Senior Manager, Product Management

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. About the Team This role is a key product leadership position responsible for executing one of the three strategic pillars of the Workday Platform strategy: Optimize platform efficiency. Workday touches the lives of all of our associates and serves as the system of record for our HR data. The Senior Manager will drive foundational improvements to ensure a more secure and scalable platform, innovate to increase efficiency, and explore new opportunities to streamline engineer and business team experiences on Workday.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience working in Product Management
Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining one of the following with an expectation that the required degree will be obtained on or before the scheduled start date: A Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Information Systems or a related quantitative field) A Master's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Information Systems or a related quantitative field) or an MBA with a quantitative concentration
Platform and Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of platform architecture, experience with automated testing tools (e.g., Kainos Smart Test, AccelQ), and knowledge of DevOps and integration concepts
Strategic Product Leadership: Ability to build a comprehensive, results-based strategy and roadmap and drive the strategy through to delivery
Analytical Acumen: Proven ability to conduct deep dive analyses to identify key pain points and define clear, measurable success metrics for platform optimization
Process Engineering and Simplification: Expertise in simplifying and streamlining complex business processes to increase efficiency and scalability.
Cross-Functional Socialization and Buy-in: Strong partnership skills required to work effectively with partners in Tech, Experience, and Business teams and the ability to socialize the strategy to gain leadership buy-in across a wide spectrum of stakeholders
Execution Focus: A strong drive to manage and deliver against an aggressive timeline

Nice To Haves

Experience translating business strategy and analysis into consumer facing digital products

Responsibilities

Build and drive delivery of an outcome-based strategy and roadmap focused on optimizing platform efficiency, increasing engineer enablement, and experimentation with new features both within the Workday ecosystem and with internal Enterprise tooling
Lead efforts to dramatically reduce tech debt, increase efficiency for the core Workday platform, and reclaim capacity for broader investment. Foundational goals include decreasing cycle time for reviews, releases, and manual processes, including manual coordination, data correction and configuration rework across the platform.
Have proven experience working in ambiguous spaces with the ability to conduct comprehensive analysis to identify the biggest pain points and define clear success metrics and present a business case to executive leadership
Because this is a highly visible role, strong, proactive communication skills are a must with the ability to adapt for different audiences and present in different mediums (slides, PRDs, demos)
Identify and analyze new use cases and opportunities for platform enablement (e.g. Workday developer tooling)
Partner with Enterprise teams on innovation pilots, developing a targeted strategy with iterative deliverables to determine market fit and best use in the Workday ecosystem