Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technical Risk Principal Associate, ES Risk

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technical Risk Principal Associate, ES Risk

The Enterprise Services Business Risk Office provides risk management support to several lines of business including: Tech, Digital, Brand, Enterprise Supplier Management, Capital One Ventures, External Affairs, Capital One Software (COS) and Enterprise AI/ML (Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning). We are on the cutting edge of risk management and provide support for new and emerging technologies as well as critical business strategies. Capital One has taken a bold journey to build a technology company, while operating in a complex, highly regulated business. 

At Capital One, we believe that AI/ML represents one of the biggest opportunities in financial services today, and is a chance to revolutionize the industry. The Enterprise AI/ML Program is at the heart of this effort, and is leading the way towards building responsible and impactful tools, platforms, and solutions that leverage ML and Generative AI.

As a Principal Risk Associate in Technology, you need to be a highly motivated Risk Management professional with excellent organizational and communication skills with a passion and  innovation to drive solutions for mitigating potential risks to the Company.

In this role, You will partner with colleagues across ML product, design and tech to deliver results that have a direct impact on customer experience and implement risk solutions to ensure Capital One’s continued stability and success. Responsibilities require partnering with a broad set of leaders and stakeholders to identify existing and potential emerging risks in an open, collaborative environment where new ideas and solutions are both welcomed and rewarded. You will play a critical role in driving visibility to Risk Management governance and reporting. This role requires someone who pays close attention to the details, has strong communication skills, and someone with the confidence to challenge the status quo and drive step change improvements.

 

Responsibilities:

• Support ML platform teams with identifying risks, issues and events and create mitigate plan and driving execution of the mitigation plans

• Communicate risk and governance standards to ML platform teams and educating the teams on the importance of these requirements to drive Well Managed practices

• Support the development of risk management and reporting to drive meaningful conversations, accountability and awareness

• Participate in risk/controls forums and contribute to continuous improvement of risk management practices and processes

• Collaborate effectively with all lines of defense (testing, effective challenge and audit)

• Provide oversight and guidance during risk/controls assessments (PLA, CBP, ARA, etc.)

• Facilitate a proactive approach to ML risk posture and cultivate relationships cross-functionally 

• Deliver ad hoc requests to support broader deliverables for the ML leadership and platform teams, as needed

• Analyze information to proactively identify risks, trends, and process improvements 

• Support and align timely delivery of regular monthly, quarterly and semi-annual deliverables, including research and preparation of content, reviews and approvals before delivery

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or Military Experience

• At least 3 years of experience in Risk Management, Cloud Risk Management, Process Management, Project Management, or a combination of these

• At least 2 years of experience in Technology, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, or Machine Learning

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least 4 years of experience in risk management or technology risk management

• At least 5 years of experience in project, program, or portfolio management

• Knowledge of appropriate controls to secure cloud-based services (SaaS) products

• Risk Certifications (CRISC, CISM, CRCM, CIPP, ABA Risk Mgmt Certification)

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