Manager, Compliance Privacy Advisor

Capital One • McLean, VA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Capital One’s Privacy Compliance team is seeking a Manager, Compliance Privacy Advisor to help mitigate privacy risks at a technology-focused financial institution. The role performs key second-line-of-defense privacy compliance activities and helps manage international privacy risk across the Global Payment Network’s global operations, including the APAC, EMEA, and Americas regions. The work supports compliance with applicable regional, federal, state, and international privacy laws and regulations.

The Manager applies risk, process management, and analytical skills to advance privacy risk objectives for the Compliance department and impacted business lines. The successful candidate is a motivated, forward-thinking self-starter who can work autonomously across global time zones and jurisdictions, adapt quickly, and address problems in a technology-driven environment.

This is a hybrid position, subject to Capital One’s hybrid policy and required on-site presence at the designated office. The role may require travel to Capital One locations. The position is not eligible for new employment-authorization sponsorship or other immigration-related support. The role is eligible for performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives. The stated full-time annual salary ranges are $151,900–$173,400 in McLean, Virginia, and $165,700–$189,200 in New York, New York; salaries for other locations are based on the applicable location pay range.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or military experience.
• At least 3 years of experience in privacy, compliance, legal, risk management, or audit.
• Clear results orientation and focus on achieving short- and long-term goals.
• Proven ability to work across business lines and functions and with senior management.
• Ability to navigate ambiguous, multi-jurisdictional regulatory environments and execute an international privacy agenda.
• Teamwork skills and ability to build and leverage a high-performing team.
• Strong interpersonal, presentation, written and oral communication, strategic influence, and negotiation skills.
• Strong judgment, integrity, and discretion when handling sensitive issues.
• Ability to effectively challenge first-line risk taking, risk assessments, and risk mitigation efforts.
• Ability to thrive in a highly regulated, fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and dynamic environment.
• Strong project management, process management, and organizational skills.
• Collaborative, energetic, solution-oriented, and innovative leadership style.
• Ability to work independently while appropriately escalating and interacting with senior leadership.
• Willingness to collaborate with associates across functions, departments, and job levels, inside and outside Compliance.
• Understanding of key regulatory and audit requirements and the three lines of defense risk management framework.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree or Juris Doctor degree.
• 6 or more years of experience in privacy compliance, legal, risk management, or audit supporting APAC, EMEA, or the Americas.
• CIPP certification (such as CIPP/E, CIPP/A, or CIPP/US), CIPM, FIP, CRCM (Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager), or AIGP (Certified AI Governance Professional).

Responsibilities

• Follow domestic and international privacy trends, including new privacy laws and emerging privacy risks.
• Maintain subject matter expertise in applicable privacy laws, regulations, and frameworks, including relevant requirements across EMEA, the Americas, and APAC.
• Provide second-line advisory, credible challenge, and data governance support for global product expansion, cross-border data flows, and international network activities.
• Advise and effectively challenge business initiatives and changes on privacy risks, supporting business lines through interactions and forums.
• Consult with legal counsel and other subject matter experts on privacy compliance matters as needed.
• Map international legal, jurisdictional, and regulatory requirements to global business processes.
• Advise business lines on privacy requirements, control development and monitoring, remediation or corrective action for compliance breakdowns, and changes in law or regulation.
• Engage with compliance testing and other department colleagues to advise on privacy compliance matters.
• Review privacy-related complaints from business lines, guide remediation, and escalate or consult with subject matter experts when necessary.
• Prepare and participate in reporting on privacy compliance activities.
• Travel to Capital One locations as necessary.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive health, financial, and other benefits supporting total well-being.
• Eligibility for performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager