Program Manager roles from employers enrolled in E-Verify and experienced with STEM OPT work authorization. Filtering by STEM OPT eligibility removes postings where your authorization would be a barrier. That lets you focus your applications on companies that already understand the I-983 process and E-Verify requirements rather than educating employers from scratch during interviews.