Director, Product Management, DevX - API Platforms

Director, Product Management, DevX - API Platforms

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Capital One is a high‑tech company, a scientific laboratory, and a nationally recognized brand—reaching tens of millions of consumers. As a Developer Experiences organization, we obsess over building amazing solutions for our developer community and measure ourselves by how well we unblock developers to do their best work, and by extension, how satisfied they are in doing their work. This team leads our API ecosystem and associated developer platforms. APIs form a critical building block for developing software, from customer applications to real‑time financial decisioning, to machine learning and AI. We touch every part of Capital One’s enterprise.

Given their importance, our API platforms are a critical control point in managing API traffic within and across the enterprise and help protect against malicious actors or accidental data leakage. This role has overall product‑management responsibility for all aspects of API management within Capital One, setting the standard for application‑integration excellence across the enterprise. We’re passionate about building platform software for the next generation of developers and are looking for someone excited to build lovable yet bullet‑proof solutions at scale.

Successful candidates will also demonstrate :

Technical knowledge necessary to propose and influence new product and feature ideas in the enterprise‑scale API space, balancing developer enablement with governance and security of the API ecosystem

Experience forming business strategy and translating it into enterprise‑grade software solutions

Strong understanding of API and cloud operations, with the ability to articulate the opportunities and trade‑offs across an API‑management ecosystem

Keen awareness of the latest developments, trends, and best practices in API management and application integration, with an incessant interest in adopting the latest innovations in the space

Experience delivering products against a plan in a fast‑paced, multi‑disciplined, distributed‑responsibility, and often ambiguous environment

Analytical and quantitative skills; experience using hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and develop business cases

Demonstrated experience mentoring, empowering, and elevating product teams to deliver against business objectives and roadmaps

Strong verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated experience engaging and influencing senior executives

Strong work ethic, team player, and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done

As part of the Director, Product Management – API Platforms role, you will :

Engage all stakeholders (Business, Engineering, Architecture, Risk, and Cyber) directly through a variety of channels to serve as the voice of the customer—identify new capabilities, define product features, and work closely with development teams to launch those features

Set strategic vision and drive your team’s roadmaps, regularly engaging and updating leadership and stakeholders

Partner with engineering leadership across multiple teams, ensuring strong collaboration and alignment among your teams

Own the product‑management practice within your organization, defining expectations, commitments, and driving continuous improvement

Operationalize product metrics for the products you own and build business cases for new investment

Influence senior stakeholders to adopt your products and build buy‑in and trust by sharing the consequent business impact

Capital One Product Framework

Human Centered – Obsesses about internal and external customer needs to reimagine and innovate product solutions

Business Focused – Delivers game‑changing outcomes by focusing on leverage and execution excellence

Technology Driven – Leverages technology to deliver innovative and resilient solutions that enable both near‑term and long‑term value

Integrated Problem Solving – Identifies and resolves complex problems to deliver outcomes while mitigating product risks

Transformational Leadership – Leads cross‑functional teams to solve customer problems and drive organizational alignment

Basic Qualifications

At least 7 years of experience working in Product Management

Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, one of the following with an expectation that the required degree will be obtained on or before the scheduled start date

A Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Information Systems, or a related quantitative field)

A Master's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Information Systems, or a related quantitative field) or an MBA with a quantitative concentration

Preferred Qualifications

People‑leadership experience of product management team(s)

Experience with API platforms or API management in an enterprise environment

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or similar familiarity with AWS or other cloud platforms

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

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.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.

No agencies please. 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 the applicable NY, CA, and other local statutes.

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For technical support or questions about Capital One’s recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.com.

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Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe, and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

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