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Planning Team Lead jobs are open across manufacturing, retail, logistics, and construction, at every level from coordinator to senior lead, with specializations in production planning, supply chain coordination, and project scheduling. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Are you tired of just pushing deadlines and updating spreadsheets? We are looking for a relentless Project Catalyst—a high-energy driver who doesn't just manage timelines, but actively drives innovation, smashes roadblocks, and turns ambitious visions into reality. If you thrive in fast-paced environments, love the thrill of solving complex puzzles, and know how to rally a team around a shared goal, this may be ideal for you!
As a Manager within Project Management in Card Planning and Delivery (CPAD) team, you will spearhead strategy, innovate solutions, and lead cross-functional teams through the company's highest-priority initiatives. CPAD leads execution for some of Card’s most impactful work—from launching groundbreaking new products and leading new business integrations to executing critical platform modernizations. In this high-impact role, you will collaborate with smart, passionate strategists across the company, solve complex problems from our distinct vantage point, and balance strategy with tactics to influence outcomes that directly drive our bottom line.
The Role
As a Manager of Project Management in Card Planning and Delivery, you will collaborate with smart and passionate experts to influence results that have a direct impact on the company’s bottom line. You will lead important and exciting projects from day one, working alongside key stakeholders across the company including but not limited to the Card business, External Affairs, Legal, Compliance and Regulatory Relations. Although the opportunities are endless, the core responsibilities of a Manager of Project Management include:
Orchestrate High-Stakes Launches: Take ownership of cross-functional, multi-million dollar initiatives from napkin sketch to deployment- Demolish Roadblocks: Anticipate bottlenecks before they happen. You aren't a bystander; you are the shield that keeps your team moving at lightning speed
- Bridge Vision and Execution: Translate high-level strategic goals into actionable, bite-sized engineering and creative milestones
- Cultivate High-Performance Culture: Inspire, motivate, and mentor diverse teams. You don't just run status meetings—you build momentum
- Architect Strategic Roadmaps: Design, develop, and manage project plans and delivery roadmaps in a complex dynamic environment
- Mobilize Stakeholders: Partner and influence project stakeholders to provide strategic and tactical recommendations in support of project delivery
- Solve Complex Challenges: Drive solutions to complex problems across cross-functional teams by applying sound business judgment to navigate trade-offs between competing priorities
- Master Execution & Risk: Effectively manage scope, schedule, resources and budget and communicate status, impediments, and risks/issues across all levels of the program
- Drive Impact & Results: Deliver results and influence business outcomes across all levels of the organization
The person will:
- Exhibit outstanding influencing skills to effectively drive project / program efforts
- Be an excellent storyteller using data to strengthen recommendations
- Demonstrate a proven track record of excellent project management, bringing the ability to thrive in gray space and quickly putting structure in place to manage work in a dynamic complex environment
- Have excellent communication and partnership skills which are essential for interacting and communicating with key stakeholders at all levels across the company to manage, inform and influence outcomes
- Confident, respectful, and articulate when registering dissenting opinions with colleagues and senior management
This role is designated as a hybrid position. You are expected to adhere to Capital One's hybrid policy regarding required on-site presence at your designated office location.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or military experience
- At least 5 years of experience supporting, partnering or interacting with internal business clients
- At least 5 years of Process or Project Management experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Masters Degree or MBA
- 6+ years of experience with project management tools (Jira, MS Project, Confluence)
- 6+ years of experience working, supporting or partnering with internal business clients
- 6+ years of Project or Process Management experience
- Lean, Agile, Six Sigma, Business Process Management, or Project Management certification
At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (e.g. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-3, and O-1, or any other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).
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: $151,900 - $173,400 for Manager, Project ManagementRichmond, VA: $138,100 - $157,700 for Manager, Project Management
Riverwoods, IL: $138,100 - $157,700 for 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.
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).
The Team
Are you tired of just pushing deadlines and updating spreadsheets? We are looking for a relentless Project Catalyst—a high-energy driver who doesn't just manage timelines, but actively drives innovation, smashes roadblocks, and turns ambitious visions into reality. If you thrive in fast-paced environments, love the thrill of solving complex puzzles, and know how to rally a team around a shared goal, this may be ideal for you!
As a Manager within Project Management in Card Planning and Delivery (CPAD) team, you will spearhead strategy, innovate solutions, and lead cross-functional teams through the company's highest-priority initiatives. CPAD leads execution for some of Card’s most impactful work—from launching groundbreaking new products and leading new business integrations to executing critical platform modernizations. In this high-impact role, you will collaborate with smart, passionate strategists across the company, solve complex problems from our distinct vantage point, and balance strategy with tactics to influence outcomes that directly drive our bottom line.
The Role
As a Manager of Project Management in Card Planning and Delivery, you will collaborate with smart and passionate experts to influence results that have a direct impact on the company’s bottom line. You will lead important and exciting projects from day one, working alongside key stakeholders across the company including but not limited to the Card business, External Affairs, Legal, Compliance and Regulatory Relations. Although the opportunities are endless, the core responsibilities of a Manager of Project Management include:
Orchestrate High-Stakes Launches: Take ownership of cross-functional, multi-million dollar initiatives from napkin sketch to deployment- Demolish Roadblocks: Anticipate bottlenecks before they happen. You aren't a bystander; you are the shield that keeps your team moving at lightning speed
- Bridge Vision and Execution: Translate high-level strategic goals into actionable, bite-sized engineering and creative milestones
- Cultivate High-Performance Culture: Inspire, motivate, and mentor diverse teams. You don't just run status meetings—you build momentum
- Architect Strategic Roadmaps: Design, develop, and manage project plans and delivery roadmaps in a complex dynamic environment
- Mobilize Stakeholders: Partner and influence project stakeholders to provide strategic and tactical recommendations in support of project delivery
- Solve Complex Challenges: Drive solutions to complex problems across cross-functional teams by applying sound business judgment to navigate trade-offs between competing priorities
- Master Execution & Risk: Effectively manage scope, schedule, resources and budget and communicate status, impediments, and risks/issues across all levels of the program
- Drive Impact & Results: Deliver results and influence business outcomes across all levels of the organization
The person will:
- Exhibit outstanding influencing skills to effectively drive project / program efforts
- Be an excellent storyteller using data to strengthen recommendations
- Demonstrate a proven track record of excellent project management, bringing the ability to thrive in gray space and quickly putting structure in place to manage work in a dynamic complex environment
- Have excellent communication and partnership skills which are essential for interacting and communicating with key stakeholders at all levels across the company to manage, inform and influence outcomes
- Confident, respectful, and articulate when registering dissenting opinions with colleagues and senior management
This role is designated as a hybrid position. You are expected to adhere to Capital One's hybrid policy regarding required on-site presence at your designated office location.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or military experience
- At least 5 years of experience supporting, partnering or interacting with internal business clients
- At least 5 years of Process or Project Management experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Masters Degree or MBA
- 6+ years of experience with project management tools (Jira, MS Project, Confluence)
- 6+ years of experience working, supporting or partnering with internal business clients
- 6+ years of Project or Process Management experience
- Lean, Agile, Six Sigma, Business Process Management, or Project Management certification
At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (e.g. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-3, and O-1, or any other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).
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: $151,900 - $173,400 for Manager, Project ManagementRichmond, VA: $138,100 - $157,700 for Manager, Project Management
Riverwoods, IL: $138,100 - $157,700 for 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.
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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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in planning team lead jobs.
- 3-5 years of experience in supply chain, production, or demand planning roles
- Proficiency in ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or Microsoft Dynamics
- Demonstrated ability to lead or mentor a team of planners or coordinators
- Strong analytical skills with experience using Excel or planning software for forecasting
- Familiarity with S&OP processes and cross-functional planning cycles
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, industrial engineering, or a related field
Tips for Your Planning Team Lead Job Search
Quantify your planning impact clearly
Hiring managers want to see outcomes, not duties. Replace phrases like 'managed planning processes' with specific results: lead times reduced, inventory variance controlled, or on-time delivery rates improved. Numbers make your resume stand out against other coordinators moving into lead roles.
Highlight cross-functional coordination experience
Planning team leads are constantly bridging procurement, production, and sales. Your resume should show examples where you resolved competing priorities across departments, not just within your own team. That cross-functional fluency is what separates coordinator-level applicants from credible lead candidates.
Target openings that match your planning tool stack
Job postings for planning team leads often filter by ERP or planning software familiarity. If the role lists SAP, Oracle, or a specific demand planning platform, make sure those appear in your resume exactly as written, so your application clears automated screening before a human ever reads it.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists planning team lead openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing. Getting your application in early matters most when postings close fast.
Prepare scenario answers about demand volatility
Interviewers for planning lead roles almost always ask how you handled a forecast that broke down or a supply disruption mid-cycle. Prepare two or three specific examples that show your decision-making process, how you communicated the situation upward, and what you did to recover the plan.
Negotiate scope before you negotiate salary
Before accepting an offer, clarify which teams you will lead, which systems you own, and whether the role includes budget authority. Planning lead titles vary widely in actual responsibility. Getting that scope in writing protects you if expectations shift after your first few weeks.
Planning Team Lead Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most planning team leads?
Amazon, Garver, and GLOVIS America are hiring the most planning team leads right now, with openings concentrated in Virginia, California, and Washington, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is especially active in manufacturing, retail, and logistics operations.
How many planning team lead jobs are remote?
About 63% of planning team lead openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though fully on-site roles remain common because of the operational nature of the work. Demand planning and S&OP coordination roles tend to offer the most remote flexibility, while production and shop-floor planning positions are almost always on-site.
How do you become a planning team lead?
Start by building several years of hands-on experience as a planner or coordinator in supply chain, production, or logistics. Develop fluency in at least one major ERP system and take on informal leadership tasks like training new planners or owning a planning process end-to-end. Certifications in supply chain management, such as APICS CPIM or CSCP, strengthen your case for a lead title. When you apply, frame your experience around decisions you owned and teams you influenced, not just tasks you completed.
Can you get a planning team lead job with limited experience?
It's possible if you've already led a planning process or coordinated across teams, even without a formal lead title. Employers hiring less experienced candidates often look for strong ERP skills, a degree in supply chain or a related field, and evidence that you managed a planning cycle from forecast to execution. Smaller companies and high-growth operations are more likely to promote from within or hire candidates who demonstrate initiative over tenure.
What does the planning team lead interview process look like?
Most planning team lead interviews include a phone screen focused on your planning background and tools, followed by one or two rounds covering scenario-based questions about forecasting errors, supply disruptions, and cross-functional conflicts. Some employers add a case study or a walkthrough of how you would structure an S&OP cycle. Final rounds often involve meeting the operations or supply chain director and sometimes a peer on the planning team.
Where can I find and apply to planning team lead jobs?
You can find and apply to planning team lead jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your industry background and planning specialty, then apply directly to each listing that fits your experience and location preferences.
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