Manager, Cyber Product Owner (Security Testing)

$201,400 - $229,900/Yr

Capital One - West McLean, VA

Full-time - Manager

West McLean, VA

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

About the position

As a Product Owner supporting the Security Testing Program, you will be accountable for contributing to and delivering upon the strategic agenda for core cyber products, driving meaningful progress for customers and the business. This role involves translating product vision into delivery objectives, providing customer-informed guidance, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver sustainable features that align with the vision. Your deep technical knowledge in cybersecurity and systems engineering will be essential in driving impactful improvements to cyber capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Communicate the delivery roadmap to technology teams by inspiring them through the product vision.
• Clearly articulate and advocate for target personas, customer benefits, and the value of features across teams.
• Leverage technical knowledge to support engineering teams in delivering value.
• Utilize a strong cybersecurity background to represent the voice of the customer to engineering teams.
• Incorporate design thinking and analytics to inform product design.
• Participate in research or design sessions for new features.
• Contribute to the development of a healthy product backlog, collaborating with the Product Manager, Engineering, and Solution Architects.
• Lead internal backlog refinement sessions to prepare business epics and stories for technical breakdown and planning.
• Prioritize the Product Backlog to maximize business and customer outcomes while incorporating cyber and operational risk reduction activities.
• Act as a technical advisor to the product manager, engineering, and other stakeholders.
• Collaborate across multiple cross-functional teams and the Product Owner community.
• Support teams through escalation and resolution of impediments.
• Drive performance and innovation with data-driven insights.
• Proactively identify opportunities when key metrics on security, resilience, and performance are not performing.
• Maintain technical and risk credibility with teams and partners.

Requirements

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent certification.
• At least 4 years of experience working in cybersecurity or information technology.
• At least 2 years of experience in product management.

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity, Systems Engineering, or Computer Science.
• 5+ years of experience solving cyber technical challenges.
• 5+ years of experience translating business strategy and analysis into products.
• 2+ years of Cyber product owner experience.
• 2+ years of experience in technical writing.
• 2+ years of hands-on JIRA experience.
• Experience in regulated financial services organizations or tech companies.
• 2 or more professional certifications (SAFe PM/PO, CISSP, GIAC, CISM, CCSP, AWS Cloud Practitioner, AWS Security).
• 1+ year of experience in application security, vulnerability management, and cloud workload protection.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Financial benefits including performance-based incentives
• Inclusive set of benefits supporting total well-being