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Director, Project and Risk Management

Capital One executive full-time

Salary

$206,000 - $235,100 per year

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Description

We bring ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to an industry ripe for change. As a senior leader in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), you will join a critical second-line-of-defense function responsible for defining the bank’s risk management architecture.

ERM is seeking a strategic, innovative Director to be a leader within our Risk Management Framework and Control Methodology team. In this role, you will serve as the architect of our project program - operationalizing and curating our ambitious roadmap, implementing appropriate governance, and driving progress across a complex, matrixed environment. Beyond project management, you will lead a specialized reporting, insights and GRC team transforming data into forward-leaning outcomes that influence decision-making and ensure business requirements are managed and implemented within our reporting tools and GRC.

Responsibilities:

  • Empower and lead a high-performing team and impactful team of risk professionals, providing strategic direction, setting objectives, and establishing a culture that fosters quality outcomes and results
  • Manage complex, cross-functional projects, process and program integrations with consideration for our risk processes and program standards
  • Build and maintain a detailed Roadmap, and design, develop, and manage approaches for projects in a dynamic environment, establishing appropriate governance and tools
  • Champion rigorous project documentation and design standards to mitigate delivery risk and ensure every milestone meets its strategic intent
  • Move the needle to advance our reporting and monitoring, implementing cutting-edge tools that provide real-time insights into risk framework and control methodology adherence and application
  • Lean into GRC system enhancements, and the integration of AI and automation to streamline control management and testing protocols.
  • Build collaborative relationships and partner cross-functionally with Stakeholders, and other projects and programs, to provide strategic thought partnership to effectively drive delivery

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or Military experience
  • At least 8 years of Project Management experience
  • At least 8 years of Risk Management, Audit or Process Quality experience
  • At least 4 years of people leadership experience

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree
  • Certification within discipline (e.g. PMP, Lean, Agile, Data)
  • At least 4 years of Change Management experience
  • Experience working within a Financial Institution
  • Experience working with reporting tools such as Tableau, Quicksights

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location: McLean, VA: $206,000 - $235,100 for Director, Risk Management Richmond, VA: $187,300 - $213,700 for Director, Risk Management

This role is also eligible to earn performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long-term incentives (LTI).

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.

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