Noah Prawer

About Noah Prawer

I am a results-driven executive with 20+ years of experience leading high-impact, global marketing, product and partnership teams within the competitive payments and financial services industry. My career is defined by scaling complex, international businesses, driving digital transformation, and delivering measurable growth across regions.For the past several years at American Express, I have focused on growing and optimizing the Global Merchant Services business, most recently overseeing a team of ~200 colleagues across 17 International markets focused on Amex merchant expansion across the world. I oversee all merchant marketing across the funnel delivered across channel including digital, face to face, direct and media. From 20••••22, I served as the VP and Head of Global Product and Network Marketing, where I led growth strategy across 90+ network markets and 120+ bank partners. In this role, I was responsible for a full suite of marketing functions, including Brand, Digital Acquisition, and Capabilities, and acted as the Chief Counterpart to global bank partner CMOs. My career foundation is a unique blend of institutional excellence and entrepreneurial spirit. I hold an MBA from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and was previously Employee #2 at BrainPOP (acquired by LEGO), where I built the B2B and B2C sales/service infrastructure and managed strategic syndication partnerships with media firms (Discovery, Yahoo, AOL), contributing to traffic growth of over 700%. I am passionate about uniting technology, data, and human-centric marketing to create enterprise value.

Experience

1. Head of Marketing - CMO - Merchant Services International

   American Express

   Jun 2022 — Present · NY, US

   Global P&L & Team Leadership: Oversee and direct the merchant marketing strategy, investment, and execution for 17 Proprietary markets, managing a large-scale team of approximately 200 colleagues. • Transformation: Drove the future of merchant acquisition and enablement by expanding access to Payment Facilitator channels by over 400%. • Operational Excellence: Implemented a full investment optimization process across all Marketing budgets to drive significant efficiency and cost economies. • Strategic Growth: Led programs targeting all segments (Global Clients, Managed, Small, Payment Facilitator) and contributed directly to achieving record levels of merchant coverage and Net Promoter Score (NPS). • Cross-Enterprise Collaboration: Partnered with card issuing teams to drive key initiatives, including Amex Offers, Shop Small, and Inbound/Transit programs.

Education

• Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

  MBA, Marketing

• Brandeis University

  BA, Economics

Skills

• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Product Marketing
• Product Management
• Strategic Leadership
• Marketing
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Competitive Analysis
• Marketing Strategy
• Start-Ups
• Leadership
• Loyalty Programs
• New Business Opportunities
• Social Media
• Identifying New Business Opportunities
• Program Management
• Strategy
• Business Development
• Management
• Product Development
• Building New Businesses
• Strategic Partnerships