# Principal Associate, Associate Experience/Events - Global Enterprise Affairs

**Company**: Capital One
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $120,800 - $137,900
**Category**: Events & AV Production
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

Global Enterprise Affairs (GEA) works to change banking for good through the collective efforts of seven teams and key partnerships across the enterprise. We work with external and internal stakeholders to envision and create a world of greater socioeconomic opportunity by advocating for an inclusive society, building thriving communities, and creating financial tools that enrich lives.

The Command Center is looking for an exceptionally bright, multitasking, and self-motivated Principal Associate to join the newly established centralized Events team in GEA, which aims to drive greater efficiency and impact for GEA internal and external events. This role will support the execution and delivery of planned events in 2027, and will help establish a new Center of Excellence on the team to help drive greater standardization around event strategy and execution.

**Job Responsibilities:**

- Exhibit deep understanding of the target audiences

- Work closely and engage with intent owners across GEA to build trusted relationships

- Identify themes, topics and content that will resonate with target audiences and meet strategic business objectives for the various GEA functions

- Leverage data and insights to inform narratives and influence innovative and well-managed programming

- Drive the development and execution of event strategies

- Contribute to the overall event strategy and roadmap

- Develop program and project plans for events, creating workstreams and deliverables for key stakeholders and partners

- Manage multiple workstreams during all event stages to ensure flawless execution

- Draft and lead the development of effective communications materials to include strategic plans, project status updates, and other communications documents for various audiences

- Help establish the standard for event delivery across GEA

- Develop and maintain centralized calendar of all GEA events

- Support the development of templates, SOPs and partner SLAs to standardize event delivery

- Create a feedback loop to solicit insights, learnings and best practices from GEA events and in dialogue with other COF associates to incorporate into future event strategy and execution

- Embrace research, measurement and analytical thinking as a means to drive impact

- Ensure all work is executed through a lens of strategic impact and measurement, leveraging the latest tools and technology to showcase how our work is driving business outcomes and brand awareness

- Explore new and different ways of storytelling through event activations and sponsorships

- Collaborate with the broader GEA Associate Experience and GEA Communications teams

- Connect the dots across internal and external events to drive efficiencies and create value

- Collaborate with key partners (GEA AX, GEA Comms, CoS, Admins) to ensure a consistent focus and narrative

**The successful candidate will demonstrate:**

- Proven ability to work effectively with multiple constituents, including peers and executives, bringing simplicity to complex subject matters

- Creative, integrative problem-solving and structured thinking

- Proven track record leading cross-functional projects in a matrixed environment

- Experience and passion for driving associate learning and engagement efforts within an organization

- Self-motivated with strong organizational skills, analytical talent and attention to detail

- Excellent presentation and influence skills

**Basic Qualifications:**

- Bachelor's degree or military experience

- At least 2 years of project management experience

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Experience planning and managing meaningful tech event sponsorships that drive attendee engagement with a focus on tech content development, production logistics, and impact assessment

- Deep understanding and expertise in event management with a focus on achieving measurable results based on business intent and objectives

- Experience working, partnering with and influencing multiple constituents and stakeholders (internal and external), including senior executives

**Salary Information:**

- McLean, VA: $120,800 - $137,900 for Principal Project Manager

- Richmond, VA: $109,900 - $125,400 for Principal Project Manager

**Benefits:**

- Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.

## Skills

### Required
- project management
- event planning
- communication
- analytical thinking

### Nice to have
- tech event sponsorships
- event management
- influencing stakeholders

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