Hybrid Director, Assistant General Counsel – Technology Business Counsel

at Capital One

• Job title: Director, Assistant General Counsel – Technology Business Counsel
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $205,400 - $281,300 per year
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Tech skills: Cloud, Cyber Security
• Location requirements: Hybrid, McLean, United States

About the role

• Technology Business Counsel providing legal advice to Capital One's technology and cyber teams. Navigating legal challenges in technology, cybersecurity, and compliance areas.

Responsibilities

• Legal counsel to the enterprise technology organization and leadership.
• Guide and provide ongoing counsel to tech incident response investigations, ensuring that the company is meeting all regulatory and contractual notification obligations and investigative steps are carried out in a manner that minimizes litigation and regulatory risk.
• Review of board reports, executive committee presentations, regulatory filings, and other legal disclosures to ensure accuracy and completeness of technology representations.
• Provide advice on strategic technology contracts and vendor relationships.
• Serve as a critical partner to technology operations, technology risk management, and compliance professionals in their collective efforts to develop, build and maintain platforms that support our enterprise operations.
• Support technology tabletop exercises and simulated incidents.
• Monitor the legal and legislative landscape for key developments and actionable guidance that helps to inform business decisions, seize opportunities, and position stakeholders to overcome future legal and policy related challenges.
• Maintain strong relationships and lines of communication with business partners and other key stakeholders across the organization.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school
• Active member in good standing of at least one state bar
• At least five 5 years of experience as an attorney in a law firm, in-house legal department, or government agency.
• 5 + years of legal experience supporting a technology or information security team
• Knowledge with technology, especially cloud, generative AI, networking
• Knowledge of incident and crisis response
• Experience with U.S. technology and cybersecurity laws and regulations (e.g., Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act) and general familiarity with global technology and cybersecurity laws, regulations, and standards
• Knowledge of federal and state privacy laws
• Knowledge of U.S. technology standards, frameworks, risk assessments and certification processes (e.g., SOC 1 & 2, NIST Cybersecurity Framework)
• Previous experience in the financial industry a plus, but not required.

Benefits

• Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.