Market Engagement Lead, Community Impact & Investment

Capital One•Chicago, IL

About The Position

Capital One, a Fortune 500 company and one of the nation’s top 10 banks, offers a broad spectrum of financial products and services. Global Enterprise Affairs aims to create socioeconomic opportunity through advocating for an inclusive society, building thriving communities, and creating financial tools that enrich lives. The Community Impact and Investment (CI&I) team, part of Global Enterprise Affairs, focuses on fueling strategic community investments, delivering insights, and activating “impact forward” associates. They lead enterprise volunteerism, conduct market research, foster community relationships, grant making, originate Community Development Financial/Institution (CDFI) loans, and advise LOBs. This role is part of a multiyear transformation within CI&I to increasingly align business strategy and social impact, launch new, different, and more holistic approaches to investing in communities, use Capital One’s volunteer time and talent strategically, and use data, analytics, research, and inclusive design to inform more targeted and actionable consulting to business partners on financial inclusion. The Market Engagement Lead will join the Midwest team, deeply understanding challenges and opportunities in Midwest geographies and bringing that market intelligence to bear to ensure high-impact programs with demonstrable outcomes and with partners to advance socioeconomic mobility in the community while maximizing impact for Capital One’s reputation and business agenda. This role involves up to 30% travel, attending events before and after normal business hours, and overnight trips/conferences.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or military experience
At least 4 years of experience in project management, process management, project delivery, or any combination of the three
At least 4 years of experience managing products or programs within community impact, public affairs, market engagement, or social impact

Nice To Haves

At least 2 years of experience working in a for-profit company
Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean, Agile, or Six Sigma certification
At least 5 years of experience working with nonprofits or startups on large-scale social impact projects
At least 3 years of experience in budget management
Experience working in financial services, technology, government, nonprofit or other regulated industries
Proven ability to assess product or program effectiveness through data analysis and performance metrics
Experience expanding products or programs across diverse business sectors or geographical regions
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with a focus on clarity, persuasion, and data-driven storytelling

Responsibilities

Provide thought leadership to identify and engage key community leaders in creating new approaches to pressing community needs.
Be a critical go-to person for community leaders to help solve those needs.
Conduct research and market scans to identify, analyze, and vet possible partners across a wide variety of community organizations including social and nonprofit organizations, activists, influencers, small business leaders, policymakers, CDFIs and other funding organizations or in-market financial services providers across the Chicago market and beyond.
Create and manage critical relationships with those players to understand how Capital One shows up in our communities relative to how we are supporting community needs and moving the needle on socioeconomic mobility.
Work collaboratively with colleagues across the entire enterprise to monitor and evaluate risks.
Create presentations and reports to bring market insights to CI&I, Global Enterprise Affairs, and other business lines to inform where, how and why Capital One makes market investments that advance its mission.
Partner closely with your market team, your peers on our analytics program team, and other business lines to write proposals for new market investments.
Manage and evaluate the relationships with the existing portfolio of Chicago community partners and their associated grants.
Ensure alignment to the investment strategy and review grant applications.
Oversee and deliver reporting for your region to monitor Capital One’s community presence, sentiment, and the extent to which we are mobilizing COF resources (time, talent, dollars) to the place of most compelling community need.
Tell the story of Capital One’s Chicago investment strategy.