Sr. Director, Project & Program Management - Risk Management

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Richmond, VA
Hybrid
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Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
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The Role
Manage and lead complex risk management projects and programs within a regulated environment, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with organizational goals. Collaborate cross-functionally to communicate requirements and manage risks, while building strong relationships with key stakeholders. Drive transformational change and implement innovative solutions to mitigate potential risks.
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Sr. Director, Project & Program Management - Risk Management
Senior Directors in Risk Management have the ability to adjust their approach to meet unique needs across multiple stakeholder groups within a complex organization. Successful candidates will demonstrate a proven track record of program management, strategic planning, change and risk management; as well as change resiliency to maintain momentum in a dynamic, fast-paced and complex environment among competing priorities; in addition, strong relationship building and communication skills to engage and influence critical stakeholders. This role is ideal for someone with strong leadership skills, who is capable of driving transformational change and delivering game-changing value with a high level of exposure to executives across lines of business. Successful Senior Directors will create and implement innovative solutions to identify and mitigate potential risks to the company. With these skills, they serve as change agents to effectively challenge business leaders on our highest profile risk projects.
Responsibilities:

  • Providing strategic program leadership and driving program alignment in a matrixed, highly complex regulated environment
  • Spearheading large scale Risk Management Program Management/Governance
  • Designing, developing, and managing risk management-focused project plans in a complex dynamic environment, revising needs to meet changing requirements
  • Ensuring projects are being delivered on time and on budget within a challenging environment while simultaneously managing risk
  • Designing and maintaining well-managed gap closure and validation where needed
  • Monitoring, reporting and escalating status and risks
  • Communicating program requirements across the organization, to both internal and external stakeholders as needed
  • Partnering cross-functionally with project customers to provide strategic and tactical thought partnership to effectively drive project delivery
  • Report out on program status, risks, issues and decisions to a wide variety of constituents across the company; flags critical risks and/or concerns to Risk Management and Business Leadership
  • Leading critical assessments on risk categories to mitigate risk to the company
  • Building relationships and collaborating with key stakeholders to ensure delivery of commitments


The ideal candidate will:

  • Exhibit outstanding influencing skills to effectively drive projects and program efforts
  • Demonstrate a proven track record of excellent project management in a highly regulated environment, bringing the ability to quickly put structure in place to manage work in a dynamic complex environment
  • Display a passion for coaching and developing others through their leadership style and presence, whether as direct reports, extended team members or third party resources
  • Have excellent communication and partnership skills which are essential for interacting and communicating with key stakeholders at all levels across the company, as well as external stakeholders and regulatory agencies, to manage, inform and influence outcomes


Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree or military experience
  • At least 10 years of risk management experience
  • At least 7 years of project or program management experience
  • At least 7 years of experience supporting, partnering or interacting with internal business clients
  • At least 5 years of people management experience


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's Degree or MBA
  • 10+ years of project or program management experience
  • 10+ years of people management experience
  • Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean, Agile or Six Sigma certification
  • 5+ years of project management experience leading cross functional programs in risk
  • Experience working in the financial services industry


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: $234,000 - $267,100 for Sr. Director, Risk Management
Richmond, VA: $212,800 - $242,800 for Sr. Director, Risk Management
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.
If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at [email protected] . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.
For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to [email protected]
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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