Principal Associate, Risk Program Management

Overview

Principal Associate, Risk Program Management

Capital One is one of the fastest growing organizations in the world today. The growth of the business is accelerated by leveraging innovative and emerging technologies. We are serious about technology, we dream big, and we execute: Capital One moved our entire enterprise to the public cloud over the course of five years, fully exiting our data centers. Just as we prioritize driving innovation through technology, we equally prioritize cybersecurity and managing technology risk. Technology and Data Risk Management (TDRM) are trusted expert advisers who shape decisions, challenge activities to ensure they meet our standards, and generally oversee technology, data and information security risk across the business and the central technology organization. TDRM is a second line organization, which means it is independent and reports up through the Chief Enterprise Risk Officer. 

TDRM plays a critical role in ensuring that the company’s risk-taking entities are aware of the risks inherent in their activities and decisions, the impact of their actions on the company at an enterprise level, and opportunities to reduce, mitigate or avoid the risks altogether.

As a Principal Associate, Risk Program Management on TDRM’s Infrastructure advisory and oversight team, you will coordinate execution and create visibility for the team’s work while driving execution, governance, and transparency across technology and cyber risk initiatives. An important focus for this role will be leveraging automation and creative problem solving (e.g. generative AI) to streamline operational workflows and scale our oversight capabilities.

Responsibilities also include enabling actionable status reporting and tracking, driving capacity planning, and championing Agile methodologies across teams. This role will be responsible for developing portfolio governance tools, metrics, and operating mechanisms that strengthen risk visibility and forecasting accuracy while leading the team to further levels of agile maturity within a second-line risk environment.

Desired Outcomes:

• Lead Agile ceremonies and manage JIRA boards

• Facilitate long-range and quarterly PI planning to align team outputs with broader enterprise risk priorities

• Build and champion well-managed agile delivery practices by leveraging automation to streamline workflows

• Partner with team members to ensure appropriate escalation when things are past due or there are obstacles, providing an early warning when things are off track

• Partnering with agile teams to integrate risk oversight, assessment timing, and remediation tracking into sprint planning and quarterly delivery cycles

• Partnering cross-functionally with team members and stakeholders to understand pain points and implement tailored process improvement solutions that address those pain points

A successful candidate will have:

• Deep focus on execution, follow-through, accountability and results; ability to make progress even when in ambiguous situations

• Strong communication to stakeholders at all levels across the company to enable transparency and timely information sharing

• Proven critical thinking skills, including the ability to express a point of view supported by data and evidence

• Experience driving complex projects through improved processes, automation, and leveraging solutions such as generative AI

• Comfort raising concerns early and knows when to escalate, including the ability to raise issues and facilitate constructive problem solving at all levels of the organization

• Ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues, stakeholders, and leaders across multiple organizations to get consensus, socialize strategy, and achieve objectives

• Intellectual curiosity to better understand technology and cyber risks and how metrics, analytics and testing fit in to enhance 2LOD effective challenge and oversight activities

• Adept at providing structure and organization for stakeholders in different job families, expertise and scope of work

Basic Qualifications:

• An Associate’s degree or military experience

• At least 3 years of experience in project management, technical program management, or consulting engagements

• At least 1 year of experience leading delivery using Agile methodologies

Preferred Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience delivering complex projects via Agile practices

• Experience in a technology or cybersecurity risk management oversight function

• Experience in enterprise risk frameworks and regulatory expectations for highly regulated sectors

• One or more of the following certifications: Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), Comptia Project+, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP), Project Management Professional (PMP), or SAFe Agilist (SA)

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.

McLean, VA: $120,800 - $137,900 for Principal Risk Specialist

Richmond, VA: $109,900 - $125,400 for Principal Risk Specialist

Riverwoods, IL: $109,900 - $125,400 for Principal Risk Specialist

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 theCapital 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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