Capital One · 2 days ago
Principal Associate, Contract Management
Chicago, IL
Full-time, Contract
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$119K/yr - $164K/yr
2+ years expCapital One is seeking a Principal Associate, Contract Manager to join their Enterprise Service Management (ESM) team. The role involves negotiating contracts, managing transactions, and collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure compliance with Capital One's contracting standards.
Financial Services
No H1B
Responsibilities
Assessing transactions and creating deal strategies. You will work closely with business customers and internal stakeholders to understand needs, evaluate risks and design appropriate execution plans
Drafting and/or redlining contracts to ensure that Capital One is adequately protected from risk leveraging industry best practices and subject matter expertise, including from a myriad of business and legal stakeholders
Effectively negotiate with Suppliers to produce contracts within Capital One contracting standards and business objectives. You will be responsible for planning and executing negotiation strategy in a timely manner while remaining flexible to changing circumstances and partnering with internal team resources as needed
Managing transactions independently, efficiently and driving to completion in a timely manner. As the central point of contact for each contract, you will leverage your organizational skills and influence to ensure deals are negotiated and executed in accordance with business and ESM timelines
Effectively communicating with fellow associates, leadership, and third parties. You will regularly communicate with internal stakeholders including the line of business, legal, compliance and data security groups to determine what risks are truly material in each transaction
Working closely with the larger ESM team, and stakeholders as appropriate
Serving as a subject matter expert on Capital One’s Contract and Third Party Management Policies & Procedures. You will explain what we do and why we do it to internal stakeholders to minimize risk while building a better way to protect the broader organization
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree or Military experience
At least 2 years of experience in contract drafting, evaluation, negotiation, and execution or relevant legal experience
Preferred
Juris Doctorate
2+ years of experience in Procurement, Legal or Supply Chain experience
2+ years of experience in contract drafting, evaluation, negotiation, and execution of supplier contracts
2+ years of experience creating and executing contracting and negotiation strategies
Benefits
Performance based incentive compensation
Cash bonus(es)
Long term incentives (LTI)
Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits
Company
Capital One
Capital One is a financial services company that provides banking, credit card, auto loan, savings, and commercial banking services.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.45BKey Investors
Berkshire Hathaway
2025-09-11Post Ipo Debt· $2.75B
2025-01-30Post Ipo Debt· $1.75B
2023-05-15Post Ipo Equity· $954M
Leadership Team
Daniel Arellano
Senior Vice President, Business Cards and Payments
Justin Burch
Senior Vice President
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