Principal Risk Associate - Enterprise Services Data Management & Advisory (ES DMA)

Overview Principal Risk Associate - Enterprise Services Data Management & Advisory (ES DMA)

Corporate Identity & Division Overview

Capital One is one of the fastest growing organizations in the world today. The growth of the business is being 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) consists of trusted expert advisers who shape decisions, challenge activities to ensure they meet our standards, and oversee technology, data, and information security risk across the business. As part of this organization, the Enterprise Data Risk Management (EDRM) division ensures that our data risk-taking activities are transparent, well-managed, and aligned with enterprise standards. We raise the bar for excellence, operating with both autonomy and empowerment from senior leadership to safeguard the enterprise.

Role Summary

As a Principal Risk Associate within the EDRM Enterprise Services Data Management Advisory (ES DMA) team, you will play a pivotal role in delivering horizontal project management support. In this role, you will lead critical workstreams to ensure risk initiatives, process enhancements, and data programs are executed successfully. You will collaborate closely with partners inside the ES DMA team and across adjacent teams in EDRM to drive strategic risk reduction.

The ideal candidate is a highly motivated risk professional who possesses a strong foundation in project management, thrives in dynamic environments, and exhibits the strategic context needed to manage complex dependencies with minimal guidance.

What You'll Do

• Horizontal Project Leadership : Manage and execute strategic project plans for the ES DMA team, ensuring key deliverables, timelines, and milestones align with division priorities.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration : Partner across the ES DMA team and adjacent EDRM teams to align objectives, streamline communication, and coordinate division-wide risk mitigation efforts.

• Risk Tracking & Issue Resolution : Actively identify, track, and remediate risk events, process gaps, and dependencies within project workstreams to ensure a well-managed environment.

• Consulting & Stakeholder Engagement : Consult with internal partners to provide project management expertise, translate complex requirements into actionable steps, and coordinate corrective actions.

• Metrics & Reporting : Design and deliver project status updates, risk metrics, and performance dashboards to provide leadership with clear visibility into workstream health.

• Process Standardization : Identify opportunities to improve, simplify, and standardize project management and risk event governance methodologies within the team.

Key Competencies

To perform successfully at this level, candidates must demonstrate behaviors aligned to our team guidelines:

• Strategic Context & Problem Solving : Understands the business priorities of the division. Applies these principles to problem-solving and assists in developing practical solutions to mitigate future issues.

• Execution & Ownership : Demonstrates strong ownership of workstreams. Consistently delivers polished, error-free deliverables ahead of schedule to allow for collaborative refinement.

• Influence & Communication : Leads important elements of a project workstream. Formulates clear arguments, modulates tone for different audiences, and builds consensus across multiple teams.

• Discovery in Ambiguity : Navigates undefined project parameters and uses resourcefulness to synthesize data and establish structure.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or military experience

• At least 1 year of Financial Services Risk Management Experience

• At least 2 years of Project Management experience

• At least 3 years of experience supporting, partnering and interacting with internal business clients

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of Project Management experience leading cross functional projects and programs in Risk

• PMP Certification or Masters Certificate of Project Management (CPM)

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

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.

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