Director, Technical Program Managment

Capital One • McLean, VA

19d • $209,500 - $263,000

About The Position

Capital One is seeking a Director of Technical Program Management to lead programs that deliver critical business goals and build large-scale products and platforms. The role drives major technical transformations and platform capabilities while connecting technology strategy to business objectives.

The Director will also help develop and expand the TPM discipline within the team, using industry knowledge and experience to demonstrate the value of effective technical program management. This includes establishing scalable delivery practices and helping the organization build its TPM capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field.
• At least 7 years of experience managing technical programs.

Nice To Haves

• 7 or more years of experience designing and building solutions using distributed computing or service-oriented architecture (SOA).
• 3 or more years of experience building distributed systems and highly available services using cloud computing services or architecture, preferably AWS.
• 3 or more years of experience building highly scalable products and platforms.
• 3 or more years of experience with Agile delivery.
• 3 or more years of experience delivering large and complex programs, contributing to business or technical vision, collaborating with large cross-functional teams, securing commitments on deliverables, and unblocking teams to deliver business impact.
• Experience building systems and solutions in a highly regulated environment.
• MBA or master’s degree in a related technical field, such as Computer Science or Software Engineering.
• PMP, Lean, Agile, or Six Sigma certification.
• 3 or more years of people management experience or experience influencing an organization as an individual contributor.
• Experience driving platform standardization across multiple product portfolios or lines of business.
• A track record of building TPM maturity at scale within engineering organizations, including operating models, career frameworks, and metrics.
• Exceptional communication and influence skills, including the ability to engage deeply with technical teams and translate implications into compelling business narratives for senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the organization’s TPM and delivery strategy by establishing operating mechanisms, maturity models, and tooling that scale across portfolios.
• Drive development of and alignment on program roadmaps anchored in business objectives, definitions of done, technical solutions, and sequencing of dependencies.
• Lead cross-platform technical investment planning and ensure architectural alignment toward long-term platform convergence and reuse.
• Serve as an executive-level escalation point for program risks and influence technology leaders to make data-driven tradeoffs between speed, cost, and resiliency.
• Define measurable platform success outcomes, including availability, scalability, cost efficiency, and developer velocity, and ensure delivery accountability across multiple engineering teams.
• Help expand the TPM discipline by sharing industry knowledge and teaching the organization what effective technical program management can achieve.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive health, financial, and other benefits supporting total well-being.
• Performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director