Manager, Counsel - Marketing: Card Partnerships

Capital One • McLean, VA

20h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Card Legal Team is seeking a strategic and collaborative attorney to provide marketing advice and counsel to our Card Partnerships business. In this role, you will serve as a trusted legal partner to the credit card business, advising on marketing, account servicing, customer communication, promotions, new product strategies, and the customer lifecycle. You will be responsible for reviewing customer-facing marketing and servicing collateral while working closely with our Card Partnerships business. Drawing on your knowledge of consumer financial regulatory laws, advertising laws, privacy laws, UDAAP, and risk management, you will: Evaluate customer-facing marketing and servicing collateral for our consumer and small business credit card programs. Identify and assess legal risks associated with marketing campaigns, ensuring account acquisitions and servicing comply with applicable laws and company standards. Partner with Card, Brand, the Business Risk Office, Corporate Communications, and Compliance stakeholders to address risks and develop creative, compliant solutions. Maintain regular, strategic interactions with senior business partners, Legal Department subject matter experts, and other business attorneys. Engage actively as a legal support pillar within a highly collaborative, cross-functional team environment.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school
• Active member in good standing of at least one state bar
• At least 3 years of experience as an attorney in a law firm, in-house legal department, or government agency

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in financial services is a plus, but not strictly required.
• Exceptional Analytical Skills: You grasp complex topics quickly and synthesize them into concise, actionable, and simple advice.
• Solutions-Oriented Mindset: You think like a strategic business partner, focusing on problem-solving rather than just functioning as a legal technician.
• Strategic Judgment: You have a proven ability to anticipate long-term consequences and make sound decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Growth Mindset: You are open to new ideas, diverse perspectives, and unconventional solutions.
• High Accountability: You take deep pride in your work, operating with a high degree of autonomy, initiative, and ownership.
• Relationship Builder: You possess excellent interpersonal skills and a track record of building collegial, effective relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Efficient Execution: You boast strong time-management skills, capable of prioritizing a significant volume of work and managing multiple deadlines simultaneously.
• Persuasive Communication: You can identify, assess, communicate complex legal risks to non-legal business partners clearly and persuasively, both verbally and in writing.
• 4+ years of experience as an attorney in a law firm, in-house legal department, or government agency involving consumer regulatory experience, credit card programs or financial services
• 4+ years of legal counsel or compliance experience with consumer finance laws, regulations and disclosures
• Direct experience reviewing marketing and advertising materials.
• Strong working knowledge of Regulation Z, UDAAP, FCRA, and other consumer financial laws and privacy laws

Responsibilities

• Review and Advise: Evaluate customer-facing marketing and servicing collateral for our consumer and small business credit card programs.
• Mitigate Risk: Identify and assess legal risks associated with marketing campaigns, ensuring account acquisitions and servicing comply with applicable laws and company standards.
• Collaborate: Partner with Card, Brand, the Business Risk Office, Corporate Communications, and Compliance stakeholders to address risks and develop creative, compliant solutions.
• Influence: Maintain regular, strategic interactions with senior business partners, Legal Department subject matter experts, and other business attorneys.
• Innovate: Engage actively as a legal support pillar within a highly collaborative, cross-functional team environment.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.
• Eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree