Senior Manager, Product Management, DPI

Capital One•McLean, VA

6d•Onsite

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. Capital One Product Framework In this role, you’ll be expected to demonstrate proficiency in five key areas which we consider to be the foundation for successful Product management: Human Centered: Obsesses about internal and external customer needs to reimagine and innovate product solutions Business Focused: Delivers game-changing outcomes by focusing on leverage and execution excellence Technology Driven: Leverages technology to deliver innovative and resilient solutions that enable both near term and long term value Integrated Problem Solving: Identifies and resolves complex problems to deliver outcomes while mitigating product risks Transformational Leadership: Leads cross functional teams to solve customer problems and drive organizational alignment Role-Specific Preferences To excel within this specific Product management role focused scaling Capital One’s graphQL layer for real-time data access, the following behaviors are important: Strong Execution & Delivery Focus: Proven ability to drive product delivery, ensuring features are built and shipped efficiently and on time. Excellent Communication & Stakeholder Management: Adept at clearly articulating requirements, managing expectations, and providing transparent updates to both the development team and relevant stakeholders, including those in different time zones or cultural contexts. Technical Fluency: Advanced technical acumen to effectively collaborate with engineers, understand technical implications, propose and challenge technical implementations and help influence the technical direction of the platform. Prioritization & Backlog Management: Skilled in maintaining a well-refined and prioritized backlog of initiatives that help drive the overall strategy of the platform, including cross-team deliverables. Problem-Solving & Unblocking: Proactive in identifying and resolving impediments for the team, leveraging their influence to drive clarity and alignment on fixes.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience working in Product Management
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) or currently have, or be in the process of obtaining one with an expectation that the required degree will be obtained on or before the scheduled start date.
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 or currently have, or be in the process of obtaining one with an expectation that the required degree will be obtained on or before the scheduled start date.

Nice To Haves

Experience in platform product management or infrastructure/API domains (GraphQL, REST, API Gateways).
Proven ability to translate business strategy into consumer-facing digital products.
Technical fluency to collaborate effectively with engineers and unblock team delivery
Deep understanding of GraphQL architecture, including schema stitching vs. federation, subgraph/supergraph design patterns

Responsibilities

Drive product delivery, ensuring features are built and shipped efficiently and on time.
Clearly articulate requirements, manage expectations, and provide transparent updates to both the development team and relevant stakeholders.
Collaborate with engineers, understand technical implications, propose and challenge technical implementations, and help influence the technical direction of the platform.
Maintain a well-refined and prioritized backlog of initiatives that help drive the overall strategy of the platform, including cross-team deliverables.
Proactively identify and resolve impediments for the team, leveraging influence to drive clarity and alignment on fixes.