Principal Associate, Project Manager - Emerging Payments Marketing

Company: Capital One
Location: Mc Lean
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

Principal Associate, Project Manager - Emerging Payments Marketing The Capital One Emerging Payments Product Marketing team is seeking an energetic, creative, and results-driven individual to serve as a hybrid Project and Program Manager for the team. This role is the "connective tissue" of the team, responsible for driving high-priority initiatives while maintaining a holistic view of the entire digital tools marketing program to ensure work is delivered on strategy, on time, and at the highest quality. The successful candidate will lead "Tier 1" projects (e.g. paid and owned awareness campaigns), while simultaneously managing the overarching program rhythm, resource coordination, and operational health of the team. You will work with numerous partners such as marketing strategists, creative agencies, and internal operation lane partners to manage strategic, integrated, multi-dimensional marketing projects. What You'll Do Autonomously lead and drive integrated marketing projects through discovery and delivery involving Project Planning (documenting objectives, success measures, scope and customer expectations), Governance Planning and Management (roles, responsibilities, interactions, communication) and Project Execution (project schedules, and decisions, risk and issue logs) Be comfortable managing many concurrent projects with shifting deadlines/priorities simultaneously Monitor and manage critical path, decisions, risks, plan contingencies, facilitate scope changes, identify gaps, and build mitigation plans to achieve desired outcomes Conduct project meetings and own project documentation and tracking Act as liaison between strategy leads, creative teams, business partners, channel workstream leads, and cross-functional team members Adhere to department/audit policies, procedures and expectations while managing scope, schedule, resources and budget to deliver high quality results Communicate effectively with associates at all levels, to share status, manage expectations, drive for results and provide transparency around the Brand workstream deliverables Work with program manager to identify and solve opportunities to improve and streamline project management practices in the organization Who You Are Your curiosity is endless. There’s always something else to learn. You’re flexible and not afraid of change—in fact you welcome the challenge. You are proactive and don’t wait for work to come to you—you actively look for new opportunities to learn, grow, and improve. You share your point of view, but seek out what might be missing and listen. You have big ideas and know the best ones are driven by proof, persistence and patience. You’re a storyteller. You simplify the complex and compel your audience to act. You know how to enjoy yourself. While fun isn’t mandatory, it certainly seems to follow you. You care—about the work, your team and the customers you serve. Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree or Military experience At least 4 Years of Project Management experience Preferred Qualifications: Experience with project management software or tools Experience managing brand/marketing projects, either agency or client-side Proficiency in Google Suite Ability to self-manage and escalate potential roadblocks with confidence Strong analytical and problem solving skills Experience in resource and task management with the ability to explore solution-oriented approaches based on project-specific needs 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: $120,800 - $137,900 for Principal Project Manager Richmond, VA: $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. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations. For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.com Capital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site. 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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