Description
We are seeking a Senior Associate, Project Manager to join our Always Audit Ready & Risk Management team. As a strategic and technically savvy Project Manager, you will lead the planning, execution, and delivery of technical, analytical, and model projects across cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities:
- Lead projects based on defined priorities, ensuring scope of deliverables and timelines are met
- Identify risks and issues and mitigate and/or escalate as needed
- Build and apply structured engagement models to translate complex goals into clear, actionable workstreams
- Navigate ambiguous or undefined areas with a proactive and strategic approach
- Collaborate with various stakeholders to define project scope, goals, and deliverables
- Effectively manage relationships with senior stakeholders, ensuring alignment and transparency throughout project lifecycle
- Demonstrate outstanding communication and partnership skills
- Apply technical and business understanding to engage meaningfully with development teams
- Partner with project customers to provide strategic and tactical thought partnership
- Develop and maintain project and process artifacts
- Facilitate team ceremonies, including daily sprint stand-ups and retrospectives
- Apply project analytics agenda to drive change
The ideal candidate should:
- Enjoy working in a fast-paced, technical, and strategic role
- Have a proven ability to create and apply structure frameworks to drive cross-functional engagement and results
- Be comfortable operating in ambiguity and identifying problems and opportunities
- Have technical familiarity or hands-on exposure to cloud environments, multi-region architectures, or disaster recovery frameworks
- Experience tracking and coordinating infrastructure migrations and/or software development lifecycles
- Operate as a self-starter and continuously develop project, process, and technology skills
- Have a proven track record of project management
- Be highly organized and able to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
- Have strong problem-solving and influencing skills
- Have great analytical skills
- Be digitally curious, with a drive to learn more about the business context and tech platforms
- Have excellent time management skills and meet/exceed rigorous deadlines
- Have great communication and collaboration skills
- Enjoy collaborating with various value streams and senior stakeholders
- Have excellent customer service/relationship management skills
- Not be afraid to bring new ideas to the table and challenge the status quo
This role is designated as a hybrid position, requiring adherence to Capital One's hybrid policy regarding required on-site presence at your designated office location.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or military experience
- At least 2 years of experience using Microsoft Office or G-Suite
- At least 2 years of Technical Project Management experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- 3+ years of Technical Project Management experience
- Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean, Agile, or Six Sigma certification