Strategic Risk Manager

Location: McLean, VA (onsite) • Salary: USD 151,900 - 173,400 per year

Capital One offers a competitive compensation package for the Strategic Risk Manager role, onsite in McLean, VA, with a salary range of USD 151,900 - 173,400 per year and comprehensive benefits including health, financial and other perks.

The Strategic Risk Manager leads independent oversight, review and challenge of strategic risks arising from competition, the external environment, or the company’s strategic choices or execution, ensuring proactive identification, assessment, and management in alignment with Capital One's risk appetite and long-term goals.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Risk Identification: Partner with Divisional teams, Corporate Strategy, and Risk Management functions to identify and evaluate strategic risks that may impact achievement of the company's strategy or result from the pursuit of that strategy
• Effective Challenge: (1) Provide oversight and effective challenge of Risk ID and other risk assessments to ensure Divisions are appropriately considering the risks from market trends, changes in the competitive environment, and the company's own strategic decisions and execution; (2) Provide expert advice on the quantification and qualitative impact of strategic risks on the company’s business model or financial performance
• Assessment: Evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of Division's risk control and mitigation actions, ensuring they are timely, appropriate, and mitigate key failure modes
• Governance: Strengthen governance of strategic risk through enhancing policies, routines, or interaction models
• Advisory: Act as a trusted advisor to Business Risk Offices and other stakeholders on the strategic risk implications of internal strategic choices and external trends
• Reporting: Draft regular updates to executive management and the Board Risk Committee on changes to the company's strategic risk profile
• Teamwork: Partner with stakeholders at all levels across the company to manage, inform and influence outcomes

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's Degree or military experience
• Experience: At least 5 years of Risk Management or Financial Services consulting experience

Benefits

• Health, financial and other benefits

Preferred Qualifications

• Strategy or Risk management experience in a large financial services organization or management consultancy
• Experience in the payments industry
• Comprehensive knowledge of the end-to-end risk management lifecycle, risk frameworks, and governance structures
• Proven ability to distill complex information into a consumable narrative for an executive and Board level audience
• Proven ability to identify and evaluate risk pathways and devise management strategies
• Collaborative, team player with the ability to navigate a complex organization and influence outcomes
• Strong analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills