Accelerator Manager, Capital One

• A strong candidate will have a proven track record of working through white space and strategic decision making, as well as rigorous organizational and analytical skills to track deliverables and measure success of this program
• We are looking for someone with a passion for building the next generation of products and services, a track record of crushing deadlines, and a hunger to imagine a new way of doing things
• You are curious. You have natural instinct and talent that is blended with technique to effectively build relationships and foster trust
• You are a natural motivator with exceptional communication skills at all levels to cut through messy situations to crystallize the message beneath and help create clarity for multiple stakeholder groups
• You easily flex from strategic, high-level views to tactical with equal attention on both to understand how all the building blocks fit into a big-picture view
• You exhibit strong influencing skills and can effectively solve problems and drive for clear decision making - including driving relentlessly for clarity on requirements and desired outcomes
• You are extremely organized and analytical - ready to support a program with tangible metrics quickly and with little oversight
• Bachelor’s Degree or military experience
• At least 5 years of experience in project or program management
• At least 5 years of experience supporting or working within technology

Desirable

• The Accelerator is seeking an elite problem solver to support the development and delivery of high-priority projects for a new company initiative
• You will work with smart and passionate people to deliver results that have a direct impact on the company’s bottom line
• You will take on important and exciting responsibility from day one, working with key stakeholders across the company
• You will leverage problem solving and influencing skills to deliver on high complexity project strategy and plans
• You will focus on projects that are part of our key priorities of Capital One’s senior leadership
• You will support the planning, designing, managing, and execution of program strategy and project plans to ensure delivery in a dynamic environment
• You will build relationships and collaborate with cross-functional key stakeholders at all levels to understand challenges and drive results
• You will creatively solve problems and think outside of the box to help remove barriers and challenges
• Creates executive-ready presentations and materials
• Demonstrate a proven track record of excellent strategic problem solving, bringing the ability to quickly put structure in place to manage work in a dynamic complex environment
• Prioritize work based on established success criteria and timeframes
• Motivate teams to solve problems and deliver high quality results in a fast-paced, collaborative environment that's geographically dispersed
• Support the creation of structured milestone tracking through project roadmaps, workstream planning swimlanes, or other tools
• Work daily to structure complex problems and develop multifaceted solutions