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Privacy Director

Location: McLean, Virginia; Richmond, Virginia
Job ID R199844 Updated date 11/22/2024
Center 1 (19052), United States of America, McLean, Virginia

Privacy Director

The Capital One Privacy Compliance team is seeking a Compliance Privacy Director with a passion for mitigating privacy risk at a dynamic, data driven, tech-focused finance institution. The Compliance Privacy Director will join our Privacy Compliance team which oversees compliance with applicable federal and state Privacy laws and regulations. The Compliance Privacy Director is responsible for delivering quality results and providing sound compliance and privacy risk advice to business lines as a subject matter expert. 

Specific responsibilities include:

  • Analyze business initiatives, including new products and processes, to determine whether they comply with applicable privacy laws and regulations

  • Exercise sound judgment to effectively assess and balance risk in the provision of compliance advice to the business

  • Maintain expert knowledge of applicable laws and regulations, keeping up with and advising the business on current developments

  • Regularly interact with business partners, both 1:1 and in group settings, to influence processes, procedures, and controls

  • Assess the impact and advise on remediation of breakdowns or findings, including consumer complaints

  • Actively engage with others within the department, including other subject matter experts and transaction testing team members

  • Identify trends in compliance data and proactively advise on identified internal and external risks

  • Ensure team fulfills on expectations and deliverables under the compliance management program

Capital One recruits leaders with strategic, action-oriented styles who are gifted at building strong relationships across the enterprise, catalyzing change, and making great things happen. As the successful candidate, you are forward thinking, solution oriented and quick to adapt. Most of all, you possess the highest ethical standards, accompanied by a balanced ego and unwavering integrity.  

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or military experience

  • At least 8 years of privacy, compliance, risk management, legal or audit experience

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Juris Doctor or Master’s degree

  • 9+ years of privacy, compliance, risk management, legal, or audit experience at a financial institution

  • 3+ years of experience in strategic consulting and strategic initiative management

  • 3+ years of people management experience 

  • Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), Certified Risk Professional (CRP) or Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM)

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

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 committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, citizenship, immigration status, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law. 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.

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Who We Are

At Capital One, we’re building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit. We are succeeding because they are succeeding.

Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. We believe that innovation is powered by perspective and that teamwork and respect for each other lead to superior results. We elevate each other and obsess about doing the right thing. Our associates serve with humility and a deep respect for their responsibility in helping our customers achieve their goals and realize their dreams. Together, we are on a quest to change banking for good.