1. Customer-Centric PM: Anticipating
Needs Across the Product Life Cycle
by AMEX SVP of Product
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5. Customer Centric
Product Managers
Anticipating Needs Across the
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Lisa Yokoyama
SVP and Head of Product
Amex Digital Labs

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LISA YOKOYAMA
SVP, HEAD OF PRODUCT AMEX DIGITAL
LABS
• Lead the product team in American
Express’s innovation lab, driving the
product vision, strategy, and roadmap
for enterprise-wide digital solutions
• Focus on AI-driven experiences, digital
commerce, and lifestyle products and
services for American Express
customers
• Drawn to customer-centricity of financial
services, dedicated to improving the
user experience

8. Amex Digital Labs

9. INSPIRATION

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11. What is happening
in the broader
marketplace?
What consumer
trends am I not
addressing?
What's a gap in what
I'm offering?
How is regulation
changing the nature
of this business?
What is a solution
that I use that isn't
working?
What technology
might I need to
better understand?

12. INSPIRATION
• Curiosity
• Bias for action
• Compelling vision

14. ARTICULATION

15. ARTICULATION
• Responsible for the impossible
• Empathetic
• Drive customer and business
outcomes

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18. FEEDBACK

19. FEEDBACK
• Obsessed over experience
• Drives clarity
• Prioritizes

22. INSPIRATION
ARTICULATION
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23. THANK YOU
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