Senior Lead, Cyber Security (GPN)

Capital One; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Manager for Cyber Security (GPN) to lead and mentor a team focused on risk reduction, governance, and cross-program collaboration across multi-cloud environments. You will advise on best practices, develop capability maturity, and drive remediation through data-driven metrics.

The role requires strong communication to leadership, expert knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks, and a pragmatic approach to balancing risk with business needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 7+ years of experience in cybersecurity or information technology.
• 7+ years evaluating, contributing to, or supporting development of cybersecurity capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop associates with clear expectations and feedback.
• Serve as cybersecurity SME advising on risk reduction through tool configuration.
• Support capability, risk, and threat frameworks and standardization.
• Drive continuous improvement programs including action tracking and validation.
• Identify cross-programmatic linkages among threats, controls, and data analytics for prioritization.
• Lead solutions and coordinate large-scale enterprise risk reduction efforts.
• Communicate impact of gaps and remediation plans to leadership.
• Lead cross-domain risk assessments ensuring alignment with standards and objectives.

Skills

Leadership

Risk assessment

Strategic thinking

Communication with leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Splunk

CrowdStrike

Qualys

AWS Security Hub

Job description

Senior Manager, Cyber Security (GPN) At Capital One

You will help consult on initiatives, programs, and projects to raise their game in Information Security. You are pragmatic and practical in your understanding of risk and security, but also willing to know when to pull in experts and escalation. You collaborate and innovate with other teams within Capital One to push the envelope. You are comfortable with Cloud Service technologies like Storage Services, Security & Access Control Management, Container Services, and API Implementation and Management. You are familiar with various Cloud computing models to include IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS along with their architectural differences. Security is essential to what we do here, from protecting our customers to our associates.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead, mentor, and develop associates by setting clear expectations, providing actionable feedback, and supporting career progression
• Serve as a cybersecurity subject matter expert and advise on best practices in risk reduction through the configuration of cybersecurity tools and platforms
• Support the development, modification, and use of capability, risk, and/or threat classification frameworks and standardization methodologies to facilitate the conduct of correlative capability, maturity, and effectiveness evaluations
• Support the development, implementation, and execution of continuous improvement programs, including risk and issue identification, corrective action implementation, and results validation
• Support the identification and operationalization of cross-programmatic linkages among a.) threats and risks, b.) controls, capabilities, and tooling, and c.) data analytics in order to facilitate initiative prioritization and decisioning on spending and resource allocation.
• Lead solutioning for, and manage activities in response to, large-scale enterprise risk reduction efforts
• Effectively communicate the impact of identified operational, compliance, process, control, and tooling gaps and potential remediation courses of action to multiple audiences, including leadership, to support the enhancement of their cybersecurity postures
• Lead cross-domain cybersecurity risk assessments and capability reviews, ensuring alignment between enterprise control standards, business objectives, and regulator expectations
• Influence and coordinate risk reduction initiatives across multiple cyber programs, driving consistency in control design, testing and reporting practices

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• At least 7 years of experience in cybersecurity or information technology
• At least 6 years of experience evaluating, contributing to, or supporting development of cybersecurity capabilities

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience with cybersecurity frameworks and concepts such as NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK, CMMC, FedRAMP, etc.
• 7+ years of experience performing analysis of or developing solutions for cyber threats, vulnerabilities, risks, or, events
• 7+ years of experience working on teams and presenting to stakeholders cybersecurity information such as metrics, threat intelligence, controls and/or requirements
• 6+ years of experience working in multi-cloud environments
• 6+ years of experience using security tools (e.g., Splunk, Crowdstrike, Qualys, or AWS Security Hub)
• 3+ years of experience developing or interpreting cybersecurity metrics or dashboards
• 2+ years of experience developing or overseeing cybersecurity or technology risk programs
• Demonstrated familiarity with industry governance or financial governance processes
• Advanced experience with risk management concepts, including identifying threats, assessing vulnerabilities, and recommending mitigation strategies.
• Ability to perform security incident analysis and assist with resolution, translating technical findings into clear, actionable reports for technical and non-technical stakeholders

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.

McLean, VA: $229,900 - $262,400 for Sr. Manager, Cyber Security

New York, NY: $250,800 - $286,200 for Sr. Manager, Cyber Security

Plano, TX: $209,000 - $238,500 for Sr. Manager, Cyber Security

Richmond, VA: $209,000 - $238,500 for Sr. Manager, Cyber Security

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

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.

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

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days. No agencies please.

Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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