Capital One
Financial Services
Sr.Director,ProjectManagement-NetworkPolicyDevelopment
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“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.
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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