National Café and Branch Construction Project Manager, Sr. Manager

Center 2 (19050), United States of America, McLean, Virginia

National Café and Branch Construction Project Manager, Sr. Manager

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 candidate will lead the construction management of a Renovation Program containing both medium and large scale renovation projects within the Capital One branch and Café network. This person will be responsible for driving approvals, timelines and closely managing the budget. This is a highly collaborative position with many stakeholders involved internally and externally. You will be joining a dynamic, highly skilled, and forward-thinking team that you will need to complement and challenge.

This candidate must have extensive experience in financial and retail construction execution, with major technical expertise in building and structural systems. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience coordinating with Architects/Engineers, Building Departments & Codes Officials, and General Contractors & Facility Partner Construction Managers. Construction experience within the Food & Beverage industry is a plus. The candidate must demonstrate outstanding communication and partnership skills which are essential for interacting and communicating with multiple parties involved.

This position will report to the Branch Construction Program Lead and will interact with senior leadership within the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and execute project plans to ensure delivery through the Construction Documentation and Construction Administration phases of a project. These activities include management of overall project timelines and CapEx budgets and coordination with internal and external stakeholders through the construction documentation and construction administration phases of a project.

• Drive cross-functional projects based on defined priorities; ensure scope of deliverables, timelines and budget are met; identify risks and issues and mitigate and / or escalate as needed; manage complex up and downstream project impacts.

• 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

• Prioritize and manage multiple projects with competing deadlines

• Leverage problem solving skills to ensure project plans deliver on intent and maintain key project documentation

• Conduct regular meetings with the project team.  Document progress and report to stakeholders on project status.

• Partner with project customers to provide strategic and tactical thought partnership to effectively drive project delivery

• Forge relationships with key stakeholders to ensure delivery of commitments

• Collaborate with Strategy and Design teams to help shape program delivery

A great candidate will have: 

• Ability to confidently and clearly communicate project progress/milestones to the leadership team and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Solutions driven, with the ability to anticipate problems and proactively present multiple solutions to different audiences and drive consensus across teams on complex construction problems.

• Ability to identify construction risk and implement comprehensive mitigation and contingency plans

• Understanding of construction means and methods, cost, and milestones.

• Proficiency in construction drawing, documentation and oversight

• Work on large-scale complex, cross-departmental projects that have a direct impact on the company

• Ability to manage Construction Program ranging from low cost, single attribute projects to full scale renovations

• Ability to maintain accurate program forecasts relative to annual capital plan

This role will require approximately 40% travel to