Director, Project Management (EPTech)

Capital One • McLean, VA

4d • $187,300 - $256,500

About The Position

At Capital One, we’re building a leading information-based technology company. Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. We believe that innovation is powered by perspective and that teamwork and respect for each other lead to superior results. Our associates serve with humility and a deep respect for their responsibility in helping our customers achieve their goals and realize their dreams.
About the team:
Enterprise Platforms Technology (EPTech) comprises many of Capital One’s most important enterprise platforms. We establish practices for building technology solutions across the company and deliver capabilities that exemplify those practices.
As a Director of Project Management in EPTech, you will leverage your project management acumen and leadership experience to drive the strategy and execution of large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects aligned with Capital One’s business priorities. You’ll break down complexity and organizational silos, influence roadmaps, dive deep into project plans and scope, make strategic tradeoffs, drive platform consolidation, and identify, resolve, define, and escalate mitigation plans for hard project dependencies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 9 years of Process, Project, or Program Management experience
• At least 7 years of People Management experience

Nice To Haves

• Masters in Business Administration
• 10+ years of Process, Project, or Program Management experience
• 3+ years of Operations experience
• 7+ years of People Management experience
• 2+ years of Learning & Development experience
• PMP, Lean, Agile or Six Sigma certification

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates a proven track record of excellent program management, bringing the ability to quickly put structure in place to manage work in a dynamic complex environment
• Driving all phases of project management to include feasibility, definition, planning, prioritization, implementation and close out of projects
• Effectively applying project management methodology and standards, and ensuring project documents are complete and up to date
• Displaying cross-functional teamwork, communication, negotiation and leading across all levels
• Partnering cross-functionally with key stakeholders to provide strategic and tactical thought partnership to effectively drive project delivery
• Working with cross functional teams and influencing others to work toward common goal, regardless of resource and time constraints
• Creating transparency and fostering relationships to adjacent teams
• Proven ability to build a team strategy and effectively develop and lead a team of associates in pursuit of top performance
• Understanding of financial systems and technology processes
• Demonstrated ability to operate both strategically and tactically in a high-energy, fast-paced environment
• High degree of organizational skills and ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously; prioritizes based on impact and makes difficult tradeoffs to meet deadlines
• Effective communicator – ability to create clarity amongst diverse groups from team members to stakeholders
• Demonstrated analytical and quantitative skills – ability to establish metrics and utilize data to measure operational efficiency, team health, and partnership effectiveness
• Asks the tough questions and challenges the status quo

Benefits

• performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI)
• comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director