Director, Cyber & Third-Party Risk Leadership

Capital One; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 210,000 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Director of Risk Management: Cyber & Third Party Risk in Chicago, IL to lead the Card Risk Office’s third party risk initiatives. The role focuses on risk identification, measurement, analysis and reporting across technology, cyber, and supplier management functions.

The successful candidate will bring extensive risk management, information security, and vendor risk experience, plus strong leadership to drive cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or Military Experience.
• At least 7 years of experience working in risk management.
• At least 5 years of experience in information technology, including software delivery/hosting, platform services, information security or cloud computing.
• At least 5 years of experience in third party risk management, including vendor risk and control assessment programs.
• At least 5 years of experience in people management.

Responsibilities

• Drive team initiatives to improve overarching third-party risk management and vendor lifecycle, focusing on automation, innovation, and process improvements.
• Engage with cross functional executive leadership across Card, Risk, Supplier Management, and Cyber in delivering clear compelling narratives and program status.
• Leverage your expertise to make sound judgement decisions in various third party domains such as contracting risk, operational delivery, information security, and resilience to inform actions and prioritization in risk aggregation.
• Serve as interdepartmental advisor, interfacing with enterprise technology and other lines of business and other areas such as Cyber and enterprise technology.
• Collaborate effectively across multiple organizations to achieve objectives.
• Deliver appropriate, succinct and organized information, tailoring communication style to audience.
• Communicate complex issues and implications, incorporating different perspectives and solutions into deliverables.
• Conduct analysis of data extracts in order to identify trends, patterns, and anomalies to draw conclusions and escalates key risks and issues.
• Facilitate and ensure compliance with policies through risk assessments and enterprise risk management programs.
• Identify opportunities for continued improvement in the business.
• Identify, document and track resolution of risk events / issues impacting customers stemming from process breakdowns or other problems, and help develop permanent corrective actions.
• Manage special projects.
• Travel up to 10% when applicable.

Skills

Risk management

Information security

Third party risk

Vendor risk

People management

Cyber risk

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Military Experience

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Director of Risk Management: Cyber & Third Party Risk in Chicago, IL to lead the Card Risk Office’s third party risk initiatives. The role focuses on risk identification, measurement, analysis and reporting across technology, cyber, and supplier management functions.

The successful candidate will bring extensive risk management, information security, and vendor risk experience, plus strong leadership to drive cross-functional collaboration.