Sr. Manager, Project Management - Data Foundry (Hybrid)

Sr. Manager, Project Management - Data Foundry (Hybrid)

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.

This is where you come in. Part of Capital One’s data agenda is to manage ‘Data as a Product’ and truly treat data like any other digital product. We are invested in elevating Data Products with dedicated teams chiefly responsible for ensuring our most important data is available at scale, with high quality, in all the environments consumers need it.

As a Project Manager within Card Data Now, you will help deliver on our strategy to onboard the best possible external data sources to build and sustain Capital One’s competitive advantage, in partnership with our Product, Tech, and Data Science teams. External data sources power Card’s underwriting, account management, marketing, and strategy, which will unlock tremendous value for Capital One in coming years. These data sources can include information from outside vendors, as well as data from other lines of business that add value to Card decisioning. In this role, you will work cross-functionally across multiple teams to help lead complex projects and programs that deliver world class data experiences that customers trust and associates love to use.

A qualified candidate will have: 

• Demonstrated that they can improve processes, deliver well managed initiatives, and scale viable solutions

• Ability to effectively communicate and influence partners horizontally across different teams and vertically across different seniority levels within the organization

• Strong analytical and technical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to adapt to change quickly

• Experience working with data and automation tools

• Proven ability to work autonomously, using judgement to determine prioritization and the severity of potential escalations

General Responsibilities:

• Lead moderate to large complex projects and programs by providing contextual direction as the domain subject matter expert (SME) for operations to effectively partner with Product, Technology, Legal/Compliance, and Segments teams.

• Lead the design, development, and management of project plans in a complex dynamic environment, revising needs to meet changing requirements.

• Identify key project dependencies, risks, and opportunities for risk mitigation 

• Demonstrate excellent communication skills which are essential for interacting with key stakeholders at all levels and job families across the company to manage, inform, and influence outcomes

• Leverage problem solving and judgment skills to ensure project plans deliver on intent and in a timely manner

• Exhibit outstanding relationship building and influencing skills to collaborate and effectively drive project / program efforts

• Demonstrate a proven track record of excellent project management, bringing the ability to quickly put structure in place to manage work in a complex environment.

• Champion process improvements and new delivery models including engaging Product and Tech teams in the creation and delivery of new intent

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Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or military experience

• At least 5 years of Project or Process Management experience

• At least 2 years of experience working in an Agile environment

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Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters Degree or MBA

• 3+ years of experience with Credit Card lending, Small Business and Commercial lines of business or Retail Partnerships

• 3+ years of experience with automation tools and techniques 

• 3+ years of experience coding in Python, R, Spark, or SQL

• 1+ years of experience with AWS services, Splunk, and/or Github

• 6+ years of Project Management experience

• 4+ years of experience in planning and executing data analysis proje