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Principal Associate, Project Manager

Capital One
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 15 May 2025
💰 $133,900/yr($117,300/yr$133,900/yr)

About the role

Principal Associate, Project Manager

Project managers 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 a 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.

 

As a Project Manager you will:

  • Work on small to medium-scale department projects that have a direct impact on the company

  • Work with partners to assist in project planning and design. 

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

  • Document progress and report to stakeholders on project status.

  • Forge relationships with key stakeholders to ensure delivery of commitments

  • Identify ways to improve and streamline business process

  • Collaborate with our Corporate Communications partners on executing comms around our events and program strategy

  • Demonstrate excellent change management, bringing the ability to quickly put change management structure in place to manage change in a dynamic complex environment

  • Ability to gather end user impacts and create change, communication, and training plans

  • Conduct, evaluate and present impact assessments, gap, and people change readiness

  • Apply various change methodologies

  • Partner with and provide tactical support to project leads and teams to define, tailor, and implement change management strategies, plans and messaging via the most appropriate channels

  • Understand key priorities and complex issues quickly for the larger organization and create clear written presentations/communications

  • Create and measure success metrics and monitor change progress

The person will:

  • Exhibit a proven track record of project and change 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:

  • At least 2 years of professional experience in project management

  • At least 2 years of professional experience in change management

 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Certification in Project Management or Change Management

  • 2+ years experience in writing Change Management communications

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.

McLean, VA: $117,300 - $133,900 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 Capital One Careers website

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