Director, Product Management - Corporate Development Integration

Capital One•McLean, VA

About The Position

Product Management at Capital One is a booming, vibrant craft that requires reimagining the status quo, finding value creation opportunities, and driving innovative and sustainable customer experiences through technology. We believe our portfolio of businesses and investments in growth and transformation will result in a company with the scale, brand, capabilities, talent, and values to succeed as the digital revolution transforms our society and our industry. Our product team is part of a larger group focused on the transformation of Finance at Capital One. The Corporate Development arm of Finance is responsible for assisting in creating new partnerships for our lines of business in addition to identifying possible acquisitions. The product team is a close partner in solving for how we accelerate time to value in these engagements. The Director, Product Management for Corporate Development Integration is a unique and high profile role that is responsible for taking a holistic view of how we assimilate and integrate an acquired company into the Finance ecosystem. You’ll work across the Finance portfolio shaping the strategy for how and when we integrate systems and assist the teams responsible for delivering on their individual parts of this agenda to engage effectively with their new counterparts. You will be the wide angle lens on the strategy for how we integrate as well as the glue to keep the individual workstreams aligned. In addition to your contributions on overall portfolio and product strategies, you’ll also play a key role in building our Product Management organization. You’ll help shape our culture and our people, provide mentorship for your teammates and be an ambassador for Product Management across the Finance organization.

Requirements

Proven experience in and passion for ideating, building and implementing great digital products
Experience in organizational change management including transforming and improving ways of working and interaction models
Exceptional communication skills -- an engaging storyteller at ease presenting to executives
Creative problem solver who provides leadership at the intersection of the human, business and technology dimensions.
Blend of both strategic and tactical thinking -- someone who can identify and prioritize opportunities in highly ambiguous contexts, and then organize work in deep detail; aligning long term vision with iterative execution
Aptitude to champion strategic technology initiatives to leap-frog current constraints and deliver transformational value
Strong quantitative background to support data-informed decision making
Collaborative, team player attitude with the ability to navigate and influence the organization
Superior problem-solving skills with strong strategic, white-spacing thinking
Inspiring leader
Bachelor's degree in any field and at least 5 years of Product Management experience

Nice To Haves

Experience translating business strategy and analysis into consumer facing digital products

Responsibilities

Create and provide frameworks for regularly and systematically using data to assess opportunities, track integration delivery performance, and drive decision making
Set the vision, establish or refine patterns and create enablers for how we integrate different types of new partnership deals or acquisitions
Confidently communicate possible integrations strategy, risks and opportunities across large organizations and executives
Align the right support or resources to deliver on specific goals or enablers for future opportunities
Prioritize, negotiate and remove blockers to orchestrate successful integration
Inspire, enable and empower teams to execute with a sense of urgency to deliver solutions and on priorities
Influence cross-department agendas proactively to deliver outcomes while balancing short and long term objectives
Serve as a thought leader, contributing practitioner, career guide, and mentor to teams