Senior Manager, Senior International Counsel

Senior Manager, Senior International Counsel
The Capital One Legal Department is seeking a highly-motivated attorney to serve as Senior International Counsel. In this role, you will provide strategic legal advice and tackle complex problems at the intersection of financial crimes, technology, and international regulation. You will work with colleagues across Capital One's lines of business, as well as with compliance officers, auditors, and regulators, and you'll do it all in a collaborative, supportive environment that values your insight, promotes continuous learning, and rewards creative thinking.
The attorney in this position will join our Payments | Privacy | Integrity | International legal team, which supports all of Capital One's business lines and advises on a broad range of subject matter. Working closely with senior leadership in Legal and with business, compliance, and risk partners, you will coordinate internal resources and discussions on regulatory initiatives that may include some combination of trade and export compliance, economic sanctions, anti-bribery/anti-corruption, as well as other related international legal issues. You will operate at the intersection of financial services and technology, and you will brainstorm, problem-solve, and innovate to assess and mitigate legal and regulatory risk in a challenging and evolving space.
We are looking for an attorney who is collaborative, inquisitive, and enthusiastic about law and technology, who can also play a broader role as new issues arise in the areas covered by our team. You'll need strong analytical and organizational skills, great judgment, the ability to express complexity in simple terms to non-experts, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment. We want someone with an ownership mentality who nonetheless enjoys being part of a team, who can interact with and influence across departments and job levels, and who always brings a good sense of humor to the party.
Responsibilities likely to include:

• Identify and assess legal risk with respect to various cross-border initiatives.
• Provide legal advice as part of a collaborative and cross-functional team.
• Analyze and interpret new laws and regulations and assist in devising compliance methods that meet business goals and objectives.
• Advise on the design and updating of policy frameworks based on regulatory expectations and industry standards, and facilitate their implementation with cross-functional internal stakeholders.
• Manage outside counsel.

Basic Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school
• Active member in good standing of at least one state bar
• At least 5 years of experience as an attorney in a law firm environment, at a government agency, or as in-house counsel

Preferred Qualifications:

• Legal subject matter expertise in anti-bribery/anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, economic sanctions, export controls, payments, privacy, and/or trade compliance
• Experience working with cross-border, cross-functional teams
• Knowledge of international regulatory frameworks

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
This role is hybrid meaning associates spend 3 days per week in-person at one of our offices listed on this job posting. Fridays are enterprise- wide virtual work days. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are options for in-person days for associates to spend time together working in our beautifully-designed team areas.
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: $193,000 - $220,300 for Sr. Manager, Sr. Counsel
Richmond, VA: $175,500 - $200,300 for Sr. Manager, Sr. Counsel
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 committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law. 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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