Manager, Counsel - Card Marketing

About the Company

At Capital One, we’re building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit. Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. We believe that innovation is powered by perspective and that teamwork and respect for each other lead to superior results. We elevate each other and obsess about doing the right thing.

The Capital One Legal Department offers a fast-paced, fun environment where you can showcase your talents and be yourself. You will work with highly driven and intelligent individuals who will help elevate you to a new level. Our Legal team thrives on collaboration and creates an environment where everyone’s voice is heard.

About the Role

The Card Legal Team is seeking a strategic and collaborative attorney to advise our credit card business and to help optimize our internal marketing tools and processes. The attorney in this role will be a key player on the team advising on the marketing of Capital One card products and features and will play a foundational role in helping to develop complex tools and resources that will help unlock the next wave of marketing at Capital One.

You’ll work closely with the business and with other lawyers to help develop tools and resources that will drive more efficient generation and review of marketing collateral, including tools that unlock the use of generative AI in the marketing lifecycle. You will also partner with the business by strategizing about products, features, and promotions, learning about and understanding the business intent, investigating and assessing the legal and business risks, and working to help our business match marketing promises to product execution.

Working with the Consumer and Small Business legal team, you’ll have the opportunity to learn and partner with the bright, collaborative, and dynamic group of attorneys who support the Capital One card business, as well as build working relationships across the Legal department. You’ll work in a collaborative, supportive environment that values your insights, promotes continuous learning, and rewards creative thinking.

Prior experience in financial services laws, marketing and advertising laws, and/or general risk management is a plus, but not strictly required.

Responsibilities

• Advise on the marketing of Capital One card products and features.
• Develop complex tools and resources to drive efficient generation and review of marketing collateral, including generative AI tools.
• Partner with the business to strategize about products, features, and promotions.
• Assess legal and business risks and ensure marketing promises align with product execution.
• Collaborate with the Consumer and Small Business legal team and build relationships across the Legal department.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school.
• Active member in good standing of at least one state bar.
• At least 2 years of experience as an attorney in a law firm environment, at a government agency, as a military judge advocate, or as in-house counsel.

Preferred Skills

• 3+ years of experience as an attorney in a law firm environment, at a government agency, as a military judge advocate, or as in-house counsel doing work related to the financial services industry.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment and adapt to changing needs.
• Ability and desire to learn new areas of law.
• Willingness to work as a team player.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Exceptional analytical skills: ability to grasp complex topics quickly and synthesize them into concise, actionable advice.
• Relationship builder: excellent interpersonal skills and a track record of building collegial, effective relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Solutions-oriented mindset: focus on problem-solving rather than just functioning as a legal technician.
• Strategic judgment: proven ability to anticipate long-term consequences and make sound decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Growth mindset: openness to new ideas, diverse perspectives, and unconventional solutions.
• High accountability: deep pride in work, operating with autonomy, initiative, and ownership.
• Efficient execution: strong time-management skills, capable of prioritizing a significant volume of work and managing multiple deadlines simultaneously.
• Persuasive communication: ability to identify, assess, and communicate complex legal risks to non-legal business partners clearly and persuasively, both verbally and in writing.

Pay

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based on the agreed-upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

• Chicago, IL: $149,800 - $171,000 for Manager, Counsel
• McLean, VA: $164,800 - $188,100 for Manager, Counsel
• Richmond, VA: $149,800 - $171,000 for Manager, Counsel
• Riverwoods, IL: $149,800 - $171,000 for Manager, Counsel

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.

Benefits

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial, and other benefits that support your total well-being. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

Schedule

This role is hybrid, meaning associates spend 3 days per week in-person at one of our offices listed on this job posting.