Risk Manager, Legal Risk Office (Hybrid)
The Capital One Legal department is seeking a Risk Manager for its Legal Risk Office. This role will involve leading efforts to ensure that Legal risk processes and work are robust, well-managed, and continuously improved while also driving initiatives to assess and manage risk within defined boundaries.
In this role, you will be responsible for the design, implementation, execution, and oversight of various components within Legal's risk management programs. This includes adapting to evolving requirements, ensuring quality assurance, and providing comprehensive reporting to facilitate risk governance and decision-making. Your efforts will ensure the department is optimally positioned to maximize its value to Capital One.
Responsibilities:
Independently lead Legal risk management programs
Crucially, you will manage and develop a small, high-performing team of risk professionals, fostering their growth and ensuring their collective expertise contributes to the team’s success
Deliver components of complex risk management integration efforts
Consult with and influence teams across Legal and Risk to design strategy and methodology for managing execution of Legal’s risk management deliverables, while fostering partnerships built on collaboration, mutual respect, and openness to new ideas
Manage multiple initiatives independently spanning diverse organizations
Ensure consistent and effective escalation of risk-related items where needed
Set and manage to robust efficiency and quality targets for owned programs, while building and executing mechanisms for measuring and reporting on risk levels, program effectiveness, process health and other key metrics
Be a central point of contact for Legal on risk-related topics and deliver communications to department on risk-related topics
Consult with Legal senior management on consistent approaches to Legal’s risk management programs, and report on findings to senior management
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree or military experience
At least 3 years of experience in risk management, project management, process management or a combination
At least 2 years of people management experience
Preferred Qualifications:
5+ years of experience in risk management, project management, consulting and/or process management
3+ years of experience as a people manager
Strong communication, organization, problem solving and strategic thinking skills
Relevant risk or project management, and/or process certifications
3+ years experience influencing senior level executives
2+ years of experience in Data Management, Reporting and Business Process Management
Experience working with Legal, Audit and/or Corporate Governance functions
At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
This role is hybrid meaning associates spend 3 days per week in-person at one of our offices listed on this job posting. Fridays are enterprise wide virtual work days. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are options for in-person days for associates to spend time together working in our beautifully-designed team areas.
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: $146,100 - $166,700 for Risk Manager New York, NY: $159,400 - $181,900 for Risk Manager Richmond, VA: $132,800 - $151,600 for Risk Manager Riverwoods, IL: $132,800 - $151,600 for Risk 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.
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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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