Lead Risk Specialist

Responsibilities

• Team Guidance & Leadership: Guide and empower a dedicated team of risk and control specialists, driving engagement and execution excellence.
• Audit-Ready Operations: Foster a culture of proactive risk awareness, helping manage horizontal routines to ensure the business is continuously audit-ready.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner and collaborate across multiple organizations—including 1st and 2nd lines of defense, Network Risk, Compliance, Information Technology, Internal Audit, and Regulatory Relations—to navigate program changes and achieve shared objectives.
• Risk Assessment Execution: Support the development and implementation of robust risk assessment strategies that identify operational vulnerabilities, drive efficiencies, and focus on automated control solutions.
• Change Enablement: Coach and guide cross-functional business partners through operational changes using a thoughtful, people-first approach.
• Governance & Reporting: Help establish and manage key governance routines and risk reporting for the Global Payment Network.
• Framework & Documentation Lifecycle: Understand, document, and analyze current-state capabilities against risk methods. Author, review, and refine critical governance documents, including policies, standards, procedures, tools, and presentations that enhance framework usage.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or military experience
• At least 2 years of Financial Services Risk Management experience
• At least 3 years of Project Management or Process Management experience
• At least 3 years of experience supporting, partnering, and interacting with internal business clients
• At least 2 years of Compliance, Audit, or first and second line Risk Management experience

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of Project Management experience leading cross-functional projects and programs within a Risk function
• At least 5 years of Financial Services Risk Management experience
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification or Masters Certificate of Project Management (CPM)
• Demonstrated ability to manage expectations, influence stakeholders, and coordinate cross-functional initiatives

Benefits

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.

Pay

Salaries for this role vary by location. Please refer to the Pay section for details.

Schedule

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.