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Manager, Risk Advisor

Do you want to be part of an organization that's dedicated to helping Capital One identify, manage and effectively mitigate risk? Can you build relationships and employ innovative risk management solutions? As a Risk Manager at Capital One, you'll be responsible for working with business partners and various stakeholders to identify and mitigate potential risks. Risk Managers at Capital One are the front line of defense to ensure our Company remains stable and profitable.

The Risk Management Risk (RMR) Office is seeking a highly motivated Risk Advisor to apply their analytical, risk, communication, and project management skills in support of the Risk Tech and Product organizations. In this role, you will oversee several work streams supporting the Risk Tech and Product organizations, including periodic risk assessments and controls testing. You will lead audit and exam requests for the Risk Tech and Product teams by partnering with stakeholders to draft responses, provide evidence, and also perform a quality check over both. You will advise on policy adherence and support end to end remediation activities. As the Business Continuity Lead for Risk Tech, you will facilitate tabletop exercises to support disaster readiness and response efforts and ensure compliance with business continuity requirements.

RMR Risk Advisors combine technical knowledge with the ability to manage and assess risks across cloud-native software platforms. Successful performance of this role includes fostering accountability and collaboration across all stakeholders, both technical and non-technical. You must be comfortable asking tough questions, challenging assumptions, and providing clear, actionable recommendations to ensure risks are properly managed without unnecessary delays. At the same time, you will exercise problem solving and critical thinking skills to continuously improve the risk posture of Risk Tech and Product.

Other Responsibilities Include:

• Develop, nurture, and maintain collaborative relationships with our Risk Tech and Risk Product partners and key stakeholders

• Set direction, manage expectations and lead cross-functional teams via influence

• Manage internal audits and exams directed to and/or impacting Risk Tech / Risk Product

• Manage Business Continuity activities for Risk Tech, including Business Continuity Plan updates and tabletop exercises

• Monitor issue remediation, tracking, and closure

• Communicate technical issues and risks to both technical and non-technical stakeholders in clear, concise language

• Engage in routine Risk Assessments, including Process Level Assessments, driving influential outcomes

• Maintain a proactive stance in escalating risks when necessary and ensure alignment with organizational goals

• Analyze data within managed work streams to proactively identify risks, trends, and process improvements

• Provide MBR and other metric inputs as required

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or military experience

• At least 5 years of experience working in technical audits or technical risk management

• At least 3 years of experience interacting with internal audit, business continuity, or centralized risk and compliance teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience working in technical audits or technology risk management

• 4+ years of experience interacting with or engaging with internal audit, business continuity, or centralized risk and compliance teams

• 3+ years of Process Management or Project Management

• Robust critical thinking skills

• Excellent problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills

• AWS Cloud Practitioner certification

• Professional security or risk management certifications, such as Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), or Certified Risk & Information Systems Control (CRISC)

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: $151,900 - $173,400 for Risk Manager

Richmond, VA: $138,100 - $157,700 for Risk Manager

Riverwoods, IL: $138,100 - $157,700 for Risk Manager

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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