Director, Product Management, DevX - API Platforms

Director, Product Management, DevX - API Platforms

The Director, Product Management (DevX) leads Capital One’s API ecosystem and associated developer platforms. APIs are critical for customer applications, real‑time financial decisioning, machine learning, and AI. This role sets the standard for application integration excellence across the enterprise and drives a platform that enables developers at scale.

Responsibilities

Engage all stakeholders (Business, Engineering, Architecture, Risk, and Cyber) 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 and 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.

Qualifications

At least 7 years of experience working in Product Management.

A bachelor's or master's degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related). An MBA with a quantitative concentration is also acceptable.

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.

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

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

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

Knowledge of the latest developments, trends, and best practices in API management and application integration.

Experience delivering products in a fast‑paced, multi‑disciplinary, distributed 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 as a team player and a willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done.

Compensation

The minimum and maximum full‑time annual salaries for this role are listed below by location. Salaries represent the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting and are subject to the standard pay scale.

Chicago, IL : $205,400 - $234,400.

McLean, VA : $226,000 - $257,900.

New York, NY : $246,500 - $281,300.

Plano, TX : $205,400 - $234,400.

Richmond, VA : $205,400 - $234,400.

San Francisco, CA : $246,500 - $281,300.

This role is also eligible to earn performance‑based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and / or long‑term incentives (LTI).

Benefits

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.

Employment Authorization

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

Equal Opportunity Employer

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 and considers qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with all relevant laws and regulations.

Application Notes

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days. No agencies please.

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