Director, Special Oversight Projects

Overview

Director, Special Oversight Projects is a unique and high-impact individual contributor role designed for a seasoned cybersecurity technologist who thrives on diving deep into complex, cross-domain challenges. This position is perfect for a self-driven expert who possesses deep, hands-on experience across multiple core cyber security domains (e.g., identity, security engineering, data protection, security operations, etc.) and is ready to leverage that technical depth in a strategic risk management function.

• Strategic Leadership:
  Represent our team in technology councils to ensure an appropriate risk lens is applied to cyber and technology initiatives and strategic programs.
• Bring a passion to stay on top of cyber trends and emerging risks, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in internal and external technology communities, and mentor other members of the risk management and engineering community.
• Enterprise Influence:
  Partner broadly across the enterprise to identify and assess continually evolving threats in a fast moving and complex environment. Advise architecture decisions and roadmaps across all domains of cybersecurity and technology.
• Build and maintain relationships with technical leaders, engineers, architects, and other stakeholders to understand and evaluate implementation plans, business priorities and technical solutions to ensure risks are well communicated and understood by the key stakeholders.
• Lead special oversight projects:
  Go deep on a specific area of technology to identify the risks in our current posture and help the company identify leading solutions that raise the bar. Evaluate proposed plans from first-line cyber and associate experience tech to assess risks and threats; challenge assumptions and technical approaches and recommend. Draft and communicate independent reports to inform broad audiences including engineers, executives, business leaders, product managers, board of directors, and regulators on the current cyber and associate experience technology risk environment.

• Bachelor’s degree or military experience
• At least 10 years of experience in multiple domains of cyber security
• At least 5 years of technical experience in at least two domains of cyber security such as identity and access management and security engineering

• 3+ years of experience at a major technology company
• 3+ years of experience drafting, tailoring, and communicating complex technical and cyber risk reports to all levels, including senior executives, the Board, and regulatory bodies
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, manage complex, ambiguous projects, and drive outcomes across enterprise boundaries
• Hands-on experience applying and challenging major security and risk frameworks (NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, ISO 27000-1) at a large-scale
• Cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or CRISC

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

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

McLean, VA: $269,100 - $307,200 for Director, Cyber Technical

New York, NY: $293,600 - $335,100 for Director, Cyber Technical

Richmond, VA: $244,700 - $279,200 for Director, Cyber Technical

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health,…