Director, Identity and Access Management Risk Lead - Capital One

Center 1 (19052), United States of America, McLean, Virginia

Director, Identity and Access Management Risk Lead

As a Director of Cyber Risk and Analysis at Capital One, you will be  part of the Identity & Access Management (IAM) organization, working closely within our cyber security team, and with extended technical teams to manage and improve our risk posture. We are seeking a dedicated and disciplined process and risk professional, who excels in a team environment, displays strong leadership skills, and motivates others. They must be proficient in managing and directing their own work independently, while influencing partners across the company and across multiple levels of the organization. This person will have excellent communication skills, attention to detail, strong analytical skills, quickly adapts to change, and is self motivated. You will have the opportunity to work with cross functional teams. You will do this in a collaborative environment that values your insight, encourages you to take on new responsibilities, promotes strategic thinking, and supports continuous learning and growth.

Responsibilities include:

• Be the risk management thought leader and advisor to the IAM leadership team, serving as the subject matter expert on our risk management approach, frameworks and processes.  Advise and guide our team to engineer technology and processes that removes risk from the environment and improve our daily operations in alignment with our strategic direction.

• Oversee the program management of IAM risk management. Lead and collaborate with various teams to drive the execution to improve, create, and validate requirements, processes, controls, and metrics to measure process efficiency and effectiveness. Drive the projects end to end, which may include the creation and maintenance of formal process documents and supporting artifacts.

• Be the point of contact for IAM Risk to the IAM leadership team and partners across the company. Proficiently tailor verbal and written communications to the audience’s needs and levels. Articulate our program’s strategy, processes, intent, inputs and outputs, related failure modes, and measurements when representing the department in projects, meetings, reports, and communications.

• Manage the issue resolution process by proactively identifying and mitigating risk related to the delivery of the projects and program. Resolve complex problems, where expertise is required to interpret against policies, guidelines, requirements or processes; escalate breakdowns in the process by asking probing questions and identify and involve the right stakeholders to correct breakdowns.

• Prepare the program and team for annual cyber assessments by working with the risk office to understand the assessment process and criteria. Analyze the program and team’s gaps and create an action plan to remediate the deficiencies.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• At least 7 years experience in cybersecurity or technology

• At least 5 years experience in process management

• At least 5 years experience in risk management

• At least 5 years experience in people management

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems Engineering

• 9+ years of project management experience

• 8+ years of experience in change management in a technical environment

• Business Process Management (BPM) certification

• Lean Six Sigma certification

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new 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.

New York City (Hybrid On-Site): $233,100 - $266,000 for Director, Cyber 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 the

. 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 committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law. 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.

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