Principal Associate, Project Manager - Product Operations: Governance & People Excellence

Capital One • McLean, VA

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About The Position

As a Project Manager at Capital One, you can achieve results you never thought possible by leading critical and strategic business projects. In this exciting role you will work closely with key stakeholders to deliver results that will have direct impact on the bottom line of the company. You will work with smart, talented people who will challenge you to excel. You will be rewarded for your passion and your achievements. This role is within the Finance Product & Data Solutions organization which is an exciting space within the Finance organization where we are looking to fuel the future of Finance through unified innovation and optimization for a smarter, more successful tomorrow.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or Military experience
• At least 4 Years Project Management experience
• Demonstrate strong attention to detail
• Exhibit a proven track record of project management, bringing the ability to quickly put structure in place to manage the work
• Demonstrate outstanding communication and partnership skills which are essential for interacting and communicating with key stakeholders across all levels to manage, inform, and influence outcomes
• Demonstrate organizational agility to adapt to changing demands
• Display strong consulting and collaboration skills

Nice To Haves

• Master's or MBA degree
• 5+ years of Project Management experience
• Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean, Agile or Six Sigma certification

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the build out and operationalization of a comprehensive AI-powered learning strategy to build and scale core competencies across multiple product disciplines and accelerate new hire onboarding.
• Proactively manage and maintain the learning agenda over time to ensure it is up to date and relevant as needs rapidly change over time.
• Manage top of house governance and OKR reporting activities for the Finance Product & Data Solutions organization
• Maintain the online presence for the organization & support top of house communications
• Work on medium to large-scale complex, cross-departmental projects that have a direct impact on the company, owning end-to-end project lifecycles, ensuring milestones are defined with alignment, and met.
• Forge relationships with key stakeholders to ensure delivery of commitments
• Identify ways to improve and streamline business process
• Quickly put structure in place to plan, manage, and execute cross-functional project plans from initial feasibility through implementation.
• Ensure project plans deliver on intent, maintaining strict alignment with defined scope, timelines, and budgets.
• Maintain flawless project documentation and host regular alignment meetings to track progress, assign critical action items, and report status to stakeholders.
• Proactively identify project risks and manage complex upstream/downstream impacts across the organization.
• Leverage strong analytical skills to mitigate roadblocks, navigate changing demands, and escalate issues when necessary.
• Act as a strategic and tactical thought partner, using strong consulting skills to inform and influence outcomes across all organizational levels.
• Foster a positive, collaborative "One Team" culture to align diverse stakeholder groups and drive successful project delivery.

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: Principal