Director, Technical Program Management — Scale & Execution

Information Technology Senior Management Forum; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 263,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Director, Technical Program Manager to lead the Core TPM Tower. You will drive large, data-intensive programs across product, engineering, design and data science, ensuring timely delivery and robust architecture.

You will mentor TPMs, foster cross-functional collaboration, and implement resilient, scalable systems in a regulated environment, balancing business needs with technical excellence. This role offers competitive compensation and strong benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and at least 7 years of experience managing technical programs.
• Experience designing data-intensive solutions with distributed computing.
• Experience building distributed systems and highly available services using cloud computing.
• Experience with site reliability engineering, observability, incident response, or disaster recovery at scale.
• Experience driving resilience or reliability engineering initiatives.
• Experience with Agile delivery.
• Experience delivering large and complex programs with cross-functional teams.
• Experience in regulated environments.
• MBA or Master's in a related technical field or equivalent experience.

Skills

Technical leadership

Communication skills

Problem solving

Systems thinking

Team development

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Director, Technical Program Manager to lead the Core TPM Tower. You will drive large, data-intensive programs across product, engineering, design and data science, ensuring timely delivery and robust architecture.

You will mentor TPMs, foster cross-functional collaboration, and implement resilient, scalable systems in a regulated environment, balancing business needs with technical excellence. This role offers competitive compensation and strong benefits.