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R216377 Posted 05/13/2025

Sr. Manager, Project Management

Richmond, Virginia | McLean, Virginia
  • Category Process and Project Management
  • Experience Sr. Manager
  • Primary Address Richmond, Virginia

Overview

Sr. Manager, Project Management

We are excited to announce an opening for a talented Senior Manager, Project Management to drive strategy and execute on high priority projects for the Compensation Delivery team. We are a team of Total Rewards leaders who enable game-changing business results by bringing a data-driven approach to compensation that is designed to unleash greatness in our associates. We are looking for proven leadership candidates who are detailed, results-oriented and flexible with the ability to manage multiple initiatives in a fast-paced environment. 

Our team is responsible for designing, testing, and executing the Mid-year and Year-end focal cycles, Line of Business (LOB) incentives and ensuring there is adequate governance and controls through appropriate risk management all while supporting our business partners and associates with their compensation related requests and inquiries. We are looking for a candidate who can help us deliver timely results, improve existing processes, and provide superb stakeholder experience while ensuring that we are operationally efficient and meeting the needs of our customers. 

Do you want to work in a business-casual, collaborative environment where your contributions are recognized, successes are elevated and effort is rewarded? If you have a passion for continuous improvement and want your work to directly impact the experience of our associates, then this is the role for you.

In this role you will:

  • Lead moderate to large complex projects and programs by providing strategic direction to peers, partners and stakeholders

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

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

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

  • Partnering cross-functionally with intent owners to prioritize initiatives and provide strategic and tactical thought partnership to effectively drive project delivery

  • Building relationships and collaborating with key stakeholders such as HR Product and Tech to ensure delivery of commitments

  • 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.

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

  • In partnership with peers and their teams, understand current processes, identify opportunities of continuous improvement of processes and procedures to drive efficiencies, optimize and reduce manual processes all while improving the associate experience

We want you if you are: 

  • Intellectually Curious. You’re comfortable with ambiguity, a hunger to learn and a seeker of new challenges.

  • Communicator & Influencer. You’re comfortable influencing a group of stakeholders and peers as well as communicating clearly to partners. You can be open to different communication styles and listen carefully to diverse sets of ideas.

  • Do-er. You’re biased toward action, and are willing to make commitments and trade-offs with other leaders to remove impediments for the team. 

  • Learner. You have an appetite to learn new things or new technologies all while exhibiting humbleness when exploring unknown technologies.

  • Team Player. You enjoy working with diverse people and driving the team toward a common goal. 

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or military experience

  • At least 5 years of Process, Project or Program Management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Masters in Business Administration

  • 8+ years of Process, Project, or Program Management experience

  • Strong Excel, JIRA and Confluence skills

  • 3+ years of Operations experience

  • PMP, Lean, Agile or Six Sigma certification

  • Process Engineering experience especially with continuous improvement, automation, and optimization

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

McLean, VA: $170,800 - $194,900 for Sr Manager, Project Management


Richmond, VA: $155,300 - $177,200 for Sr Manager, Project Management










Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at theCapital 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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Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

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