Director, Technical Prorgam Manager (API Strategies)

Director, Technical Prorgam Manager (API Strategies)

Are you interested in leading programs that deliver on critical business goals and build large scale products & platforms?

About the Team: 

As a Director of Technical Program Management (TPM) on Capital One’s Enterprise Data team, you will execute on high priority enterprise level initiatives, influence across our organization and drive the implementation of Capital One’s future API strategies. Specifically, you will be partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Machine Learning and Supplier Management teams to drive and own upcoming API goals end-to-end. This includes outlining business priorities, deep engagement on Product planning and defining milestones which are tied to annual OKRs & success metrics. This role will be responsible for big picture thinking, strategic direction, presenting to executive/senior stakeholders and holding engineering teams accountable for overarching delivery goals. Expect to lead high-impact projects, foster a culture of continuous improvement and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of data management within the organization.

Our TPM Directors have:

• Strong technical backgrounds (ideally building highly scalable platforms, products, or services) with the ability to proactively identify and mitigate technical risks throughout delivery life-cycle

• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills

• Excellent problem solving and influencing skills

• A quantitative approach to problem solving and a collaborative implementer to holistic solutions; a systems thinker 

• Experience as a TPM leader to grow and develop a team of TPMs, while also building the foundations for the TPM practice

• Ability to simplify the technically complex and drive well-educated decisions across product, engineering, design, and data science representatives

• Deep focus on execution, follow-through, accountability, and results

• Exceptional cross-team collaboration; able to work across different functions, organizations, and reporting boundaries to get the job done.

• Highly tuned emotional intelligence, good listener, and deep seated empathy for teams and partners

Basic Qualifications:

• At least 7 years of experience in technical program management

• Bachelor's degree

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience designing and building data-intensive solutions using distributed computing

• 3+ years of experience building scope assessments for API platforms

• 3+ years of Machine Learning experience

• 3+ years of experience in building distributed systems & highly available services using cloud computing services / architecture - preferably using AWS

• 3+ years of experience building highly scalable mobile products & platforms

• 3+ years of experience with Agile delivery

• 3+ years years experience delivering large and complex programs - where you own the business or technical vision, collaborate with large cross-functional teams, secure commitments on deliverables and unblock teams to land business impact

• Experience in building systems & solutions within a highly regulated environment

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field (Computer Science, Software Engineering) 

• MBA or Master’s Degree in a related technical field (Computer Science, Software Engineering) or equivalent experience

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-2, E-3, L-1 and O-1, or any EADs or other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Cambridge, MA: $226,000 - $257,900 for Director, Technical Program Management

 

McLean, VA: $226,000 -