Principal Associate Campaign Project Manager | Retail Bank

Capital One; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 121,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One Cafe Marketing is seeking a Principal Associate Campaign Project Manager to lead cross-functional, multi-channel campaign execution from planning to deployment. The role drives on-time delivery across teams, manages risks, and maintains stakeholder alignment.

Responsibilities include coordinating creative assets through reviews, forming strategic partnerships, and ensuring governance across campaigns. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or Military experience.
• At least 5 years of Program or Project Management experience.
• At least 3 years using Scrum, Kanban or SAFe methodologies.
• At least 3 years of WorkFront experience.
• At least 3 years of agency relationship management experience.
• At least 1 year of Paid Digital experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, and execute multi-workstream digital and OOH campaigns from Go-to-Market through deployment.
• Drive project execution with clear priorities and adaptable timelines.
• Identify risks and blockers; develop mitigation plans and escalate critical blockers.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners; provide tactical direction and strategic input.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders; communicate expectations and influence outcomes.
• Navigate Legal, Risk, and Compliance reviews and ensure asset feedback is captured.
• Manage day-to-day campaign creative development for owned channels and paid media.
• Create socialization calendars and secure stakeholder buy-in at key milestones.
• Ensure timely approvals and organize audit-ready campaign artifacts.
• Lead milestones, standups, timelines, and asset movement; maintain version control.
• Own weekly status reports, translating updates into concise summaries.
• Maintain resources, process maps, and standard templates for the department.
• Lead external agency relationships to maintain Cafe Local Listing presence.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile methodologies

Agency management

Paid digital

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or Military experience

Tools

WorkFront

Job description

Principal Associate Campaign Project Manager

Retail Bank Capital One, a Fortune 500 company and one of the nation’s top 10 banks, offers a broad spectrum of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients.

We nurture a work environment where people with a variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds, guided by our shared Values, come together to make Capital One a great company - and a great place to work.

As a Principal Associate Project Manager supporting the Capital One Cafe Marketing Team, you will lead critical marketing campaigns execution that directly impacts the company's bottom line. In this role, you will coordinate the development and execution of a diverse campaign portfolio, creating comprehensive project plans, managing dynamic timelines, and driving on-time delivery across broad, cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, and execute complex, multi-workstream digital and OOH marketing project plans from Go-to-Market plans through to final deployment, ensuring deliverables meet scope, timeline, and budget requirements.
• Apply structure to both large- and small-scale initiatives, driving project execution based on defined priorities while demonstrating the organizational agility to adapt to changing demands.
• Proactively identify project risks, bottlenecks, and issues; develop mitigation strategies and independently escal... critical blockers when timelines are at risk.
• Partner closely with internal team and external partners, leveraging strong consulting and collaboration skills to provide both tactical direction and strategic thought partnership.
• Forge deep relationships with cross-functional stakeholders across all levels of the organization, using outstanding communication skills to manage expectations, inform teams, and influence outcomes.
• Facilitate the day-to-day traffic of creative assets through Legal, Risk, and Compliance reviews, ensuring feedback is documented, addressed by creative teams, and aligned with internal audit standards.
• Manage day-to-day campaign creative development and executional tasks for owned channels and paid media campaigns.
• Develop socialization calendars to ensure buy-in is received from key stakeholders and leaders at critical decision points.
• Ensure appropriate approvals are received from key stakeholders.
• Organize and maintain critical artifacts in campaign folders for audit.
• Coordinate; lead and document critical project milestones, including kick-offs, stand-ups, timelines, retrospectives and the movement of assets between designers and channel managers, to ensure clear version control and team accountability.
• Own the weekly status reporting cadence, translating complex project updates into clear, concise summaries for the broader Capital One Cafe Marketing Team.
• Maintain and scale team resources, process maps, and standard operating templates to ensure the department's "how-to" guides are always optimized and up to date.
• Lead external agency relationships to maintain Cafe Local Listing presence.

This Associate should bring

• Project or program management experience collaborating across broad groups of cross-functional stakeholders
• Attention to detail and ability to keep projects or programs on track and problem solve in real-time
• Demonstration of excellent written and verbal communication across varying functional groups and levels
• Ability to spot opportunities for process improvements & implement change that impacts teams outside of current scope
• Strong facilitation skills, able to collaborate, plan, execute and follow-up on meetings at the team level
• Organized and able to self-manage details of multiple projects, deadlines and changing priorities simultaneously while maintaining strong and accurate work

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or Military experience
• At least 5 years of Program or Project Management experience
• At least 3 years of experience utilizing Scrum, Kanban or SAFe methodologies
• At least 3 years of experience utilizing WorkFront
• At least 3 years of agency relationship management experience
• At least 1 year of Paid Digital experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree or MBA
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification
• 6+ years of Program or Project Management experience
• 6+ years of experience leading projects across cross-functional teams

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

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

Wilmington, DE: $109,900 - $125,400 for Principal Project Manager

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 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.

No agencies please.

Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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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