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Capital One · 10 hours ago

Director, Technical Program Management

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$226K/yr - $258K/yr

7+ years exp

Capital One is dedicated to changing banking for good and fostering equal opportunities in the financial system. They are seeking a highly experienced Director of Technical Program Management to lead complex data engineering programs, define project scopes, and ensure successful delivery while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

BankingCredit CardsFinanceFinancial Services

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Responsibilities

Define the overarching strategy and roadmap for a portfolio of data engineering programs, ensuring end-to-end execution and successful delivery across platforms like Databricks and Snowflake

Lead, mentor, and scale the Technical Program Management function within the Enterprise Data team, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and technical rigor

Partner with executive leadership and cross-functional teams (Engineering, Data Science, Product) to align on strategic objectives, define program scope, and secure resources for high-priority initiatives

Proactively identify, mitigate, and communicate technical risks, dependencies, and challenges that could impact major enterprise data programs, ensuring timely and high-quality outcomes

Establish and drive standardized program management methodologies and best practices across the Enterprise Data organization to optimize workflows, increase efficiency, and enhance overall team productivity

Qualification

DatabricksSnowflakeTechnical Program ManagementCloud ComputingAgile DeliveryData EngineeringDistributed SystemsCross-Functional CollaborationProblem SolvingEmotional Intelligence

Required

Bachelor's degree

At least 7 years of experience in technical program management

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

Preferred

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

3+ years of experience in 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 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