Sr. Manager, Tech Risk & Analysis | Retail Bank

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

Job summary

Capital One National Association is seeking a Sr. Manager to lead tech risk and analysis for Retail Bank, partnering with senior technology leaders to shape risk posture and governance across AI-driven initiatives and large-scale architecture programs.

You will oversee end-to-end risk management, drive AI governance, influence enterprise policies, and coordinate with Cyber, Audit and Risk functions to ensure effective risk coverage and transparent leadership reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or military experience.
• 7+ years in technology, cybersecurity, risk management or related fields.
• 3+ years of people management experience.

Responsibilities

• Act as end-to-end tech and cyber risk partner for senior technology executives.
• Design and implement AI applications, agents and automation workflows for risk monitoring.

Skills

People management

Leadership

Cyber risk

Risk assessment

Cloud security

AI governance

Architecture transformation

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Sr. Manager, Tech Risk & Analysis | Retail Bank

As a Sr. Manager, Cyber Risk & Analysis | Retail Bank Premium Products & Experiences within Capital One’s Business Risk Office, you will be a strategic risk partner to business leaders and senior technology executives, directly shaping our technology risk posture.

This is a high-impact leadership role where you will be on the front lines of technology innovation, specifically responsible for designing and governing the responsible implementation of AI, risk assessment for integration of acquired company technology, and other large scale architecture transformation programs. You will leverage your analytical and risk management expertise to drive meaningful outcomes, influence corporate policies and standards, and ensure the resilience of our enterprise technology.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Risk Leadership: Act as the end-to-end tech and cyber risk partner for senior technology executives, providing comprehensive support to engineering organizations while driving the strategic vision for risk assessment and management programs.
• AI & Innovation Governance: Design and implement AI applications, agents, and automation workflows to enhance risk monitoring efficiency, ensuring the responsible implementation and governance.
• Policy & Control Optimization: Rationalize tech and cyber controls to align with technology processes, influencing updates to enterprise policies, standards, and control descriptions to proactively remediate exceptions.
• Program Transformation Leadership: Execute large-scale architecture transformation programs and technology integrations, maintaining strict oversight of project scope, timelines, and deliverables.
• Stakeholder Partnership: Collaborate with Cyber, Audit, and Risk functions to ensure coverage of shared controls, fostering strong communication across all levels to influence risk identification and mitigation strategies.
• Reporting & Compliance: Serve as the primary point of contact for audit and compliance engagements, creating high-level reporting and metrics to keep leadership informed of the overall risk environment.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or military experience
• At least 3 years of People Management experience
• At least 7 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
• Certified AI Governance Professional (AIGP) certification or other relevant AI risk management certifications
• Experience in a Large Financial Services or consulting organization
• 7+ years of Risk Management experience in Cyber or Information Security practice
• 7+ years of experience in cloud computing (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• 7+ 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).

McLean, VA: $200,700 - $229,100 for Sr. Manager, Tech Risk & AnalysisRichmond, VA: $182,500 - $208,300 for Sr. Manager, Tech Risk & Analysis

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 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. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.