Project Manager, Principal Associate (Social innovation - Mobility Forward Focus)

We are seeking a Project Manager, Principal Associate to join our Financial Services Social Innovation team. The successful candidate will play a critical part in translating community insights into market-facing programs, strategies, and investments that align with Capital One's business priorities and community impact goals.

The role involves leading the development of customer-facing financial education learning products, steering impactful grant portfolios to expand physical vehicle access, and serving as the strategic intent and project lead for marquee convenings and events.

Key Responsibilities:

• Financial Literacy Product Management: Serve as the Fin Lit Product lead, maintaining a continuous pulse on market trends, user needs, and community insights to guide the discovery, development, and enhancement of financial education learning tools.
• Mobility Access & Grant Portfolio Management: Direct strategy for the mobility access pillar, actively addressing transportation barriers and expanding pathways to vehicle access for underserved communities.
• Event Leadership & Strategic Convenings: Serve as the strategic intent lead and project management lead for marquee corporate events and community convenings.
• Brand & Impact Marketing Strategy: Lead overall Mobility Forward Brand/Marketing & Research strategy to bring mobility and social impact initiatives to life.
• Cross-Functional Project Leadership & Agile Delivery: Partner across matrixed internal teams and external stakeholders to drive operational alignment and program momentum.

Qualities of a Successful Candidate:

• Project & Program Management Excellence: Proven track record in project and program management, with an exceptional ability to bring order, clarity, and speed to ambiguous, multi-threaded initiatives.
• Human-Centered Product Mindset: Demonstrated ability to define product vision, manage strategic roadmaps, and apply user-centric design principles.
• Grant & Portfolio Stewardship: Proven experience developing and overseeing strategic grant portfolios, tracking impact metrics, and building strong relationships across corporate, non-profit, and civic organizations.
• High-Impact Event Leadership: Track record of directing end-to-end event logistics, curating content, managing executive speakers, and delivering large-scale corporate or community events and convenings.
• Adaptable, Collaborative & Action-Oriented: A proactive mindset with a strong bias toward action, adept at overseeing a diverse portfolio of work and seamlessly juggling multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Military experience
• At least 3 years of experience in project management, program management, or process management
• At least 1 year of experience managing products or program design within community impact, public affairs or external engagement

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters Degree
• 5+ years of experience in lending social impact programs, grant portfolios, or product development initiatives
• 5+ years of experience in product management, community impact, public affairs, or external engagement
• 6+ years of experience in project management
• PMP, Lean, Agile, or Six Sigma Certification

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are $109,900 - $125,400. This role is also eligible to earn performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long-term incentives (LTI).