Capital One

Financial Services

Director,TechnicalProgramManagement

$230–263k Riverwoods, Illinois, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Director, Technical Program Management at Capital One. Skills: Technical program management, Scalable platforms, Global financial infrastructure. Lead programs delivering business goals. Build large scale products”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver on critical business goals; Build large scale products; Build large scale platforms; Improve scalability; Improve system resilience; Land business impact

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Problem solving; Quantitative approach

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's Degree, 7 years managing technical programs

Nice to Have

7+ years designing data-intensive solutions, 3+ years building distributed systems, 3+ years building scalable mobile products, 3+ years experience with Agile delivery, 3+ years delivering large complex programs, Experience building systems regulated environment, Bachelor's degree technical field, MBA or Master's degree technical field

What You'll Do.

Lead programs delivering business goals

Build large scale products

Build large scale platforms

Drive architectural alignment

Drive technical strategy

Drive execution of objectives

Improve system resilience

Own complex technical dependencies

Manage cross-functional engineering roadmaps

Deliver global financial infrastructure

Identify technical risks

Mitigate technical risks

Simplify technically complex

Drive decisions across product

Drive decisions across engineering

Drive decisions across design

Drive decisions across data science

Build TPM practice foundations

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Across organizations; Across reporting boundaries

Communication Scope

Simplify technically complex

Process & Methodology

Agile delivery, Complex programs

Full Job Description

Director, Technical Program Management - GPN Tech Are you interested in leading programs that deliver on critical business goals and build large scale products & platforms? At Capital One, we’re changing banking for good. We were founded on the belief that no one should be locked out of the financial system. We’re dedicated to helping foster a world where everyone has an equal opportunity to prosper. We’re a bank, but we don’t think like one. We’re always thinking about what’s next, about how we can innovate and inspire, and about how we can develop the tools our customers need to improve their financial lives - by leveraging best in class technology. That’s where you come in. ****Team Description:**** The Global Payment Network (GPN) Technology organization manages critical payments infrastructure to facilitate high-throughput, secure global transaction processing. Our Technical Program Management (TPM) teams are vital to GPN’s success. These teams leverage deep technical acumen and systems thinking to drive the architectural alignment, technical strategy, and execution of the organization’s objectives and key results. They improve scalability and system resilience within the GPN engineering lifecycle, with a focus on ownership of complex technical dependencies, cross-functional engineering roadmaps, and the robust delivery of global financial infrastructure. ****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 com

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