Business Director- Strategy, Enterprise Products & Experiences

Capital One • McLean, VA

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About The Position

Business Director- Strategy, Enterprise Products & Experiences As a Business Director at Capital One, you will apply your strategic and analytical skills to major company challenges. You’ll team with world-class professionals to develop and test strategies that ultimately impact the bottom line. And you will do it all in a collaborative environment that values your insight, encourages you to take on new responsibility, promotes continuous learning, and rewards innovation. The Enterprise Product & Experiences (EPX) team is looking for a Director of Strategy to lead high-priority projects, in support of our Chief Product Officer and his leadership team. Working alongside the Head of EPX Strategy, you will help solve critical challenges facing our enterprise products. This is a high-visibility role where you’ll drive the work and shape the strategic thinking to influence the future of enterprise products at Capital One. The EPX Strategy team works closely with product, tech, and business leaders to shape product strategy and operations. We are a project-based strategy team, focused on priority work that directly impacts Capital One’s enterprise products and digital future. We provide the clarity and structured thinking needed to support senior leaders solving critical challenges.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 4 years of experience performing quantitative analysis
• At least 4 years of experience performing qualitative analysis
• At least 2 years of experience performing people management
• At least 2 years of experience performing project management
• Strategy Consulting Experience: The ideal candidate will have a minimum of two years of post-MBA experience at a top-tier strategy consulting firm with a strong track record of performance. Proven track record in a project execution environment is key.
• Relevant Functional Experience: The right fit candidate will have a strong interest in technology and product management.
• Leadership and Stakeholder Management: The ideal candidate will have a minimum of six months at the Manager level. Comfort mentoring both a team of consultants as well as managing senior client stakeholders is key.
• Structured and Logical Thinking: Superior critical thinking skills are critical to this role, including the ability to identify and define problems, collect data, establish facts and demonstrate a ‘nose for value’ to discern what is important and draw valid conclusions.
• Analytical Aptitude: This person must possess the ability to run and manage highly complicated quantitative analysis in a defect-free manner with a deep knowledge of Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets.
• Cultural Fit: This person will show proof of possessing the 4H’s throughout their personal and professional career, which are the cultural components critical to success at Capital One: horsepower, hunger, heart, and humility.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree
• 2+ years of experience in financial services
• 1+ year of experience in consulting
• Prior exposure to technology, digital, financial services or consumer products, either pre-consulting or during their time in consulting, is ideal but not required.

Responsibilities

• Drive Strategic Projects: Take the lead on important projects. You are responsible for defining the problem, building the work plan, and leading the research and analysis needed to find the right answer.
• Drive from Insight to Action: Turn complex findings into clear, direct recommendations. You need to be able to present a logical case that gives senior leaders the confidence to make a decision.
• Provide Direction: Navigate complicated issues to find a clear path forward. You’ll be responsible for providing clarity to the team and our partners, even when the data is messy or the solution isn't obvious.
• Partner with Business Leaders: Act as a trusted advisor to the leaders running our enterprise products. You will work directly with them to help shape go-to-market strategies and solve their toughest business challenges.
• Develop the Team: Direct work and mentor the more junior associates on the team. You will play a critical role in professional growth and improving problem-solving, analytical skills, and communication.

Benefits

• Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees