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R240218 Posted 04/10/2026

Principal Associate, Security Services, Global Workplace Services

Riverwoods, Illinois
  • Category Process and Project Management
  • Experience Principal Associate
  • Primary Address Riverwoods, Illinois

Overview

Principal Associate, Security Services, Global Workplace Services


At Capital One, we dare to dream, disrupt and deliver a better way. Our goal is simple—bring ingenuity, simplicity and humanity to an industry ripe for change. Our Global Workplace Services (GWS) team is a dynamic organization where development matters as much as our ability to provide collaborative and secure environments that drive connection, innovation and business success. Our commitment extends beyond solutions; it embraces a culture of care. We value, celebrate and respect each teammate's unique talents, experience, and contributions.

In GWS, our team manages a diverse portfolio of mixed-use owned and leased properties. We’re constantly transforming our workplace to enable our employees to work the way they work best. But it doesn’t stop there. We don’t just reimagine and create fabulous spaces and amenities, we also manage and operate them and ensure the safety and security of our employees and the community—we’re a well-oiled machine! That’s why our team is looking to add an experienced Security Principal Associate, Global Workplace Services. 

The Security Principal Associate is the primary point of contact between Global Workplace Services and Capital One's lines of business, providing strategic consultation to mitigate physical and safety risks across local, regional, and enterprise levels. This role involves performing vulnerability assessments to ensure that all Capital One retail locations comply with corporate standards, industry requirements, and regulations, thereby ensuring the safety and security of associates, contractors, and customers. The Associate partners with internal and external stakeholders to deliver physical security controls, develops proactive plans to establish senior management support for security initiatives, and helps maintain business continuity. Furthermore, the Associate is responsible for planning and executing assurance reviews of security programs, designing and executing compliance tests for security policies, and overseeing contracted guard resources within their assigned area.

The Ideal Candidate Should:

  • Deliver clear, concise, and tailored communication to appropriate audiences across all levels.

  • Build and maintain stakeholder relationships, proactively inform them, and apply relevant prior experience.

  • Contribute to solutions with confidence, achieve desired outcomes effectively, and demonstrate leadership among peers.

  • Consistently apply expertise, deeply understand day-to-day operations, and operate with little oversight and high success.

  • Manage work effectively, consider multiple perspectives, and lead through ambiguity to gain buy-in and declare next steps.

  • Hold self and others accountable to Capital One values and constructively challenges non-aligned decisions.

  • Be open to creative solutions, collaborate with others to solve problems, and ground issue severity on level of impact.

  • Manage work to deliver results per timelines, prioritize business-critical work, and manage high volume effectively.

  • Respect individual contributions, actively helps others succeed, and consistently volunteers for staffing and training support.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide security consulting for incidents involving Global Workplace Services customers in a regional area of responsibility

  • Perform vulnerability/risk assessments that ensure locations are compliant with corporate standards, requirements and regulations

  • Forge relationships with internal colleagues and external partners on all safety and security-related programs

  • Effectively communicate and influence associates and contractors across the organization to implement and support safety and security programs

  • Responsible for planning, organizing and executing quality assurance programs to ensure the safety of Capital One associates, contractors, customers and assets

  • Review and analyze data to assess and determine security and safety trends while developing and deploying risk mitigation strategies 

  • Manage escalated and crisis situations with calm resolve and well managed counsel 

  • Build and maintain partnerships with law enforcement, subject matter experts and relevant industry professionals

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or military experience

  • At least 3 years of experience in multi-site retail security, loss prevention, physical security, or law enforcement  

  • At least 3 years of experience managing a regional or enterprise contract security staff 

  • At least 3 years of experience in Relationship Management or Security Consulting

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Physical Security Professional (PSP) or Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)

  • 4+  years of experience in Program Management

  • 7+ years of experience managing a multi-site retail security or loss prevention, physical security, or threat-management team

  • 3+ years experience managing proprietary and contract staff across diverse regional environments

  • 3+ years experience with a Fortune 500 company’s safety and security programs with regional responsibilities or significant experience in a large security consulting role with regional responsibilities or similar experience in the law enforcement or the military

  • 3+ years experience adapting, designing and implementing security controls in adherence with established requirements 

  • 3+ years experience partnering with internal and external clients to further organizational safety and security objectives

  • 3+ years experience with enterprise- wide integrated security systems, CCTV and incident reporting systems  

  • 3+ years experience developing, managing and influencing relationships with local, state, federal law enforcement, emergency management officials and organizations

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.

Riverwoods, IL: $98,900 - $112,900 for Pr Associate, Security Services











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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For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.com

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).

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