Senior TPM Leader - Global Payments Platform

Capital One; Riverwoods (IL); On-site; USD 183,000 - 229,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One in Chicago, IL seeks a Senior Manager, Technical Program Management to lead critical programs within the Global Payment Network. You will drive architectural alignment, technical strategy, and robust delivery of global financial infrastructure across product, engineering, and data science teams.

The role requires 5+ years in technical program management, strong communication, and systems thinking, with a focus on execution and cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or military experience required.
• Experience designing/building data-intensive solutions in distributed computing preferred.
• Cloud experience (AWS) and building scalable mobile products desired.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical programs delivering on strategic business goals.
• Drive architectural alignment and execution of large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Influence cross-functional teams including product, engineering, design, and data science.
• Proactively identify and mitigate technical risks across delivery lifecycle.
• Foster a collaborative TPM discipline and mentor teams.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders and executives.
• Ensure focus on delivery, accountability, and results.
• Collaborate across reporting boundaries to land business impact.

Skills

Technical background

Communication

Problem solving

Systems thinking

Cross-functional teamwork

Influence

Execution focus

Empathy

Education

Bachelor’s degree or military experience

Bachelor’s degree in CS/SE or related field

Tools

AWS

Distributed systems

Job description

Capital One in Chicago, IL seeks a Senior Manager, Technical Program Management to lead critical programs within the Global Payment Network. You will drive architectural alignment, technical strategy, and robust delivery of global financial infrastructure across product, engineering, and data science teams.

The role requires 5+ years in technical program management, strong communication, and systems thinking, with a focus on execution and cross-team collaboration.