Capital One · 1 day ago
Principal Risk Specialist, Third- Party Strategy | Retail Bank
McLean, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$121K/yr - $138K/yr
2+ years expCapital One is a financial services company that is seeking a Principal Risk Specialist for their Banking & Premium Products Third Party Management team. The role involves driving initiatives and projects to enhance Third Party Management, focusing on identifying and mitigating third party risks while collaborating with key stakeholders.
Financial Services
No H1B
Responsibilities
Establish effective working relationships with key stakeholders
Proactively identify third party risks and partner with key stakeholders to reduce or eliminate risk
Coordinate and execute proactive consulting to both internal and external teams as it relates to third party risk including controls and mitigation
Support business and tech related projects and initiatives and influence customers to make solid business decisions
Influence customers to leverage risk based capabilities and solutions to shift and integrate security to the left in the development processes
Support data and cyber security risks
Provide ad hoc support on special departmental goals, objectives, and initiatives
Work with line of business leadership to anticipate their objectives and needs to better serve the line of business
Impeccable written and oral communication credentials, coupled with strategic influencing skills
Qualification
Required
At least 2 years of experience working in third party risk management including affiliate relationships
At least 2 years of experience performing risk assessments at a Financial Institution
Financial services third party risk professional with a background in complex third party inventory risk management
You have a desire to work in a very fast moving, forward leaning, and modern computing environment
You have a strong desire to continually learn about new technologies
You possess strong conceptual thinking and communication skills
You are able to work well under minimal supervision
You have extensive market affiliate third party experience
You are a demonstrated team-oriented professional with interpersonal skills and the ability to interface effectively with a broad range of people and roles, including upper management, IT leaders, and external third parties
You maintain calmness and clarity of thought under pressure and ability to maintain confidentiality
You demonstrate strong ability to analyze information and data
You demonstrate strong subject matter expertise and sound judgment when analyzing third party risk
You operate in a collaborative manner to effectively assess risk while maintaining business relationships
You develop and communicate quality recommendations to key stakeholders
You communicate technical issues to non-technical people
You demonstrate collaborative partnership skills for working with various points of contacts
You demonstrate capacity to think broadly but go deep into subject matter when needed
You have a deep understanding of strategic business objectives and the ability to drive results toward those objectives
Preferred
2+ years of experience with PCI DSS, NIST, ISO, Physical Security, or IT Operations Management Certifications
3+ years of experience at a Financial Institution
3+ years of experience in Third Party Security Risk with Cyber or Data
Benefits
A comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being
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
Recent News
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