Strategic Tech Risk Leader - AI Governance

ITSMF; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 183,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Senior Manager, Tech Risk & Analysis - Strategic Tech Risk Advisor to partner with business and technology leaders, shaping risk posture and governance across AI implementations and large-scale architecture programs.

You will drive risk assessments, define mitigation strategies, and communicate progress to executives, ensuring resilience and compliance across multi-cloud platforms and AI initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or military experience.
• At least 7 years of experience in technology engineering, technology architecture, or technology risk management or a combination.
• Master’s Degree in Information Technology or Cybersecurity (preferred).
• 8+ years of Risk Management experience in Technology, Cyber or Information Security practice (preferred).
• 8+ years of experience in cloud computing (AWS, GCP, Azure) (preferred).
• 8+ years in second‑line or oversight role at a financial institution or regulatory agency (preferred).
• Professional Security Certification or Professional Risk Management Certification (preferred).
• CISSP, CISA, CRISC, Open FAIR Certified (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Act as the Strategic Risk partner, providing end-to-end tech and cyber risk advice for senior technology executives.
• Assess security, reliability, and resilience of platforms including multi-cloud environments and AI models.
• Identify vulnerabilities across operating systems to quickly assess risk severity.
• Lead technology risk assessments for large transformation initiatives and ensure remediation plans.
• Develop risk strategy and lifecycle risk management for technologies in scope.
• Analyze data to distinguish critical, high-risk, and low-risk issues and escalate as needed.
• Synthesize risk profiles and mitigation progress into executive insights for boards.
• Align tech and cyber controls with enterprise policies and standards.
• Collaborate across Engineering, Data Science, Cyber Security, Legal, and Compliance.
• Evaluate industry practices and regulatory changes; propose practical solutions.
• Deep-dive into Gen AI architectures for risk around LLMs/SLMs, RAG, and data privacy.

Skills

Tech risk

Cybersecurity

Risk assessment

Executive reporting

Regulatory knowledge

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic risk advisory

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree in IT or Cybersecurity

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Senior Manager, Tech Risk & Analysis - Strategic Tech Risk Advisor to partner with business and technology leaders, shaping risk posture and governance across AI implementations and large-scale architecture programs.

You will drive risk assessments, define mitigation strategies, and communicate progress to executives, ensuring resilience and compliance across multi-cloud platforms and AI initiatives.