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Principal Payment Product Readiness Manager

Capital One · Riverwoods, IL · Full time

Posted Aug 20, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a time you got several stakeholder groups to agree on a go-to-market plan when they had different goals.

What they are checking: Whether they can facilitate alignment across groups, which this posting leans on heavily.

Tell me about training or educational content you created that measurably helped people adopt a product.

What they are checking: Whether they can build content that drives real behavior change, not just information that sits unread.

Tell me about a time you had to explain a complex payments product to a non-technical audience.

What they are checking: Whether they can simplify technical material without losing accuracy for a broad audience.

The payments ecosystem changes constantly. How do you stay informed enough to be the expert others rely on?

What they are checking: Whether they invest in market expertise, which the posting expects them to share with others.

What would you do

A product launched three months ago and adoption is weak. How would you figure out what's going wrong?

What they are checking: Whether they diagnose adoption problems with evidence rather than assuming the answer is more marketing.

Product wants to launch next month, but client-facing teams say they aren't trained or ready. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they can weigh launch timing against readiness and negotiate a plan both sides can live with.

About the work

Walk me through how you'd build a go-to-market plan for a new commercial issuing product, from requirements to launch.

What they are checking: Whether they can apply a structured GTM framework end to end rather than a loose launch checklist.

How would your GTM approach differ for issuers, merchants, acquirers and digital enablers?

What they are checking: Whether they understand each payments audience has different needs and decision drivers.

How do you measure whether a go-to-market effort worked?

What they are checking: Whether they define adoption, growth and retention measures up front instead of declaring success at launch.

How would you position a new issuing solution against competitors when clients are already happy with their current network?

What they are checking: Whether they can build a sharp value proposition that gives an established client a reason to switch.

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The full job description

As published by Capital One.

Principal Payment Product Readiness Manager The Principal Payment Product Readiness Manager is responsible for creating Go-to-Market (GTM) strategies to support product adoption for consumer and commercial issuing solutions. This individual will apply the Go-to-Market (GTM) framework and work across multiple stakeholder groups to create solutions that best support the needs of the ever-changing payments ecosystem. Principal Payment Product Readiness Manager’s work will support a variety of internal and external clients, including client-facing teams, issuers, merchants, acquirers, digital enablers and payment providers in a global environment. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Go-to-Market Leadership: Lead the creation of Go-to-Market strategies and plans to drive product adoption • Stakeholder Alignment: Lead and facilitate meetings with key stakeholder groups to gather requirements, gain internal alignment on go-to-market program development, and ensure executional delivery • Market Strategy and Positioning: Support product positioning in the market by incorporating relevant marketing strategies • Content Development: Drive the creation of internal and external content for product education, awareness, marketing, training, general information, and implementation to boost adoption, growth, and retention • Market Expertise and Education: Utilize industry, market, and product expertise to proactively educate teams on market developments, emerging themes, and potential partnership opportunities • Client Team Communication: Provide consistent communication to client-facing teams regarding product positioning, education on products, industry trends, and exploration Basic Qualifications: • High School Diploma, GED or equivalent certification • At least 5 years of payments industry experience in product-go-to market, technology, operations, customer service, marketing, finance or communications Preferred Qualifications: • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Information Technology, Communications or Marketing • 6+ years of payments industry experience in product go-to-market, technology, operations, customer service, marketing, finance or communications • SAFe (Scale Agile Framework) certification • Experience with SQL, Teradata or Splunk • Experience launching products or technical services, including success in a global environment At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position. The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked. Sales Territory: $138,100 - $157,700 for Principal Payment Product Readiness McLean, VA: $151,900 - $173,400 for Principal Payment Product Readiness New York, NY: $165,700 - $189,200 for Principal Payment Product Readiness Riverwoods, IL: $138,100 - $157,700 for Principal Payment Product Readiness 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 (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, 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. 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