Cyber Security Product Owner

Capital One is seeking a seasoned Cyber Security Product Owner to drive the development of game-changing cybersecurity solutions. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for translating business strategy into product vision, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver well-managed and sustainable features, and leveraging your deep technical knowledge and subject matter expertise in cybersecurity and systems engineering to drive impactful improvements to our cyber capabilities.

• Communicate the delivery roadmap to our technology teams by inspiring the team through the product vision
• Clearly articulate and advocate target persona, customer benefit, and value of features across teams
• Utilize technical knowledge and skills on how systems work and how code is built to effectively support engineering teams in delivering value
• Represent the voice of the customer to the engineering team(s) through strong cybersecurity background and customer research and insights
• Incorporate design thinking and analytics to inform product design
• Actively 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 to break down business epics, document user stories, and design details and comprehensive acceptance criteria
• Lead internal backlog refinement sessions to refine cyber and customer intent, prepare business epics and stories for technical breakdown and planning, and ensure requirements are well understood by the engineering teams
• Prioritize the Product Backlog to maximize business and customer outcomes by balancing technical and non-technical aspects while also incorporating cyber and operational risk reduction outcomes and 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 and play a key role in key Agile and SAFe ceremonies
• 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 for your product(s) are not performing
• Maintain technical and risk credibility with your own team(s) and with partners across our technology organization

• You believe that a core component of security's role is to enable the business, not just to secure it, and the solutions you bring to life are aligned to the needs of our developer community, customers, and business partners.
• You thrive in working in a fast-paced, technologically forward-leaning environment and are not afraid to push the boundaries of security capabilities.
• You seek to create enduring value by delivering reusable, extensible, and resilient cybersecurity capabilities to address the evolving threat landscape.
• You actively solve for cyber technical challenges in collaboration with engineering.
• You are naturally curious and stay on top of emerging trends and threats.
• You have a comprehensive understanding of iterative software delivery to connect effectively and in a meaningful way with software and platform engineers.
• You seek to understand the business and technology landscape and cross-functional dependencies to inform product vision and integration with larger organizational goals.
• You are a clear thinker, thrive in working across teams, and an expert in dealing with ambiguity.
• You understand and track key metrics on security, resilience, and performance for your product(s) and understand levers that drive these metrics.
• You have strong consulting and analytical skills and a risk management mindset.
• You have the ability to foster collaborative, open working relationships with technology partners and other stakeholders.
• You demonstrate balanced judgment in decisions and incorporate risk factors accordingly.
• You have a strong bias for action.

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent certification
• At least 4 years of experience working in cybersecurity or information technology
• At least 3 years of experience in digital product management

• Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity, Systems Engineering, or Computer Science
• 3+ years of experience solving cyber technical challenges
• 4+ years of experience translating business strategy and analysis into products
• 3+ 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 and/or tech companies
• 2 or more professional certifications (SAFe PM/PO, CISSP, GIAC, CISM, CCSP, AWS Cloud Practitioner, AWS Security)
• 5+ years of experience working with cloud-based or on-prem network security products (WAF, DDoS Mitigation, IPS/IDS, NGFW, VPN, or Proxy)
• 5+ years of experience with enterprise security frameworks Zero Trust and SASE, and other related network security components and products
• 5+ years of experience in scaled agile product management

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate's offer letter. This role is also eligible to earn performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long-term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non-discretionary depending on the plan. 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 committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state, or local law. 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, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City's Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia's Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations. For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.com Capital One does not provide, endorse, nor guarantee, and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools, or other information available through this site. 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).