City Experience Manager, London - Velocity Black

About this role

We’re excited to share that Capital One has now acquired Velocity Black, a digital concierge company.  Take a look at the announcement here.

Velocity Black by Capital One harnesses the power of artificial intelligence, the warmth of human experts and the convenience of the latest interfaces to help high-performance people actualize the full potential of their lives. It's concierge, reimagined for the digital age. 

By harnessing 24/7 chat, AI, and mobile payments, we help our customers do more and be more in the digital age. From access to the hottest restaurants to guaranteed upgrades at the world’s finest resorts. Make a custom request through the app and you will be chatting to our team within 1 minute, 24/7/365. What unites us are the values we share: the relentless pursuit and celebration of excellence, actualizing the full potential of our lives, and impacting the world in a positive way.

Capital One provides a fast paced, dynamic environment where you can excel in your career. At Capital One, diversity, inclusion & belonging are valued at our core, sparking and enabling us to do good for our associates, customers and communities. Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. 

We nurture an environment that attracts and develops talent from all backgrounds and experiences, and empower our associates to do great work by creating a culture of belonging that values diverse perspectives, fosters collaboration and encourages innovative ideas – and are routinely recognized as one of the best companies to work for.

We are currently recruiting an exciting opportunity for a City Experience Manager for our capital, London.

What you’ll do

• You will be responsible for the delivery of our promise to our members in London - 'localising the core DNA of Velocity Black'.

• Leveraging the global reach, resources and brand of Velocity Black with granular local expertise and up to the minute knowledge of the best London has to offer in order to develop the local member community.

• Growing the community of high performance, high net worth members in London

• A key member of the team to influence and support hiring, training, managing and nurturing talent in your city, with a focus on membership community growth, as well as fine dining and local event specialists.

• Be champion for engagement and new initiatives in your city, ensuring it is utilized with the highest ROI with regard to maximizing the relevant KPIs.

• Overseeing the conceiving of and execution of regular member events at inspired locations in your city.

• You will work closely with our Membership, CRM, and Operations teams to ensure frictionless integration of city-level and corporate-level operations.

• You will be responsible for the upholding of our Velocity culture throughout your work - focused around high performance and exceeding customer expectations.

• Our cultural pillars of Adaptability, Initiative, Yes First, Resilience and Ownership should be conspicuous in everything you do

• You will need to be extremely organized, a self-starter, and able to move seamlessly from assisting a team member with a challenging customer situation, to assessing priorities and progress from strategic altitude.

• You will be responsible for seeking out and finalizing partnerships in your core city which translate into unique benefits for our members and local engagement

What we’re looking for

We are looking for an experienced event planner and/or promoter within London who has lead a high performing team and demonstrates exceptional people management skills. Ideally you should have experience working with high net worth customers and have strong relationship building skills, customer focus and ability to collaborate across all levels. You should have exceptional insight into local attractions and a have robust network across London. 

We are committed to creating a level playing field and seek to create teams that are representative of our customers and the communities we serve.  We’d love to hear from you if you identify with a typically under-represented group in our industry and are particularly keen to hear from women, the LGBTQ+ community and ethnic minority candidates.

Where and how you'll work

This is a permanent position based in London. 

Our hybrid working model offers you the flexibility to work from our offices and from home, when you need to.

We're big on collaboration and connection, and so generally encourage our associates to use our offices on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

The number of days you spend in the office will usually be led by the type of work you’re doing, and the hybrid working patterns of the people you partner most closely with.

 Many of our associates have flexible working arrangements, and we're open to talking about an arrangement that works for you.

What’s in it for you

• Bring us all this - and you’ll be well rewarded with a role contributing to the roadmap of an organisation committed to transformation

• We offer high performers strong and diverse career progression, investing heavily in developing great people through our Capital One University training programmes (and appropriate external providers)

• Immediate access to our core benefits including pension scheme, bonus, generous holiday entitlement and private medical insurance – with flexible benefits available including season-ticket loans, cycle to work scheme and enhanced parental leave

• Open-plan workspaces and accessible facilities designed to inspire and support you. Our Nottingham head-office has a fully-serviced gym, subsidised restaurant, mindfulness and music rooms. In London, you can heighten your mood with a run on our rooftop running track or an espresso at the Workshop Coffee café

What you should know about how we recruit

We pride ourselves on hiring the best people, not the same people. Building diverse and inclusive teams is the right thing to do and the smart thing to do. We want to work with top talent: whoever you are, whatever you look like, wherever you come from. We know it’s about what you do, not just what you say. That’s why we make our recruitment process fair and accessible. And we offer benefits that attract people at all ages and stages.

We also partner with organisations including the Women in Finance and Race At Work Charters, Stonewall and upReach to find people from every walk of life and help them thrive with us. We have a whole host of internal networks and support groups you could be involved in, to name a few:

• REACH – Race Equality and Culture Heritage group focuses on representation, retention and engagement for associates from minority ethnic groups and allies

• OutFront – to provide LGBTQ+ support for all associates

• Mind Your Mind – signposting support and promoting positive mental wellbeing for all

• Women in Tech – promoting an inclusive environment in tech

• EmpowHER - network of female associates and allies focusing on developing future leaders, particularly for female talent in our industry

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact ukrecruitment@capitalone.com  All information will be kept confidential and will only be used for the purpose of applying a reasonable adjustment.

Who We Are

At Capital One, we’re building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit. We are succeeding because they are succeeding.

Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. We believe that innovation is powered by perspective and that teamwork and respect for each other lead to superior results. We elevate each other and obsess about doing the right thing. Our associates serve with humility and a deep respect for their responsibility in helping our customers achieve their goals and realize their dreams. Together, we are on a quest to change banking for good.