Description
The Capital One Legal Department is seeking an experienced and collaborative legal leader to join our growing Global Payment Network Legal team as a Director, Assistant General Counsel - Global Payment Network, Network Participant Risk.
In this role, you will advise on the various legal risks inherent in the Global Payment Network’s relationships with its network participants, including issuers, acquirers, and network alliances.
Responsibilities:
- Provide strategic, clear, and conceptualized legal advice on complex issues and topics in the network participant risk space, including fraud, high brand risk, and network participant oversight.
- Translate applicable laws, regulations, and legal requirements into actionable advice.
- Develop and maintain participant-facing rules and commercial terms to best mitigate risk in a fluid legal and regulatory environment.
- Advise on the rollout of products, communications, processes, and procedures necessary to support the well-managed execution of business priorities.
- Manage external counsel as necessary, and build relationships and collaborate with Legal Department subject matter experts, senior business partners, and stakeholders across Capital One.
- Coordinate legal presentations and strategic communications regarding network participant risks for senior audiences, including legal and business executives, regulators, and policymakers.
Requirements:
- Juris Doctor from an accredited law school.
- Active member in good standing of at least one state bar.
- At least 8 years of experience as an attorney in a law firm environment, at a government agency, as a military judge advocate, or as in-house counsel.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience in a law firm environment, at a government agency, as a military judge advocate, or as in-house counsel.
- 5+ years of experience in financial services.
- 3+ years of experience in the payments industry.
- Prior experience with fraud, AML, and/or the risks posed by highly-regulated industries operating within the financial ecosystem.
The ideal candidate should have:
- Top-tier analytical skills.
- Ability to understand complex topics quickly with depth that allows for concise and simple advice.
- Problem-solving mentality rather than thinking only like a legal technician.
- Excellent judgment with the ability to predict long-term consequences.
- Growth mindset with an openness to new ideas, diverse perspectives, and unconventional solutions.
- Strong people skills.
- Ownership mentality, thinking like an owner vs. an employee.
- Solid time management skills with the ability to prioritize a significant volume of work and to manage multiple deadlines.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence others and write concisely.
This role is hybrid, meaning associates spend 3 days per week in-person at one of our offices.
The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are: Chicago, IL: $209,500 - $239,100 McLean, VA: $230,400 - $263,000 New York, NY: $251,400 - $286,900 Richmond, VA: $209,500 - $239,100 Riverwoods, IL: $209,500 - $239,100
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.