Senior Manager, Portfolio Delivery & Strategy (Enterprise Platforms Technology)

Capital One; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Competitive compensation

Performance-based incentives

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Manager, Portfolio Delivery & Strategy in Richmond, VA to translate executive vision into actionable roadmaps and optimize portfolio health. You will oversee a complex set of high-priority initiatives while balancing technology risk with disciplined delivery.

You will partner with leaders across the enterprise to drive value-driven delivery, establish governance, and push Lean/Agile portfolio practices at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or Military experience required.
• 8+ years of Project Management experience.
• PMP/Lean/Agile or Six Sigma certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drive Portfolio Strategy for a complex enterprise portfolio.
• Drive Portfolio Automation using AI and modern tooling.
• Manage Roadmaps, Intake & Capacity with governance.
• Mitigate Technology Risk and ensure security/compliance.
• Establish governance and cross-workstream alignment.
• Align Execution with business intent via OKR reviews.
• Act as a thought partner to executive sponsors and leaders.
• Influence senior stakeholders on portfolio health and tradeoffs.
• Implement Lean/Agile portfolio management frameworks.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Portfolio management

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Lean/Agile

Education

Bachelor’s degree or military experience

MBA

PMP/Lean/Agile or Six Sigma certification

Tools

AI tooling

Job description

Do you love driving portfolio-wide delivery and pioneering new ways of working? Do you enjoy creating structure out of ambiguity and solving complex business problems at an enterprise scale? At Capital One, you'll be part of a big group of makers, breakers, doers, and disruptors who love to solve real problems and meet real customer needs.

We are seeking a Senior Manager, Portfolio Delivery & Strategy to join the EPTech Top of House Team. We are looking for someone passionate about translating executive vision into actionable roadmaps, optimizing portfolio health, and balancing strategic priorities with execution capacity. In this exciting role, you will oversee a complex ecosystem of high-priority initiatives while maintaining a rigorous focus on technology risk and well‑managed delivery. From day one, you will own critical responsibilities for aligning cross‑functional strategies and collaborate with passionate, forward‑thinking peers to deliver exceptional results. This role offers the opportunity to partner with key leaders across the enterprise, push the boundaries of your strategic leadership, and excel alongside the brightest talent in the industry to turn big ideas into reality.

What You’ll Do:

• Drive Portfolio Strategy: Lead the delivery of a highly complex portfolio for the EPTech Top of House by providing strategic direction to teams, peers, and direct reports. A key part of this will be to coordinate EPTech ETB creation and execution.
• Drive Portfolio Automation: Leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) and modern technological tooling to automate routine portfolio processes, optimize reporting, and enhance data‑driven decision‑making across the delivery ecosystem.
• Manage Roadmaps, Intake & Capacity: Define EPTech intake process and review and scope out intakes for clarity into the work. You will also handle the facilitation of tower level prioritization and capacity management.
• Mitigate Technology Risk: Champion a risk‑aware culture by proactively managing risks and impediments. You will ensure that security and compliance considerations are tightly integrated into the delivery lifecycle.
• Establish Governance: Ensure robust portfolio governance and manage cross‑workstream alignment through the facilitation of Dependencies and by leading Quarterly PI Planning readouts.
• Align Execution with Intent: Leverage strong problem‑solving and analytical skills to ensure all portfolio initiatives strictly align with overarching business intent by driving OKR Reviews (at the tower level and EPTech).
• Act as a Thought Partner: Serve as a strategic and tactical thought partner to executive sponsors and cross‑functional leaders to drive seamless, value‑driven delivery across the organization.
• Influence at Scale: Build strong relationships and leverage outstanding communication skills to inform, align, and influence senior stakeholders on portfolio health, capacity, technology risk posture, and prioritization tradeoffs.
• Optimize Frameworks: Quickly implement clear Lean/Agile portfolio management frameworks to create structure, transparency, and visibility across complex, interdependent workstreams.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Military experience
• At least 8 years of Project Management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA)
• 9+ years of Project Management experience
• PMP, Lean, Agile or Six Sigma certification

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-2, E-3, L-1 and O-1, or any EADs or other forms

McLean, VA: $177,700 - $202,800 for Sr Manager, Project Management

New York, NY: $193,800 - $221,200 for Sr Manager, Project Management

Plano, TX: $161,500 - $184,300 for Sr Manager, Project Management

Richmond, VA: $161,500 - $184,300 for Sr Manager, Project Management

San Francisco, CA: $193,800 - $221,200 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 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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