Senior Associate, Tech Risk & Analysis | Retail Bank

Capital One Group; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One Group in McLean, VA seeks a Senior Associate, Tech Risk & Analysis to drive end-to-end risk management within the Business Risk Office. You will partner with risk, technology, operations and engineering teams to identify, assess and mitigate technology and cyber risks, incl.

AI implementations and large-scale architecture programs. You will lead risk assessments, remediation tracking, and metrics reporting, while supporting audit documentation and enterprise risk frameworks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or military experience required.
• Experience in technology risk, cybersecurity, or risk management.
• Ability to drive risk assessments from identification to remediation and closure.
• Strong communication skills and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technology and cyber risk assessments across projects and programs.
• Coordinate remediation tracking and reporting to senior leadership.
• Oversee risk and control self-assessment (RCSA) processes and risk dashboards.
• Develop risk measurement frameworks (KRI/metrics) for portfolio visibility.

Skills

Tech risk

Project management

Communication

Analytical

Risk assessment

Cybersecurity

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or military experience

Tools

GRC tools

Job description

As a Senior Associate of Tech & Cyber Risk within Capital One’s Business Risk Office, you will enable and drive end-to-end risk management of the portfolio by partnering directly with risk partners, technology stakeholders, operations and engineering teams to identify, assess, and mitigate technology and cyber risks.In this high-impact role, as a pratices partner, you will leverage your strong project management, communication, and analytical skills to support cutting-edge technology initiatives and promote strategic risk management across the organization. You will be hands-on in evaluating and mitigating risks related to AI implementations, supporting the technology integration of acquired companies, and monitoring risk posture within large-scale architecture transformation programs. By overseeing portfolio health, remediation efforts, tracking key metrics and performing assessments you will help teams proactively align with enterprise policies, ensuring the ongoing resilience and security of our technology ecosystem. **Key Responsibilities:** * **End-to-End Risk Management & Execution** + Drive end-to-end technology and cyber risk assessments, managing the lifecycle from tactical implementation and ongoing evaluation through to remediation tracking and successful risk finding closure. + Support the responsible implementation of AI applications and large-scale architecture transformations by conducting timely risk assessments and ensuring project teams align with well managed best practices and enterprise risk frameworks.* **Project Management & Stakeholder Engagement** + Utilize strong project management skills to effectively prioritize risk initiatives, ensuring clear project scope and the timely delivery of impactful results. + Exhibit outstanding communication skills to build and manage strong stakeholder relationships across engineering, operations, cyber, risk functions, keeping all levels and lines of defense informed and influencing outcomes to drive project success. + Display strong advisory skills to guide risk and engineering partners through complex risk landscapes, adapting with agility to changing business demands and evolving technology environments.* **Process Improvement & Program Execution** + Drive continuous improvement within the Tech & Cyber Risk Office by identifying, designing, and implementing enhancements to streamline risk identification, assessment, and mitigation workflows. * **Metrics, Reporting & Compliance** + Monitor and analyze key risk metrics and dashboards, partnering closely with stakeholders to oversee remediation efforts and drive metrics toward target compliance levels. + Assist in preparing accurate compliance documentation and data for audit engagements, ensuring the overall tech risk posture is transparent and well-documented. + Lead and facilitate recurring risk forums (e.g., Metrics reviews) to ensure progress visibility and stakeholder alignment. + Proactively own and drive RCSA (risk and control self assessment) workflows, acting as a lead or delegate to improve operational efficiency and risk coverage. + Develop and manage comprehensive risk measurement frameworks (KRI/metrics), ensuring actionable data-driven insights are communicated to senior leadership. **Role Expectations & Desired Behaviors:** * Autonomy & Strategic Execution: Proactively identify, own, and resolve risks with limited supervision; exhibit structured problem-solving to lead sub-tasks and strategy.* Customer Focus & Reliability: Own the end-to-end customer process by facilitating project forums and anticipating partner needs to reduce portfolio risk.* Communication & Influence: Tailor messaging for diverse audiences (from peers to senior leadership); lead meeting agendas to drive consensus, influence outcomes, and ensure timely action.* Fungibility & SME Development: Actively develop deep domain expertise to rotate across core and adjacent risk roles, sharing knowledge to strengthen team capabilities and flexibility. **Basic Qualifications:** * Bachelor’s Degree or military experience* At least 2 years of experience in technology (software delivery, distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, infrastructure as code), cybersecurity (identity and access management, application security, cloud security, data protection), technology auditing, systems risk management, technology risk assessments, resilience engineering (operational resilience, business continuity, disaster recovery, high availability), chaos engineering (fault injection, blast radius mitigation, automated security validation), site reliability engineering (SLAs/SLOs, observability, incident response), or a combination **Preferred Qualifications:** * Master’s Degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or equivalent* 2+ years of Risk Management experience in Cyber or Information Security practice* 2+ years of experience in cloud computing (AWS, GCP, or Azure)* 2+ years of experience in a second-line or oversight role at a financial institution or regulatory agency* Professional Security Certification or Professional Risk Management Certification* Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)* Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)* Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC)* Open FAIR Certified **At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (e.g. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-3, and O-1, or any other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).**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: $111,200 - $126,900 for Sr. Associate, Tech Risk & AnalysisRichmond, VA: $101,100 - $115,400 for Sr. Associate, Tech Risk & Analysis