Director, Technical Program Management- Platform Data Engineering (Remote Eligible)

Plano 2 (31062), United States of America, Plano, Texas

Director, Technical Program Management- Platform Data Engineering (Remote Eligible)

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

About Capital One: 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. 

About the team: As a Director of Technical Program Management (TPM) on Capital One’s Enterprise product & platform organization, we’re looking for someone who has strong technical aptitude, experience of driving large scale enterprise initiatives in the data management and engineering space and ability to influence leaders as well as cross functional teams that include engineers, product managers and architects.

In addition to the technical program, you will also work to pave the way for an expanding TPM discipline within the team, by leveraging your industry knowledge and experience to teach the organization what a great TPM can achieve.

Our TPM Directors have:

•  Experience working in the areas of data engineering, data analytics and data governance.

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

• Hands on data analytics experience building reports and KPIs.  

• Experience building and leading a world-class team of technical program managers with a mission to power real-time, intelligent experiences for our customers and associates

• Lead technology focused discussions with senior leadership by providing valuable insights and recommendations that guide technology-based decisions

• 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 

• Experienced 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 …