Principal Relationship Management - Strategic Client Management (Remote-Eligible)

Capital One Financial Corporation
Riverwoods, IL

Principal Relationship Management - Strategic Client Management (Remote-Eligible)

Our US & Canadian Markets team is seeking a Principal Relationship Management and Business Development Associate to join our Strategic Client Management team. This role will focus on working with companies of key importance to Discover Global Network to overcome long-standing acceptance objections.

Responsibilities:

  • Strategic Growth: Strategically identifying and engaging contacts, developing proposals and negotiating agreements to maximize network growth

  • Business Development: Creating business cases for new development activities with internal and external partners

  • Relationship Management: Serving as the liaison between external accounts, maintaining relationships with decision-makers, and advising clients on acceptance and operational efficiencies

  • Client Portfolio Management: Exploring new partnership opportunities and managing a portfolio of clients to retain, grow, and drive existing and new business by increasing acceptance and volume

  • Risk & Compliance: Actively managing and evaluating risk and customer-impacting issues, and ensuring compliance with new processes during contract and pricing negotiations

  • Market Analysis: Performing market analyses to maintain knowledge of industry trends, the competitive environment, and the opportunity pipeline to increase network transaction volume and revenue generation

  • Client Engagement: This is a client-facing role requiring approximately 25-30% travel

The Ideal Candidate will possess:

  • Strong negotiation and communication skills at the C-Suite level, including the ability to tailor communication across different leadership levels

  • Deep knowledge of the payments industry, particularly debit and credit pricing

  • Demonstrated entrepreneurial drive, proactive approach, and ability to anticipate market trends within the vertical

  • Resiliency to navigate adversity in a fast paced environment

Basic Qualifications

  • High School Diploma, GED or equivalent certification

  • At least 6 years of business development, sales, strategy or relationship management experience within the financial services or payments industry

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance or Marketing

  • 8+ years of business development, sales, strategy or relationship management experience within the financial services or payments industry

Capital One is open to hiring a Remote Employee for this opportunity.

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

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.

Remote (Regardless of Location): $138,100 - $157,700 for Principal Relationship Management

Riverwoods, IL: $138,100 - $157,700 for Principal Relationship 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.

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.

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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected]

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).

Posted 2026-03-09

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