Strategic Tech PMO Lead: Backlog & Delivery

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

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Principal Project Manager to lead strategic business projects and coordinate with stakeholders across the organization. This role sits in the Strategy & Operations PMO and focuses on prioritizing tech-related backlog items, driving accountability, and delivering high-impact results for the enterprise.

You will translate complex data into clear narratives for senior leadership, refine processes, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery while maintaining strong internal

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or Military experience is required as a baseline qualification.
• At least 5 years of Project Management experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Work on large and small scale projects that have a direct impact on the company.
• Drive projects based on defined priorities; ensure scope of deliverables, timelines and budget are met; identify risks and issues and mitigate and / or elevate as needed
• Plan, design, manage and execute project plans to ensure delivery. This activity includes management through feasibility, design, planning and implementation.
• Leverage problem solving skills to ensure project plans deliver on intent and maintain key project documentation
• Partner with project customers to provide strategic and tactical thought partnership to effectively drive project delivery
• Forge relationships with key stakeholders to ensure delivery of commitments
• Identify ways to improve and streamline business process
• Exhibit a proven track record of project management, bringing the ability to quickly put structure in place to manage the work
• Demonstrate outstanding communication and partnership skills which are essential for interacting and communicating with key stakeholders across all levels to manage, inform, and influence outcomes
• Demonstrate organizational agility to adapt to changing demands
• Display strong consulting and collaboration skills

Skills

Project management

Communication

Leadership

Risk management

Agile

Consulting

Process improvement

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or Military experience

MBA

Tools

PMP

Lean

Agile

Six Sigma

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Principal Project Manager to lead strategic business projects and coordinate with stakeholders across the organization. This role sits in the Strategy & Operations PMO and focuses on prioritizing tech-related backlog items, driving accountability, and delivering high-impact results for the enterprise.

You will translate complex data into clear narratives for senior leadership, refine processes, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery while maintaining strong internal