Manager, Cyber Security Product Manager

Capital One • McLean, VA

21h • $179,400 - $225,100

About The Position

Capital One is seeking a cybersecurity professional to help drive cybersecurity governance, capability maturation, and risk transformation. The role brings together product management, cybersecurity expertise, customer research, and technical collaboration to deliver security capabilities and customer value.

The position works closely with engineering teams, product managers, solution architects, stakeholders, and the Product Owner community. It communicates product vision and delivery roadmaps, represents customer needs, supports feature design and backlog development, and prioritizes work to balance business and customer outcomes with cybersecurity and operational risk reduction. The role also uses data-driven insights to improve security, resilience, and performance.

The position is listed with location-specific annual salary ranges: $197,300–$225,100 in McLean, Virginia, and $179,400–$204,700 in Plano, Texas; Richmond, Virginia; and Riverwoods, Illinois. It is also eligible for performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives. Capital One offers health, financial, and other benefits; eligibility varies by employment status and management level.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• At least 5 years of experience in cybersecurity or information technology.
• At least 4 years of experience evaluating, contributing to, or supporting the development of cybersecurity capabilities.
• At least 2 years of experience in digital product management.

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of experience with cybersecurity frameworks and concepts such as NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK, CMMC, or FedRAMP.
• 5+ years of experience analyzing or developing solutions for cyber threats, vulnerabilities, risks, or events.
• 5+ years of experience working on teams and presenting cybersecurity information such as metrics, threat intelligence, controls, or requirements to stakeholders.
• 4+ years of experience working in multi-cloud environments.
• 4+ years of experience using security tools such as Splunk, CrowdStrike, Qualys, or AWS Security Hub.
• 2+ years of experience developing or interpreting cybersecurity metrics or dashboards.
• Familiarity with industry governance or financial governance processes.
• Experience with risk management concepts, including identifying threats, assessing vulnerabilities, and recommending mitigation strategies.
• Ability to perform security incident analysis and assist with resolution, translating technical findings into actionable reports for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• 2+ years of Cyber product owner experience for an intelligence platform or similar capability.
• 2+ years of experience in technical writing.
• 2+ years of hands-on JIRA and Confluence experience.
• Two or more professional certifications, such as SAFe PM/PO, CISSP, GIAC certifications, CISM, CCSP, AWS Cloud Practitioner, or AWS Security.
• 1+ years of experience in scaled agile product management.
• 1+ years of experience with digital abuse, including cyber fraud, bot mitigation, vulnerability and malware analysis, or other emerging cyber threats.
• 1+ years of experience implementing artificial intelligence in cybersecurity.

Responsibilities

• Communicate the delivery roadmap to technology teams and inspire them through the product vision.
• Articulate and advocate for target personas, customer benefits, and feature value across teams.
• Apply technical knowledge of systems and software development to support engineering teams in delivering value.
• Represent the voice of the customer to engineering teams using cybersecurity expertise, customer research, and insights.
• Use design thinking and analytics to inform product design, and participate in research or design sessions for new features.
• Collaborate with the Product Manager, Engineering, and Solution Architects to develop and maintain the product backlog, break down business epics, and document user stories, design details, and acceptance criteria, including technical debt and SRE work.
• Lead backlog refinement sessions to clarify cybersecurity and customer intent, prepare epics and stories for technical breakdown and planning, and ensure requirements are understood by engineering teams.
• Prioritize the Product Backlog to maximize business and customer outcomes while balancing technical and non-technical work and incorporating cybersecurity and operational risk reduction.
• Act as a technical advisor to the product manager, engineering, and other stakeholders.
• Collaborate across cross-functional teams and the Product Owner community and play a key role in Agile and SAFe ceremonies.
• Support teams in escalating and resolving impediments.
• Drive performance and innovation using data-driven insights.
• Proactively identify when security, resilience, or performance metrics for products are not performing as expected.
• Maintain technical and risk credibility with teams and partners across the technology organization.

Benefits

• Performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives.
• Health, financial, and other benefits supporting total well-being; eligibility varies by employment status and management level.

What This Job Offers

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