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ERM Project Manager, Principal Associate

Capital One
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 2 Sept 2025
💰 $121,700/yr($106,700/yr$121,700/yr)

About the role

ERM Project Manager, Principal Associate

Capital One’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Team has responsibility for helping the overall organization identify, manage, and mitigate key risks that may keep the company from achieving its strategic objectives. ERM is currently seeking a Principal Project Manager who will be responsible for managing implementation and enhancement projects for a diverse set of initiatives, with a broad range of complexity and scale. 

This Principal Project Manager role requires the ability to develop and manage project plans, revising as needed to meet changing needs and requirements; leverage problem solving skills to ensure project plans deliver on intent; maintain key project and process documentation and manage risks/issues as appropriate; and effectively communicate to ensure delivery. This role will effectively drive project and process efforts by applying their expertise, organization, and influencing skills. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of strong project management, bringing the ability to quickly put structure in place to manage the work in a dynamic environment. In addition, very strong communication and partnership skills are essential for engaging with key stakeholders to manage, inform, and influence outcomes.

 

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: 

  • Manage both internal projects within ERM, as well as enterprise-wide risk management methodology and process integrations and enhancements that can vary in scope and impact

  • Developing and managing project plans in a dynamic environment, with tools and techniques appropriate for the project’s scale and complexity

  • Ensuring projects are structured to mitigate risks, be delivered on time, with supporting artifacts well documented and of high quality 

  • Leveraging problem solving and influencing skills to ensure project plans and deliverables meet intent

  • Partnering cross-functionally in larger efforts, to provide strategic and tactical thought partnership to effectively drive project delivery

  • Building relationships and collaborating with key stakeholders to ensure delivery of commitments

  • Engage in peer-peer community and support; potentially lead other project managers or project support

  • Engage with and support audits and regulatory exams, addressing requests in a timely manner

  • Participate in and execute other special projects for the team as needed

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or military experience

  • At least 3 years of experience in Process Management or Project Management 

  • At least 1 year of experience using project management tools (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies (RAID), Waterfall, Agile)

​Preferred Qualifications:

  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, Scrum Master certification, Lean Six Sigma certification or Internal Auditor certification

  • 1+ years of experience in the financial industry

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

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Richmond, VA: $106,700 - $121,700 for Principal Project Manager


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the