Senior TPM Director: Platform Strategy & Scale

Capital One; New York (NY); On-site; USD 294,000 - 336,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Director of Technical Program Management in New York to lead programs delivering critical business goals and scalable platforms. You will champion a growing TPM discipline, drive the strategic roadmap, and mentor TPM leaders while aligning with regulatory and security requirements.

The role emphasizes executive communication, architecture decisions, and governance, with broad impact across multiple domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field is required.
• 9+ years managing technical programs is required.
• Experience with distributed computing or SOA is required.
• 5+ years building distributed systems and highly available services in the cloud (AWS).
• 5+ years leading TPM teams or impacting multiple organizations as an IC.
• 5+ years delivering large and complex programs.
• Experience in regulated environments.
• MBA or Masters in a related field is preferred.
• 10+ years designing data-intensive distributed solutions.
• 5+ years leading software engineering teams.
• Experience partnering with data architecture and distributed computing infra.
• Ability to explain complex concepts clearly.
• Industry impact via talks, papers, or open source.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end strategic roadmap for enterprise platforms and drive modernization.
• Own executive communications on delivery status, risk and long-term architecture.
• Establish TPM governance, best practices, and OKR-based performance models.
• Influence investment priorities for long-term agility, resilience and cost efficiency.
• Mentor TPM leaders and foster a high-performance delivery culture.
• Collaborate with architecture, data, and cross-functional teams to land business impact.

Skills

Technical program mgmt

Distributed systems

Cloud architecture

Leadership

Agile delivery

Executive communications

Platform architecture

Data-intensive solutions

Regulatory environment

OKR governance

TPM leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring TPMs

TPM operating models

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

MBA or Master’s Degree in a related technical field

Tools

AWS

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Senior Director of Technical Program Management in New York to lead programs delivering critical business goals and scalable platforms. You will champion a growing TPM discipline, drive the strategic roadmap, and mentor TPM leaders while aligning with regulatory and security requirements.

The role emphasizes executive communication, architecture decisions, and governance, with broad impact across multiple domains.