Manager, Regulatory Legal Counsel
Listed on 2026-01-12
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Law/Legal
Legal Counsel, Business Law, Lawyer, Financial Law
Manager, Regulatory Legal Counsel
The Regulatory Legal team at Capital One tackles legally complex issues impacting the entire company. We are seeking an attorney who is collaborative, inquisitive, and enthusiastic about the law. You'll need strong analytical and organizational skills, great judgment, and the ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced environment. We want someone with an ownership mentality who also enjoys being part of a team and can interact with and influence across departments and job levels.
Come ready to grow and have fun while doing it. We'll help you learn the rest.
By joining Capital One, you will become a member of a leading financial services institution, and collaborate daily with diverse, talented individuals to achieve results that benefit Capital One's customers, associates, and shareholders. As an attorney on the Regulatory Legal team, you will partner with subject matter experts to help support business operations and risk offices, business attorneys, Compliance and Audit professionals, and more.
Working closely with these partners across each of Capital One's lines of business, you will be a go‑to resource across the company on interpreting and communicating new laws and regulations that are applicable to Capital One. Additionally, you will have opportunities to learn and help solve problems in different areas of the law, including advising other attorneys and business clients.
- Serve as the first legal touchpoint for all new laws, rules, and regulations that may be applicable to Capital One's lines of business, and draft accurate and understandable summaries and requirements for business lines in assigned areas that change from time to time
- Support in‑house business counsels and/or subject matter experts in their areas on a variety of projects as part of a yearly rotation program
- Both of these typically will require you to
- Analyze existing and newly enacted laws impacting Capital One, and provide nuanced, effective advice to legal and business stakeholders, in partnership with subject matter experts and business counsels, in those areas
- Advise lines of businesses on the legal significance and interpretation of applicable laws and regulations tailored to specific business processes and practices
- Do all this (and more) in a highly‑collaborative environment that values your insight, encourages you to take on new responsibilities, promotes a growth mindset, and rewards your innovation and intellectual curiosity
- Juris Doctor from an accredited law school
- Active member in good standing of at least one state bar
- At least 3 years of experience as an attorney in a law firm, in‑house legal department, or government agency
- 4+ years of experience as an attorney in a law firm, in‑house legal department and/or government agency doing work related to the financial service industry
- Ability to work in a dynamic environment and flexibility to adapt to changing needs
- Ability and desire to learn new areas of law
- Ability and willingness to work as a team player
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong analytical and organizational skills
At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
This role is hybrid meaning associates spend 3 days per week in‑person at one of our offices listed on this job posting. Fridays are enterprise‑wide virtual work days. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are options for in‑person days for associates to spend time together working in our beautifully‑designed team areas.
McLean, VA: $164,800 - $188,100 for Manager, Counsel
Richmond, VA: $149,800 - $171,000 for Manager, Counsel
Riverwoods, IL: $149,800 - $171,000 for Manager, 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).…
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