Manager, Project Management

Capital One•McLean, VA

2d•$138,100 - $189,200

About The Position

As a Manager of Project Management at Capital One, you will help initiate strategy and lead execution on high priority projects for the company. You will work with smart and passionate people to deliver results that have a direct impact on the company’s bottom line. You will take on important and exciting responsibility from day one, working with key stakeholders across the company. You will be challenged to excel and lead alongside the brightest talent in the industry and be rewarded for your achievements. About the team: Enterprise Data is responsible for helping drive and evolve Capital One’s data journey. Our products support our data producers and consumers as they drive business processes and innovation across all corners of the company. Our Data Operations team in Enterprise Data is reimagining how we enable acceleration of our data journey. About the role: We are seeking a customer-centric, energetic, and highly-motivated individual who is passionate about technology to join our team. This individual will be responsible for managing a portfolio of projects and initiatives that cut across product and tech teams to identify key risks and dependencies, facilitate and engage in strategic problem solving, and provide clear, concise and actionable reporting and communication on the status of each body of work. They should have a bias for action, identifying opportunities for optimization or acceleration within processes and take initiative to quickly implement. Candidates for this role will have demonstrated they can manage complex and technically-oriented projects, communicate effectively to executive levels, and connect dots across teams, stakeholders and customers to avoid delays and identify opportunities to accelerate work. Success in the role requires an innovative mind, a proven track record of delivering highly complex solutions end to end, rigorous organization skills, and a passion for delivering customer value.

Requirements

An analytical thinker able to use data to drive prioritization across cross functional teams
Extremely organized with strong task coordination, and time management skills to drive and deliver results
Able to handle ambiguity and able to dive deep without losing sight of the project’s direction and commitment
Experienced communicating and influencing senior leaders and partners
Bachelor’s Degree or Military experience
At least 4 Years of experience in Project Management

Nice To Haves

PMP, Lean, Agile or Six Sigma certification
Masters or MBA degree
Experience leading knowledge management related projects
Exposure to Agile methodology

Responsibilities

Elevate and champion the Enterprise Data agenda
Oversee the performance and progress of multiple product teams, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and strategy
Collaborate with product leaders to identify long term strategies to improve velocity and increase success through streamlining processes
Identify, assess and manage risks across the portfolio, providing mitigation strategies to product leaders
Communicate to product teams, ensuring clear communication on goals, progress and challenges
Collaborate with program, product, tech and design teams to provide integrated support and oversight with a unified view of status, accomplishments, priorities and risks
Implement governance and change management process and coordination across Enterprise Data platforms
Provide strategic insights and recommendations to product leaders, acting as a trusted advisor for portfolio-related decisions
Demonstrate outstanding communication and partnership skills with key stakeholders across all levels to manage, inform, and influence outcomes
Demonstrate organizational agility to adapt to changing demands and work in a dynamic environment