Capital One

Financial Services

Sr.Director,ProjectManagement-NetworkPolicyDevelopment

$217–248k Riverwoods, Illinois, United States FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Sr. Director, Project Management- Network Policy Development at Capital One. Skills: Network Policy Development, Project Management, Team Leadership. Leading a team of legally trained professionals in drafting and developing Discover Payment Network Operating Regulations and related publications. Partnering with accountable executives to develop new network policies”

What You'll Achieve.

Ensure rules are accurate, consistent and transparent; Ensure clarity, enforceability and alignment with regulatory and contractual requirements; Enhance consistency, accuracy and speed of policy development

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Analyzing and advising on strategic policy issues

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

At least 5 years experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, with a focus in Financial Services or Payment Networks, Juris Doctor (JD) or Bachelor of Laws, At least 6 years of experience with contract interpretation, risk assessment, liability frameworks and dispute resolution mechanics, At least 6 years of experience in briefing leadership and external stakeholders on policy issues and to provide thought-leadership through influence authority, coordinating across legal, product, risk, technology, compliance and operations teams

Nice to Have

Experience in payments, financial services, platforms or other network-based industries where rules govern participant behavior, Understanding of payment network governance models, including participant obligations, enforcement mechanisms and change management processes, Familiarity with regulatory frameworks relevant to payments, data, financial crime or consumer protection, project management and cross-functional coordination, Ability to evaluate technology-assisted outputs using professional legal judgment and accountability

What You'll Do.

Leading a team of legally trained professionals in drafting and developing Discover Payment Network Operating Regulations and related publications

Partnering with accountable executives to develop new network policies

Ensuring rules are accurate

consistent and transparent

maintaining and modernizing network policies

operating rules and related publications

Applying legal training to ensure clarity

enforceability and alignment with regulatory and contractual requirements

accurate drafting of network policy changes approved across the Network Policy organization

Analyzing and advising on strategic policy issues

Translating complex legal

technical and operational requirements into clear

implementable rules for diverse stakeholder audiences

developing and managing a team of legally trained Policy Developers

Hiring and integrating new team colleagues

Monitoring and overseeing individual and team compliance with rule change management

submission and approval processes

Engaging with cross-functional stakeholders at all levels across the Global Payment Network

providing effective challenge and influencing peers and leadership

Regularly presenting or reporting to individual leaders

committees or other management forums regarding operating rule related developments or strategic policy issues impacting the network

Leveraging AI-assisted research and drafting tools to enhance consistency

accuracy and speed of policy development

Exercising independent legal judgment and accountability for final outputs

Collaborating with AI

product and engineering teams to pilot and operationalize responsible use of emerging technologies in policy development and governance workflows

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partnering with accountable executives; Engaging with cross-functional stakeholders at all levels across the Global Payment Network; Coordinating across legal, product, risk, technology, compliance and operations teams; Collaborating with AI, product and engineering teams

Communication Scope

Briefing leadership and external stakeholders on policy issues; Providing thought-leadership through influence authority; Communicating complex legal, technical and operational requirements into clear, implementable rules for diverse stakeholder audiences

Process & Methodology

Project management, Cross-functional coordination, Rule change management, Submission and approval processes

Full Job Description

Sr. Director, Project Management- Network Policy Development ****Job Description:**** This role is responsible for leading a team of legally trained professionals in drafting and developing Discover Payment Network Operating Regulations and related publications, partnering with accountable executives to develop new network policies, ensuring rules are accurate, consistent and transparent. Regularly influencing and engaging with a wide range of cross-functional stakeholders and ensuring internal rule change management, submission and approval processes are followed and appropriately documented. ****Responsibilities:**** * Policy Development – Draft, maintain and modernize network policies, operating rules and related publications, applying legal training to ensure clarity, enforceability and alignment with regulatory and contractual requirements. Ensure detailed, accurate drafting of network policy changes approved across the Network Policy organization. Analyze and advise on strategic policy issues. Translate complex legal, technical and operational requirements into clear, implementable rules for diverse stakeholder audiences * Team leadership – coach, inspire, develop and manage a team of legally trained Policy Developers, as well as hiring and integrating new team colleagues. Monitor and oversee individual and team compliance with rule change management, submission and approval processes * Communication and Influencing – engage with cross-functional stakeholders at all levels across the Global Payment Network, advising, providing effective challenge and influencing peers and leadership * Executive Presentations – regularly present or report to individual leaders, committees or other management forums regarding operating rule related developments or strategic policy issues impacting the network * Leverage AI-assisted research and drafting tools to enhance consistency, accuracy and speed of policy development, while exercising independent legal judgment and account

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