Principal Associate, Project Manager

Center 2 (19050), United States of America, McLean, Virginia
Principal Associate, Project Manager
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 the model risk management (MRM) framework and model governance practices for the company. At the cornerstone of our model governance framework are our Divisional Model Risk Officers (DMROs) and their teams.
As a Principal Associate , Project Management at Capital One, you will support our well-managed divisions by ensuring our DMRO teams have insight into their operations, validation plans, and horizontal requests. Further, you will drive risk reduction efforts by managing a litany of important processes and controls. The role requires a well-rounded individual who is comfortable adjusting their approach to meet unique needs across multiple stakeholders within a complex organization. This role is ideal for someone with strong interpersonal skills, an unrelenting drive to 'get things done', and has a 'can do' attitude.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Meeting on a regular basis with stakeholders to ensure that they are well-managed and have line of sight into their operations, project plans, and horizontal requests
• Utilizing a variety of business intelligence (Quicksite, Tableau), project management (JIRA), and analysis tools (Excel, Google Sheets) to support their stakeholders
• Solving problems analytically - understanding how to join disparate data sets in an Excel or Google Sheets format to solve problems and convey a solution
• Managing multiple preventative and detective controls
• Exhibiting a demonstrated track record of project management, bringing the ability to quickly put structure in place to manage tasks and related expectations
• Exhibiting 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.
• Displaying a passion for coaching and developing delivery teams through leadership
• Having 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
• Having demonstrated experience in various project management / problem solving methodologies (waterfall, agile, design thinking, etc.)
• Demonstrating the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Identifying continuous improvement opportunities using multiple data-driven approaches

The ideal candidate for this role can be described as someone who is:

• Proactive
• A self starter
• Driven
• Curious
• Thrives in ambiguity and chaos
• Fulfilled by directing and supporting others in task completion
• A magnificent multi-tasker

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or military experience
• At least 3 years of Project Management experience
• At least 2 years of experience supporting, partnering and interacting with internal business clients
• At least 3 years of experience using Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree or Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree
• 5+ years of Project Management experience
• 2+ years of experience using JIRA
• 1+ year(s) of JIRA Project Administrator experience
• 1 + year(s) 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
• Project Management Professional certification (PMP)
• 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.
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