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Capital One · 8 hours ago

Director, Assistant General Counsel - Business Core

McLean, VA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$230K/yr - $263K/yr

5+ years exp

Capital One is looking for an experienced legal leader to join their TechReg Legal team. This role involves providing legal advice to the Business Core team, collaborating with Product, Engineering, and Design teams, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements while supporting the company's digital experiences.

Financial Services

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Responsibilities

Provide proactive, business-minded legal advice to our senior product leaders on the evolution of our Business Core

Work on projects that unite our many lines of business, understanding the business’ objectives and the applicable law

Act as the subject matter expert on a wide range of regulatory issues

Translate between business intent, regulatory requirements, legal guardrails, and best practices

Own the legal issues, including drafting product terms, reviewing marketing collateral, and interfacing with business leaders

Help build processes, playbooks, and training materials that enable our product teams and stakeholders to move quickly and confidently

Reviewing product feature changes for regulatory compliance issues by meeting with business partners to better understand the feature, identifying legal obligations or risks, and providing recommendations to manage legal risk

Performing legal research on the application of existing and new laws to novel implementations of technology, developing legal theories when applying the law to complex use cases, and using your knowledge and expertise to influence business strategy and decisions

Qualification

Juris DoctorActive state bar membershipCommercial law experienceLegal researchProduct counselingCommunication skillsRelationship building

Required

Juris Doctor from an accredited law school

Active member in good standing of at least one state bar

At least 5 years of experience as an attorney in a law firm environment, at a government agency, as a military judge advocate, or as in-house counsel

At least 5 years of experience in a small business or commercial law practice

Preferred

8+ years of experience as a practicing attorney focused on small business or commercial law practice

8+ years of experience in an in-house counsel role or combined experience at a law firm and in-house counsel, supporting ecommerce, mobile apps, payments or software products and/or agreements

Strong written and oral communication skills

Ability to build strong relationships across teams