Sr. Director, Chief of Staff

Capital One Capital One · Banking · McLean, VA +1

This role is for a Sr. Director, Chief of Staff at Capital One, a fintech company. The position requires extensive experience in project, process, and program management, along with people management and strategy development. The candidate will lead strategic programs, manage roadmaps, drive organizational processes and change, and partner with engineering and product teams. The role emphasizes critical thinking, complex analysis, executive presentation development, and data storytelling. While the company is in the fintech domain and has AI initiatives, this specific role is focused on strategic operations and leadership, not direct AI/ML development.

What you'd actually do

  1. In partnership with key stakeholders, lead the development and implementation of short and long term strategic programs for the organization
  2. Deeply understand prioritization and delivery roadmap, helping to identify cross-tower dependencies to proactively manage impediments
  3. Work to influence matrixed stakeholder teams to move the organization forward in a well-integrated manner
  4. Lead the effort to drive organizational processes that enable success
  5. Partner with communications resources to enhance our organizational brand, highlighting the impact of our strategic initiatives

Skills

Required

  • Project Management
  • Process Management
  • Program Management
  • People Management
  • Strategy Development
  • Budgeting
  • Labor Strategy
  • Organizational Change
  • Operational Excellence
  • Partnership with Engineering and Product Teams
  • Critical Thinking
  • Complex Analysis
  • Executive Presentation Development
  • Data Storytelling
  • Business Judgment
  • Influencing Skills
  • Leadership
  • Integrity
  • Facilitation Skills
  • Negotiation Skills
  • Mediation Skills
  • Organizational Skills
  • Follow-through

What the JD emphasized

  • at least 9 years of experience in Project Management, Process Management, or Program Management
  • at least 7 years of people management experience
  • 5+ years of experience in strategy development
  • 5+ years of experience in budgeting and labor strategy
  • 6+ years of experience driving organizational change and operational excellence
  • 3+ years of experience partnering with engineering and product teams