Senior Business Director - Enterprise Risk Management

Capital One•McLean, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior Business Director at Capital One, you will apply your strategic and analytical skills to major company challenges. You’ll team with world-class professionals to develop and test strategies that ultimately impact the bottom line. And you will do it all in a collaborative environment that values your insight, encourages you to take on new responsibility, promotes continuous learning, and rewards innovation. POSITION FUNCTION: As a senior leader in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), you will join a critical second-line-of-defense function responsible for defining the bank’s risk management architecture. We are looking for a Sr. Director to help lead as we transform our risk management practices to be a world-class competitive advantage. The Sr. Director will lead and team with elite professionals to develop and test strategies that ultimately impact the bottom line.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree
At least 5 years of experience performing quantitative analysis
At least 5 years of experience performing qualitative analysis
At least 3 years of experience performing people management
At least 3 years of experience performing project management
Strategic leadership: Develop business strategies that will drive growth, profitability, and competitive success for Capital One in the face of shifting consumer and regulatory demands
Leadership: May manage and develop multiple analysts. Coaching and mentoring associates with a goal of developing and retaining talent at Capital One
Execution: Manage and sequence delivery of business intent, build business requirements and execute against the product strategy. Oversee multiple projects and programs concurrently
Partnership: Work closely with colleagues across Capital One including: IT, Sales, Operations, Finance and others to drive improvement in quality, volume, service, and profitability
Strategic; analytic orientation : A proven track record of decision making and problem solving based on analytics. Conceptual thinking skills must be complemented by a strong quantitative orientation, given that a large part of the business is based on rigorous analytic marketing & credit risk management
Strong business judgment, leadership and integrity: They should be a tenacious decision maker, able to bring a healthy, aggressive, yet responsible approach to business
Solid people leadership experience: Ability to build and leverage the capabilities of a high-performing team, as well as business partners across the enterprise. They should foster innovation, drive critical decisions, hold business partners accountable, and be able to consistently deliver results
Strong executive communication skills: Impeccable written and oral communication credentials, coupled with strategic influencing skills and the ability to drive agreement through intellect, interpersonal and negotiation skills
Clear results orientation: display an intense focus on achieving both short and long term goals. They should be able to drive and execute an agenda in an uncertain and fluid environment

Nice To Haves

Masters Degree
5+ years of experience in people management
3+ years of experience in product development
3+ year of experience in consulting
3+ years of experience in financial modeling
3+ years of experience in economic forecasting

Responsibilities

Actively lead our strategic approach to transform Risk Management: This will include: Understanding strategic issues
Oversee the development of project proposals, work plans, primary and secondary research, and qualitative and quantitative analysis.
Manage ambiguity and consistently seek to drive clarity amongst team, partners and key stakeholders.
Craft storylines that clearly articulate findings, insights, and recommendations.
Directly liaise and communicate with senior leadership to move the organization to action.
Develop and maintain relationships with key business leaders to enable improved decision-making around go-to-market strategy.
Manage, mentor and support the development of less experienced associates on the team.
Responsible for helping to lead and drive internal initiatives including but not limited to recruiting, staffing, diversity & inclusion, social activities, etc.
Build relationships with key business partners to advance Risk Management initiatives
Advise business partners in identifying high leverage opportunities for more efficient or more well-managed risk management processes that improve customer experience and/or drive competitive differentiation, informed by line of business and enterprise business strategy
Influence decision making across business units and functional teams
Leverage executive forums and quarterly reporting to drive engagement with strategy
Provide thought leadership and catalyze best practice sharing regarding research, strategy, and design, building Capital One’s internal customer experience community and expertise.
Drive cross-pollination and collaboration with other teams within the Enterprise Risk Organization
Promote the culture and values of Capital One and the Enterprise Risk Organization