Principal Payment Product Readiness Manager

Information Technology Senior Management Forum; Riverwoods (IL); On-site; USD 138,100 - 157,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

Financial benefits

Inclusive work environment

Job summary

Information Technology Senior Management Forum is seeking a Principal Payment Product Readiness Manager to create comprehensive Go-to-Market strategies that boost product adoption across multiple platforms. This position requires substantial experience in the payments industry, focusing on collaborative strategies that align client-facing teams and enhance market positioning.

The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of relevant experience along with strong communication skills to lead and educate teams effectively. Benefits include a competitive compensation package, with salaries ranging from $138,100 to $157,700.

Qualifications

• Experience in product go-to-market and payments industry is essential.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional stakeholder meetings.
• Communication skills to educate client-facing teams on product positioning.

Responsibilities

• Create Go-to-Market strategies for product adoption.
• Facilitate meetings to gather requirements and ensure alignment.
• Develop content for product education and marketing.

Skills

Payments industry experience

Product go-to-market

Client communication

Market strategies

Project management

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, IT, Communications, or Marketing

Tools

SQL

Teradata

Splunk

Job description

Principal Payment Product Readiness Manager

The Principal Payment Product Readiness Manager is responsible for creating Go-to-Market (GTM) strategies to support product adoption for consumer and commercial issuing solutions. This individual applies the GTM framework and works across multiple stakeholder groups to generate solutions that satisfy the ever-changing payments ecosystem, supporting internal and external clients—including client-facing teams, issuers, merchants, acquirers, digital enablers and payment providers—in a global environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation of Go-to-Market strategies and plans to drive product adoption.
• Lead and facilitate meetings with key stakeholder groups to gather requirements, gain internal alignment on go-to-market program development, and ensure executional delivery.
• Support product positioning in the market by incorporating relevant marketing strategies.
• Drive the creation of internal and external content for product education, awareness, marketing, training, general information, and implementation to boost adoption, growth, and retention.
• Utilize industry, market, and product expertise to proactively educate teams on market developments, emerging themes, and potential partnership opportunities.
• Provide consistent communication to client-facing teams regarding product positioning, education of products, industry trends, and exploration.

Basic Qualifications

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent certification.
• At least 5 years of payments industry experience in product go-to-market, technology, operations, customer service, marketing, finance, or communications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Information Technology, Communications or Marketing.
• 6+ years of payments industry experience in product go-to-market, technology, operations, customer service, marketing, finance, or communications.
• SAFe (Scale Agile Framework) certification.
• Experience with SQL, Teradata or Splunk.
• Experience launching products or technical services, including success in a global environment.

Compensation

• Chicago, IL: $138,100 - $157,700
• Riverwoods, IL: $138,100 - $157,700

Benefits

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug‑free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including to the extent applicable, Article 23‑A of the New York Correction Law, San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920, New York City’s Fair Chance Act, Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act, and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations concerning criminal background inquiries.