Director, Technical Program Management; EPTech

Director, Technical Program Management (EPTech)

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

Enterprise Platforms Technology (EPTech) encompasses many of Capital One’s most important enterprise platforms. We establish practices for building technology solutions across the company and deliver capabilities that exemplify those practices.

As a Director TPM in EPTech, you will leverage your technical acumen and engineering experience to drive the strategy and execution of large‑scale, technically complex, cross‑functional programs aligned with Capital One’s business priorities. You’ll break down complexity and organizational silos, influence roadmaps, dive deep into system design and architecture, make technical tradeoffs, drive platform consolidation, and identify, resolve, define, and elevate mitigation plans for hard technical dependencies.

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

• Bachelor’s degree
• At least 7 years of experience managing technical programs

• 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
• 7+ years of experience designing and building data‑intensive solutions using distributed computing
• 3+ years of experience building distributed systems & highly available services using cloud computing services/architecture – preferably using AWS
• 3+ years experience building highly scalable mobile products & platforms
• 3+ years of experience with Agile delivery
• 3+ 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
• 3+ years of experience building systems & solutions within a highly regulated environment

Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non‑discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug‑free workplace and will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.