Sr. Director, Head of Servicing Strategy & Operations, Capital One Travel

Capital One•McLean, VA

About The Position

Capital One Travel (COT) is seeking a highly strategic, visionary, and operationally rigorous Head of Servicing to lead our customer support ecosystem into its next era of growth. In this pivotal senior leadership role, you will define exactly “where winning is” for our servicing organization, intrinsically linking our global operations to Capital One Travel's broader business strategy. This role perfectly straddles the line between an experienced Servicing & Operations executive and a Product & Technology visionary. You will be responsible for architecting the future state of Capital One Travel servicing, championing our support ecosystem as a core competitive advantage. As we expand into new business segments and rapidly scale our digital capabilities, you will dynamically balance tech-forward automation with premium, white-glove service to meet evolving market demands.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree
At least 10 years of Process, Project, or Program Management experience
At least 10 years of Customer Facing Operations experience
At least 5 years of People Leadership experience

Nice To Haves

Masters in Business Administration
11+ years of Process, Project, or Program Management experience
11+ years of Customer Facing Operations experience
7+ years of People Management experience
4+ years of Learning & Development experience
5+ years of experience in Travel Servicing
PMP, Lean, Agile or Six Sigma certification

Responsibilities

Define "Where Winning Is": Architect and execute the destination servicing strategy for COT, establishing a clear vision of "what winning looks like" in alignment with our broader enterprise and travel objectives.
Drive Operational Excellence & Workforce Design: Maintain oversight of the servicing financial footprint, applying rigorous analytical and critical thinking to how we deploy resources. Rather than managing to a strict bottom-line target, guide operations leadership to deeply understand our cost drivers and dynamically allocate spend, driving efficiency in low-complexity areas so we can deliberately fund and over-invest in the high-touch, premium moments that yield the highest customer ROI
Raise the Bar on Servicing Customer Experience (CX): Drive a relentless operational focus on hunting down and eliminating friction across the entire customer support ecosystem—re-engineering disjointed frontline and back-office processes into seamless experiences. Beyond optimizing the daily CX, champion our most sensitive escalation workflows, ensuring agents are fully empowered and enterprise-connected to swiftly resolve fraud, complaints, and high-risk situations.
Champion Technology, AI & Data Integration: Partner with Product teams to champion seamless, automated digital workflows that empower customers to effortlessly self-serve low-complexity needs. Simultaneously, integrate intelligent experiences, predictive insights and automated tasks into the agent tooling ecosystem, empowering frontline teams to resolve complex issues more effectively and efficiently.
Demonstrate Excellence in Cross-Functional Leadership: Serve as the ultimate conduit between customer servicing and the business, driving strategic improvements and shaping the broader travel product roadmap through deep, influential relationships across the broader Travel and Capital One organization.
Build a World-Class Culture: Lead, mentor, and inspire a large, distributed organization. Foster an inclusive and collaborative environment grounded in, focused deeply on developing the next generation of operational leaders.