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Director, Enterprise Data Risk Management

Capital One
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 9 Jan 2026
💰 $235,100/yr($187,300/yr$235,100/yr)

About the role

Director, Enterprise Data Risk Management

As a Director in Capital One’s Enterprise Data Risk Management you will apply your risk management and data expertise to the company’s Risk organization (as a part of our 2nd line of defense function).  You will partner across the enterprise to develop and support best-in-class industry data risk identification and mitigation solutions in a manner that supports innovation while appropriately managing our data.  You will provide data risk advisory services to numerous lines of business, while communicating the current state and future direction of data management risk maturity.  Your contributions will drive organizational change through effective and proactive risk identification, measurement, analysis and reporting in order to better manage the company’s risk in an open and collaborative environment.

This individual contributor, yet highly collaborative role, will work with various stakeholders to deliver value-added risk management services to our data and business partners. You will have a high level of exposure across lines of business and have the opportunity to work with senior Data and Business executives to create and implement innovative solutions to identify and mitigate potential risks to the company. 

A successful candidate understands risk frameworks, control environments, data management requirements and has analytical, strategic thinking, organizational and communication skills.  This role will be a part of the Enterprise Services Data Management Advisory team.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide oversight to data AEs and stewards across the enterprise, perform gap assessments, document issues and risks, and create recommendations to ensure progress towards organizational adoption of data management principles and practices

  • Provide effective challenge by identifying opportunities and influencing business stakeholders and partners to embed data management principles into controls, business processes, platforms, tools, and strategic initiatives across the organization

  • Become a trusted advisor to the business partners providing insight and risk mitigation on data management

  • Use data and analytical skills to conduct risk assessments and utilize data management metrics and insights to influence senior business leaders in a compelling, action-oriented manner

  • Leverage excellent verbal and written communication skills to clearly articular data management risk and progress against mitigating risk

  • Collaborate within EDRM and with our additional 2nd line partners, on areas of metadata management, data quality management, data governance, and data stewardship functions

  • Oversee projects and team members in a matrixed-style environment while being an individual contributor

  • Build successful relationships with line of business data officers and risk office team members to understand impact of Data risks on critical business processes; establish clear responsibilities with various partner teams


Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or military experience

  • At least 7 years of experience in a data governance 

  • At least 5 years of experience in risk management

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master’s Degree or Juris Doctor


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: $206,000 - $235,100 for Director, Risk Management


 

Richmond, VA: $187,300 - $213,700 for Director, Risk Management


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

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 cou

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