Principal Risk Specialist

Capital One
McLean, VA

Overview

Principal Risk Specialist

Principal Data Risk Associates at Capital One are highly motivated risk management professionals with excellent organization and communication skills. They have a high level of exposure across lines of business and have the opportunity to create and implement innovative solutions to identify and mitigate potential data risks for the Company. This position will focus on Data Risk Management for Capital One’s Enterprise Risk organization.

Responsibilities:

Ensure compliance with enterprise data standards and procedures for assigned areas of responsibility, including but not limited to:

  • Providing data risk guidance within the organization

  • Developing and leveraging key relationships with line of business and enterprise data management stakeholders that enable successful completion of data management activities

  • Monitoring and reporting the organization’s data management efforts, identifying gaps and remediation options, and escalating impediments

  • Validating the organization’s data management efforts against the expectations set in enterprise data policies

  • Designing and/or sharing data management processes, procedures, and tools

  • Change Management - Ensuring data management impacts are appropriately assessed, documented, and implemented by the organization

Additional Information:

  • Highly autonomous, collaborative, and proactive

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelors’ Degree or Military Experience

  • At least 2 years of experience in data management, or at least 2 years of experience in data quality assurance, or at least 2 years of experience in data warehousing

  • At least 2 years of experience in business systems analysis, or at least 2 years of experience in audit, or at least 2 years of experience in project management, or at least 2 years of experience supporting internal business clients

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 1+ year of experience in anti-money laundering, compliance, or risk management

  • 1+ year of experience with reporting tools (e.g. Tableau, QuickSight)

  • 1+ year of experience with data inquiry and extraction (e.g. SQL, Python, Presto)

  • 3+ years of experience in data management, or 3+ years of experience in data quality assurance, or 3+ years of experience in data warehousing

  • 3+ years of experience in business systems analysis, or 3+ years of experience in audit, or 3+ years of experience in project management, or 3+ years of experience supporting internal business clients

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.

McLean, VA: $117,300 - $133,900 for Principal Risk Specialist

Plano, TX: $106,700 - $121,700 for Principal Risk Specialist

Richmond, VA: $106,700 - $121,700 for Principal Risk Specialist

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 Capital One Careers website . 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 (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. 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.

If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at [email protected] . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to [email protected]

Capital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site.

Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

Posted 2025-11-03

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