Principal Associate, Project Management | Retail Bank Product

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

Principal Associate, Project Management | Retail Bank Product

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. 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.

In this Principal Associate, Project Management role, you will lead high-visibility efforts to drive process modernization efforts and data product adoption as part of Retail Bank’s Data Products and Platforms team. In addition to this, you will have the opportunity to use your strong analytical and project management skills alongside our most experienced data and machine learning engineers, product partners, analysts, performing data stewards, and data scientists.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be an exceptional communicator 

• Have a drive for working empathetically on solutions for internal customers

• Have a track record of partnering across teams leading projects involving data management, transformation, governance, and/or infrastructure

 You are a quick learner, and can thrive in a highly collaborative, cross-functional organization to help create solutions for high-volume data modernization efforts. 

General Responsibilities:

• Work on large and small scale projects that have a direct impact on the company.

• Drive 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

• Plan, design, manage and execute project plans to ensure delivery. This activity includes management through feasibility, design, planning and implementation.

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

• 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

• Identify ways to improve and streamline business process

• 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​

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or military experience

• At least 3 Years of Project Management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree

• 5+ years of Project Management experience

• PMP, Lean, Agile or Six Sigma certification

• Strong communication and collaboration skills

• Strong problem solving and influencing skills

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

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 Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.

No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, Califor