Business Director, Product Strategy & Analysis

Capital One; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 210,000 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Business Director, Product Strategy & Analysis, to drive strategic priorities for the Consumer and Developer Experience team. The role blends strategic advisory with hands-on product development, partnering with product and engineering to turn visions into scalable digital experiences.

Key responsibilities include defining business strategies, leading strategic initiatives, and building a talent pipeline while ensuring stakeholder alignment and客户 satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred.
• Experience in quantitative and qualitative analysis.
• Proven people leadership and project management skills.
• Strong collaboration across product, strategy and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Define business strategies for CDX areas in collaboration with leaders.
• Tackle complex strategic questions using a consulting-style approach.
• Lead priority strategic initiatives for CDX, including AI transformation.
• Provide analytics, landscape assessments, and deep dives to anticipate market shifts.
• Set vision for long-term product innovation with engineering partners.
• Develop and mentor a high-performing strategy and product team.
• Cultivate customer-centric product culture and stakeholder partnerships.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Qualitative analysis

People management

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Job description

Business Director, Product Strategy & Analysis

We’re seeking a Business Director, Product Strategy and Analysis, to support strategic priorities for the Consumer and Developer Experience (CDX) leadership team. CDX is an exciting space with diverse product responsibilities. The Consumer and Developer Experience (CDX) organization drives the critical platforms that power world-class digital engagement for our customers and best-in-class tools for the developers who build them. Our diverse portfolio spans the Capital One mobile app, advanced marketing and personalization engines, AI-driven platforms that transform how we build software, and essential enterprise risk and supplier capabilities. By unifying these consumer, developer, and enterprise operations, CDX accelerates our ability to modernize core systems, strengthen the company's risk posture, and deliver seamless experiences at massive scale.

The Business Director will join a horizontal product and strategy team that supports priorities across CDX. The product and strategy team serves as an internal engine for both vision and strategic alignment, occupying a unique space at the intersection of strategic advisory and product creation. We operate with the rigor of top-tier consulting to solve the organization’s hardest strategic questions, drive the annual planning process, and align our long-term priorities. At the same time, we are builders: we act as an innovation lab, developing prototypes and partnering closely with product and engineering teams to translate conceptual visions into tangible, scaled digital experiences. We are looking for a leader who thrives in this duality—someone who is equally energized by big-picture questions about where the world is going, thorny problems that require a strategic mindset and close partnership with product and tech teams, and hands-on building.

Specifically, the Business Director will:

• Partner with CDX leaders to define the business strategies for their respective areas
• Tackle thorny strategic questions throughout the business, using a consulting-style model
• Lead priority strategic initiatives for CDX, such as AI transformation
• Support the organization’s intelligence unit, providing analytics, landscape assessments, thematic deep dives, and more to help the organization see around corners and anticipate headwinds and tailwinds
• Set the vision for long-term product innovation, including partnering with engineering to deliver product prototypes
• Lead a fantastic team of strategy and product people leaders and ICs, investing heavily in their development and creating a pipeline of talent for the organization
• Obsess about internal and external customer satisfaction by establishing trusted, close touch relationships with key stakeholders throughout the company
• Cultivate a dynamic, customer centric and mission oriented Product culture, fostering collaboration, developing talent
• Role model AI adoption by inventing and spreading solutions that improve work efficiency, quality, and fun

Specifically, the Business Director will have:

• Exceptional strategy and strategic problem-solving skills, with a record of answering hard questions in ambiguous areas
• A strong product orientation, including a record of understanding customers’ needs and working backwards to deliver experiences and solutions that deliver results for the customer and the business
• An innovation mindset, characterized by a future orientation, the ability to set a vision, and a willingness to push boundaries
• A record of outstanding people leadership, with a style that is collaborative, inspiring, and supportive
• Exceptional relationship‑building skills that result in trusted partnerships at all organizational levels, across organizational boundaries
• Ability to establish credibility with the company’s most senior leaders and with colleagues from different disciplines (e.g., data scientists, P&L owners, designers, engineers)
• Intellectual curiosity: an interest in understanding and experimenting with new leading edge technologies, organizational models, and ways of thinking
• Demonstrated ability to employ judgment and experience to make rapid and complex decision
• Highly effective communication skills (both written and verbal)

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 4 years of experience performing quantitative analysis
• At least 4 years of experience performing qualitative analysis
• At least 2 years of experience performing people management
• At least 2 years of experience performing project management

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree
• 2+ years of experience in financial services
• 1+ year of experience in consulting

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

Chicago, IL: $209,500 - $239,100 for Business Director

McLean, VA: $230,400 - $263,000 for Business Director

New York, NY: $251,400 - $286,900 for Business Director

Richmond, VA: $209,500 - $239,100 for Business Director

San Francisco, CA: $251,400 - $286,900 for Business Director

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website.

Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

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