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# Director, Technical Program Manager - Card Tech

- **Company:** Capital One Financial Corporation
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $209,500.0 - $239,100.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems, Software Engineering, Strategies of Testing, Enterprise Software Applications, Cloud Platform System, Information Technology
- **Published:** August 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.manhattanjobs.com/job.asp?id=3369797971&tx=FP10198LFU&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Strong technical backgrounds (ideally building highly scalable platforms, products, or services) with the ability to proactively identify and mitigate technical risks throughout delivery life-cycle
 * Exceptional communication and collaboration skills
 * Excellent problem solving and influencing skills
 * A quantitative approach to problem solving and a collaborative implementer to holistic solutions; a systems thinker
 * Experience as a TPM leader to grow and develop a team of TPMs, while also building the foundations for the TPM practice
 * Ability to simplify the technically complex and drive well-educated decisions across product, engineering, design, and data science representatives
 * Deep focus on execution, follow-through, accountability, and results
 * Exceptional cross-team collaboration; able to work across different functions, organizations, and reporting boundaries to get the job done.
 * Highly tuned emotional intelligence, good listener, and deep seated empathy for teams and partners, * Bachelor's degree
 * At least 7 years of experience managing technical programs, * 7+ years of experience designing and building data-intensive solutions using distributed computing
 * 3+ years of experience in building distributed systems & highly available services using cloud computing services / architecture - preferably using AWS
 * 3+ years experience building highly scalable mobile products & platforms
 * 3+ years of experience with Agile delivery
 * 3+ years years experience delivering large and complex programs - where you own the business or technical vision, collaborate with large cross-functional teams, secure commitments on deliverables and unblock teams to land business impact
 * Experience in building systems & solutions within a highly regulated environment
 * Bachelor's degree in a related technical field (Computer Science, Software Engineering)
 * MBA or Master's Degree in a related technical field (Computer Science, Software Engineering) or equivalent experience

## Description

* Lead Strategic Initiatives: Take ownership of executing on a cohesive roadmap across multiple workstreams, in collaboration with Card core and enterprise partners. This includes building platforms and capabilities that interact with Capital One Enterprise systems, establishing and driving testing strategies, building automation and tooling that accelerates delivery while remaining well-managed, and standardizing as we migrate clients to core processing platforms.
 * Partner with Stakeholders: Collaborate closely with technology, product, and business partners to align efforts with Capital One's long-term vision. You will need to be highly influential and strategic to prioritize key initiatives across multiple lines of business.
 * Provide Technical Leadership: Work with our engineering teams and internal customers to deliver on key initiatives. You'll balance strategic thinking with tactical execution to ensure the success of complex programs.
 * Build the TPM Discipline: Beyond your program work, you'll help shape the future of the TPM function within our organization. You'll leverage your industry expertise to demonstrate what a great TPM can achieve and help us build a culture of delivery excellence.

You are:

 * a seasoned technical leader who can navigate ambiguity and drive results.
 * someone that thrives in a dynamic environment; and
 * are ready to provide thought leadership that builds engineering and delivery excellence.

If you're passionate about changing banking for good and ready to tackle some of the most challenging technical problems in the industry, we want to hear from you.


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