Tech Risk & Controls Strategy Director

Capital One National Association; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 270,000 - 308,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One National Association seeks a Senior Director, Tech Risk & Analysis to drive enterprise technology risk and compliance strategy across core operational towers. You will lead cyber risk assessments, data analytics, and executive reporting in a fast-paced, risk-conscious environment.

The role emphasizes shifting from point-in-time compliance to proactive, continuous controls monitoring, with potential AI-enabled workflow improvements and broad stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or military experience.
• At least 12 years of experience in technology (software delivery, distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, infrastructure as code) and cybersecurity, technology auditing, risk management, resilience engineering, or related areas.

Responsibilities

• Lead technology risk and compliance strategy across core operational towers.
• Assess cyber risk, identify gaps, and define mitigation strategies.
• Drive proactive, continuous, and automated controls monitoring.
• Leverage data analytics to inform risk policies and reporting.
• Collaborate with executives to improve control programs and governance.

Skills

Cybersecurity risk management

Chaos engineering

Site reliability engineering

Cloud security

Identity access management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Capital One National Association seeks a Senior Director, Tech Risk & Analysis to drive enterprise technology risk and compliance strategy across core operational towers. You will lead cyber risk assessments, data analytics, and executive reporting in a fast-paced, risk-conscious environment.

The role emphasizes shifting from point-in-time compliance to proactive, continuous controls monitoring, with potential AI-enabled workflow improvements and broad stakeholder engagement.