Sr. Business Manager - Bank Fraud Defense

Capital One; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 201,000 - 229,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One in McLean, VA seeks a Sr. Business Manager to lead strategy and analytics for fraud defense. You will steer back-office investments, drive process improvements, and guide an analytics team in partnership with product, tech, design, and operations.

Responsibilities include developing growth-focused strategies, managing projects, and communicating with senior leaders. A strong analytics background and leadership experience are required for this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in any quantitative field (Business, Math, Economics, Finance, Statistics, Science, Engineering)
• At least 2 years of experience in quantitative analysis
• At least 2 years of experience in qualitative analysis
• At least 1 year of experience in people management
• At least 1 year of experience in project management

Responsibilities

• Strategic leadership: develop business strategies that drive growth, profitability, and competitive success.
• Ownership: embrace ownership mindset, with potential P&L accountability for a business segment.
• Leadership: manage and develop a team of analysts and mentor associates.
• Product: develop and implement product and pricing strategies; lead product level analytics.
• Marketing: lead direct-to-consumer marketing efforts and inform go-to-market strategies.
• Credit Risk: improve credit performance by modeling and testing hypotheses with analytics.
• Execution: coordinate across line of business to deliver on product strategy; oversee multiple projects.
• Partnership: collaborate with IT, Sales, Operations, Finance to drive improvements.
• Strategic & analytic orientation: make decisions based on analytics and quantitative thinking.
• Executive communication: clear, influential writing and speaking to drive agreement.
• Results orientation: focus on short and long-term goals in a fast-paced environment.
• Consulting experience is a plus.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Qualitative analysis

People management

Project management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a quantitative field

Master’s Degree in Business or quantitative field

Job description

Sr. Business Manager - Bank Fraud Defense

Summary: As a Senior Manager, Business Analysis at Capital One, you will apply your strategic and analytical skills to major company challenges. You will lead and team with world‑class professionals to develop and test strategies that ultimately impact the bottom line. And you'll do it all in a collaborative environment that values your insight, encourages you to take on new responsibility, promotes continuous learning, and rewards innovation. Fraud – when a customer’s personal information is stolen or bank account is compromised – is a defining and increasingly frequent moment in our customers’ financial lives. The Customer Protection (CP) organization within Retail Bank is at the heart of protecting Capital One’s customers from fraud. Within CP, the Claims strategy and analytics team is focused on the critical moment when customers report an issue with a merchant or a fraudulent transaction. Thousands of customers go through this experience every day & is one of the Bank’s top priorities for transformation. This role will drive the strategy and analytical agenda for investments, with a key focus on prioritizing and delivery back‑office initiatives, from process engineering to automation to the use of Agentic AI. You will rally cross‑functional teams across product, tech, design, and operations. You will be accountable for monitoring performance of the claims process on a monthly basis and driving long‑term strategies. You will lead an analytical team and guide your associates’ development. You will also generate buy‑in for your vision with senior leaders through regular updates to members of the Bank SLT.

General Responsibilities

• Strategic leadership: Develop business strategies that will drive growth, profitability, and competitive success for Capital One in the face of shifting consumer and regulatory behavior
• Business ownership: Have an ownership mindset, and potentially P&L accountability for a business segment. Strategic planning with a 1-6 month horizon
• Leadership: May manage and develop a team of analysts. Coaching and mentoring associates throughout the organization with a goal of developing and retaining talent at Capital One
• Product: Develop and implement new product and pricing strategies for various lending products; lead product level modeling/analytics
• Marketing: Lead direct to consumer marketing efforts for select products, and strategic intent for products distributed through various channels. Build targeted insights to inform the design and development of new customer experiences, as well as breakthrough technology and concepts designed to deliver on new go‑to‑market strategies
• Credit Risk: Drive step‑change improvements in credit performance by connecting drivers of future consumer credit trends to historical behavior, creating risk models, and testing hypotheses using rigorous monitoring and analysis
• Execution: Coordinate across the line of business to manage and sequence delivery of business intent, build business requirements and execute against the product strategy. Oversee multiple projects and programs concurrently
• Partnership: Work closely with colleagues across Capital One including: IT, Sales, Operations, Finance and others to drive improvement in quality, volume, service, and profitability
• Strategic & analytic orientation: A proven track record of decision making and problem solving based on analytics. Conceptual thinking skills must be complemented by a strong quantitative orientation, given that a large part of the business is based on rigorous analytic marketing & credit risk management
• Strong business judgment, leadership and integrity: He/she should be a tenacious decision maker, able to bring a healthy, aggressive, yet responsible approach to business
• Solid people leadership experience: Ability to build and leverage the capabilities of a high‑performing team, as well as business partners across the enterprise. He/she should foster innovation, drive critical decisions, hold business partners accountable, and be able to consistently deliver results
• Strong executive communication skills: Impeccable written and oral communication credentials, coupled with strategic influencing skills and the ability to drive agreement through intellect, interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Clear results orientation: display an intense focus on achieving both short and long term goals. He/she should be able to drive and execute an agenda in an uncertain and fluid environment
• Successful track record of thriving in a fast ‑ paced, entrepreneurial and dynamic environment. Previous consulting experience is a plus

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in any quantitative field (Business, Math, Economics, Finance, Statistics, Science, Engineering)
• At least 2 years of experience in quantitative analysis
• At least 2 years of experience in qualitative analysis
• At least 1 year of experience in people management
• At least 1 year of experience in project management

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Business or quantitative field such as Finance, Economics, Physical Sciences, Math, Statistics, Engineering
• 5+ years of experience in quantitative analysis
• 5+ years of experience in qualitative analysis
• 2+ years of experience in people management
• 2+ years of experience in product development
• 2+ years of experience in financial modeling
• 2+ years of experience in economic forecasting
• 2+ years of experience in project management

Capital One will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position. 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: $200,700 - $229,100 for Sr. Business ManagerRichmond, VA: $182,500 - $208,300 for Sr. Business ManagerCandidates 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.

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.

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