Manager, Project Management - job 1 of 2

Capital One, a Fortune 500 company and one of the nation’s top 10 banks, offers a broad spectrum of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients. Our goal is to create one of the nation’s great banks, and we have the necessary ingredients: a strong balance sheet, resilient businesses, a massive customer franchise, strong analytical capabilities, and great people. We nurture a work environment where people with a variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds, guided by our shared Values, come together to make Capital One a great company – and a great place to work.

As a Manager Project Manager at Capital One, you will drive strategy and execute on high priority projects for the company. You will take on important and exciting responsibility from day one, working with key stakeholders across the company. In this individual contributor role, you will be challenged to excel and lead alongside the brightest talent in the industry and be rewarded for your achievements.

Responsibilities:

• Leading large complex, cross-functional projects by providing strategic direction to senior leaders and peers

• Quickly put structure in place through integrated project management in a dynamic, complex environment

• Operate effectively in whitespace to deliver results

• Design, develop, and manage project plans, RAID trackers and project artifacts, revising needs to meet changing requirements

• Problem solve and influence to ensure project plans deliver on intent

• Partner cross-functionally with project stakeholders  to provide strategic and tactical thought partnership to effectively drive project delivery

• Communicate efficiently and with excellent judgment to senior executives and diverse groups throughout the organization to manage, inform, and influence outcomes

We want you if you are: 

• Apply technical expertise. Effectively communicate with engineering and product teams, translate complex requirements into actionable project plans, and enable alignment between product vision and development execution.

• Influence, not just communicate. You can convey complex ideas clearly regardless of your audience. Our team knows their priorities and why they’re doing what they’re doing. You can rally associates to work with you.

• Intellectually Curious. You ask why, you explore, you're not afraid to blurt out your crazy idea or follow an email chain for weeks to find someone with an answer. Comfortable with ambiguity, a hunger to learn and a seeker of new challenges.

• Biased towards action. You try things and sometimes you fail. You can get around roadblocks and stay focused on your goals. 

• Team Player. You enjoy working with diverse people and driving the team toward a common goal. You have the ability to put the team before yourself and establish long-lasting relationships. 

Basic Qualifications:

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent certification

• At least 5 years of Project Management experience

• At least 3 years of experience in tech implementations and managing cross-functional scope 

• At least 3 years of experience with agile, waterfall and/or hybrid methodologies

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least 8 years of Project Management experience

• PMP, Lean, Agile, Six Sigma certification or a combination

• Experience with project management tools (Smartsheet, MS Project, Asana, Monday, Jira)

• Experience using decomposition to create project plans

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