Sr. Manager, Climate Strategy

About Capital One Financial Corporation

Capital One Financial Corporation is an American bank holding company specializing in credit cards, auto loans, banking, and savings accounts, headquartered in McLean, Virginia. The company is one of the largest banking institutions in the United States and has developed a reputation for innovation within the financial services industry. Capital One was founded in 1988 by Richard Fairbank and Nigel Morris and has since grown to operate in three primary divisions: Credit Cards, Consumer Banking, and Commercial Banking. The company is known for its data-driven approach to business and has increasingly invested in technology to enhance its customer experience. Capital One has also received numerous accolades for its efforts in fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. Its commitment to environmental sustainability is evident in its endeavor to embed climate-related considerations throughout its business strategies and operations.

About this Role

Center 3 (19075), United States of America, McLean, Virginia Managing the growing impacts of climate change is a critical issue for Capital One, the banking industry, the economy, the communities we serve, and the world. We are embedding climate-related considerations throughout our strategy and risk management, and we are supplying solutions that our customers and communities will need to thrive in an economy aligned with the goals of the 2015 Paris Accords to limit global temperature rise this century. Our Climate Strategy team is responsible for understanding the shifting climate-related landscape, advising senior leadership on its potential implications for Capital One, building a company-wide climate strategy, organizing and leading company-wide climate strategy efforts, consulting with the emissions measurement and disclosure teams, as well as contributing to climate risk and broader line of business efforts across the enterprise. The team works on high-importance, high-visibility projects at the most senior levels of the company that have lasting impacts on thousands of associates and millions of customers. Position summary: We are seeking a Senior Manager to join our Climate Strategy team and collaborate with Corporate Strategy, Investor Relations, Finance, Enterprise Supplier Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Global Workplace Solutions, our Line of Business teams, and other teams across the company to communicate our climate and environmental narrative, build an approach to support our strategy via these communications, and ensure consistency across a variety of disclosure, reporting, and publication initiatives. By doing so, you will contribute a central voice in the overall direction of Capital One’s climate and environmental efforts. To succeed in the role, you will need to synthesize information from multiple sources, communicate and collaborate with several specialized teams, draft and refine public-facing language, and integrate findings into cohesive and insightful summaries. This role comes with the unique opportunity to build your strategic and communicative skill sets on complex problems, hone your influence and problem-solving skills through interactions with a diverse, senior, and cross-functional group of business partners, and advance Capital One’s efforts related to climate change. You will work in a close and collegial team environment with expertise in climate, strategy, and program and project management

Responsibilities

• Building a strategy to communicate Capital One’s climate- and environmentally-related strategies.
• Developing a narrative for, and the writing of, among others, major climate- and environmentally-related disclosures, reports, responses to requests for information / requests for proposals, and associate-facing communications.
• Partnering with Capital One’s Head of Climate Strategy and Head of Climate to craft and edit language and creating strategies to ensure that all climate- and environmentally-related narratives and communications strike the right tone consistently with our stakeholders.
• Responding to requests and inquiries on Capital One’s climate and environmental strategic activities and approach on an ad hoc basis.
• Maintaining strong relationships and lines of communication with business partners and other key stakeholders across Capital One to capture and elevate climate- and environmentally-related efforts.
• Working with partners inside and outside of Capital One to ensure consistency of climate- and environmentally-related messaging across venues.
• Providing counsel and support on the climate- and environmentally-related portions of Capital One’s ESG planning initiatives.
• Collaborating within the Climate Strategy team to research and analyze current and emerging climate- and environmentally-related communication requirements and options, including the impacts of new laws, regulations, and policies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• At least 4 years of experience in technical writing, legal writing, or corporate communications.
• Master’s Degree or MBA degree (Preferred).
• At least 7 years of experience communicating highly sensitive narratives, for example in legal, legislative, or regulatory contexts (Preferred).
• Experience drafting and reviewing a broad range of SEC filings, other public disclosures, and ESG reports and other ESG disclosures (Preferred).
• Strong organizational skills with impeccable attention to detail.
• Excellent analytical aptitude.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to take and incorporate feedback.
• Track record of prioritizing and managing a significant volume of projects on a broad array of topics with multiple and simultaneous deadlines.
• History of building effective collegial relationships with partners at all organizational levels.
• At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.
• Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.
• Capital One is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
• 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.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for those requiring them.