Manager, Project Management

Center 1 (19052), United States of America, McLean, Virginia

Manager, Project Management

At Capital One, models are the engines that drive our most salient business decisions. Capital One’s Model Risk Office (MROf) governs and maintains these engines to meet regulatory standards by defining model risk management (MRM) framework and model governance practices for the company. Capital One’s MROf seeks an exemplary project manager to move our program through uncertainty and rapid enterprise change.

As a Manager, Project Management at Capital One you’ll serve as the conduit of action, results, communications, and success for meeting this highly complex change. From problem solving across departments and levels to facilitating meetings and developing project plans, you’ll have a wide range of duties to keep progress moving forward. The ideal candidate can deliver in a challenging and fast-paced environment, as well as manage effectively through competing priorities within the larger organization. Additionally, the candidate needs to be skilled in managing stakeholder and customer expectations, while concurrently maintaining project momentum. The role requires a well-rounded individual who is comfortable adjusting their approach to meet unique needs across multiple projects within a complex organization. This role is ideal for someone with strong leadership skills, who has a desire to make a positive impact. 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Autonomously leading large scale projects having moderate to high levels of complexity by providing strategic direction to project teams, peers, and stakeholders to drive results.

• Driving the timely planning, management, and execution of project plans to ensure delivery. This activity includes management of scope definition, requirement expectations, planning, communications and implementation

• Designing, developing, and managing project plans in a complex dynamic environment, revising needs to meet a changing business environment as needed

• Ensuring projects are being documented appropriately to mitigate risk and on time  delivery

• Leveraging problem solving and influencing skills to ensure project results deliver on intent

• Partnering cross-functionally with project customers to provide strategic and tactical thought partnership to effectively drive project delivery

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

The selected candidate will:

• Exhibit a demonstrated track record of project management, bringing the ability to quickly put structure in place to manage tasks and related expectations

• Exhibit outstanding influencing skills to 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 dynamic complex environment.

• Display a passion for coaching and developing delivery teams through leadership

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

• Demonstrate experience in various project management / problem solving methodologies(waterfall, agile, design thinking, etc.)

• Demonstrate the ability to pivot and creatively problem solve in a fast paced environment

• Demonstrate the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or military experience

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

• At least 5 years of project management experience

• At least 5 years of experience supporting, partnering and interacting with internal business clients

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree

• 6 + years of project management experience

• 3 + years of project management experience within financial services

• 1 + years of experience working with and applying the standards set forth in supervisory letters guiding model risk management, to include OCC Bulletin 2011-12 and FRB SR 11-7

• Lean, Agile or Six Sigma certification

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, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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