Senior Manager, Senior Counsel - Core Products and Platforms

Senior Manager, Senior Counsel - Core Products and Platforms

The Capital One Legal Department is an outstanding team at a Fortune 100 Company that is consistently voted one of the best places to work in the U.S. You will find that the Legal Department is not a “check the box” function but instead, an important voice and strategic partner in all aspects of the business. You will be a part of a collaborative environment that values your insight, encourages you to take on new responsibility, promotes continuous learning, and rewards innovation and intellectual curiosity.

We’re looking for an experienced and collaborative legal leader to join our growing Payments Network Legal team. This is a unique opportunity to act as the legal lead for the core products and technology that drive our payments network. You’ll partner closely with our Product, Operations, and Technology teams, providing clear, practical legal advice that helps us innovate and expand our business while navigating a complex regulatory landscape and managing risk.

What You’ll Do

• Core Platform Governance. Shape the legal frameworks and operational governance for mission-critical core platforms (e.g., Transactions, Settlements) within the Global Payment Network (GPN), shifting reactive operational risk into proactive platform strategy.
• Data Strategy & Complex Compliance. Direct data-sharing governance, architecture management, and compliant utilization for core data assets and products, directly navigating complex agreements.
• End-to-End Product and Platform Lifecycle. Guide engineering and product teams across the full lifecycle of net-new platform developments and transformative initiatives.
• Be a quarterback and consensus builder. You are the legal point person for your area. You have a defined scope, but you aren’t stuck in a box and can’t operate independently. You’ll build strong relationships with product, technology, and operations teams. You’ll collaborate closely with others on the legal team - seeking advice, providing advice, and working collectively to drive growth and achieve success. While you own the legal issues and relationships with your product and business leaders, we problem solve together.

• Translate the law. Act as the subject matter expert on a wide range of regulatory issues. You’ll need to understand the law and work with our regulatory subject matter experts on novel issues, understand the business and its customers, understand our products and technology, and put them all together as a trusted advisor. You’ll translate between business intent, product functionality, regulatory requirements, legal guardrails, best practices, and more. You’ll need to communicate legal requirements to product and business teams, and you’ll need to communicate product functionality to legal subject matter experts.

• Build scalable solutions. Help build processes, playbooks, and training materials that enable our product teams and stakeholders to move quickly and confidently.

• Manage risk. Identifying and managing risks associated with products is at the forefront of what you do.

• Learn constantly. Our technology and the payments industry are evolving constantly. You’ll regularly be learning about, and providing legal and strategic advice to support the development and growth of, new products and technology.

Who You Are

• You are an intellectually curious, proactive, business-oriented legal professional who enjoys a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• You’re comfortable being the go-to expert on complex legal topics and can distill complicated legal concepts into simple terms.
• You have a passion for technology and believe that individuals are stronger when they work closely with others.
• You are hard-working, smart, and humble, with a strong ability to spot issues and a desire to learn new areas of law.

Basic Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school
• Active member in good standing of at least one state bar
• At least 5 years of experience as an attorney in a law firm environment, at a government agency, as a military judge advocate, or as in-house counsel

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 6 years of experience as an attorney in a law firm environment, at a government agency, as a military judge advocate, or as in-house counsel
• Experience in the payment card or payments industry
• Experience in financial services
• Experience as a product counsel

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (e.g. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-3, and O-1, or any other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).

This role is designated as a hybrid position. You are expected to adhere to Capital One's hybrid policy regarding required on-site presence at your designated office location.

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: $200,700 - $229,100 for Sr. Manager, Sr. CounselNew York, NY: $219,000 - $249,900 for Sr. Manager, Sr. CounselPlano, TX: $182,500 - $208,300 for Sr. Manager, Sr. CounselRichmond, VA: $182,500 - $208,300 for Sr. Manager, Sr. CounselRiverwoods, IL: $182,500 - $208,300 for Sr. Manager, Sr. Counsel

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 of 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, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

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