Director, Assistant General Counsel - Marketing Platform

Company: Capital One
Location: Mc Lean
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

Director, Assistant General Counsel - Marketing Platform About the Role We're looking for an experienced and collaborative legal leader to join our growing TechReg Legal team. This is a unique opportunity to act as the lead legal partner for our marketing, messaging and personalization infrastructure. We are always evolving the way we serve our customers, and this role is at the forefront of that work. You'll partner closely with our Product, Engineering, and Design teams, providing clear, practical legal advice that helps us innovate while navigating a complex regulatory landscape. You'll work on everything from product counseling to managing privacy and ad tech issues. What you'll do Be a strategic thought partner and advisor: Provide proactive, business-minded legal advice to our senior product leaders on the evolution of our marketing platform, focusing on privacy-by-design principles. You’ll also be something of an investigator: you’ll work on projects that unite our many lines of business, so you’ll drill down into how we do what we do, and why we do what we do, so we can build a better way. You’ll understand the business’ objectives, understand the full landscape and context of the applicable law, and work through unchartered territory as you apply the law to business initiatives. Navigate the ad tech ecosystem and its stakeholders: Act as the subject matter expert on a wide range of ad tech legal issues, including digital tracking technologies and data management. Advise on data privacy laws and regulations, including the GLBA, CCPA, and evolving state and international frameworks. You’ll need to understand the law and work with our regulatory subject matter experts on novel issues, understand the business (e.g., consumer credit, customer identity management, fraud prevention), understand the technology, and put them all together as a trusted business advisor. You’ll translate between business intent, regulatory requirements, legal guardrails, best practices, etc. You won’t need to know everything about everything, but you’ll need to know a little about a lot, and know how to communicate legal requirements to the business, and business requirements to legal subject matter experts. Advise on vendor partnerships: Partner with our business team and supplier management team to negotiate complex commercial agreements with ad tech vendors, data providers, and marketing partners. Build scalable solutions: Help build processes, playbooks, and training materials that enable our marketing and product teams to move quickly and confidently. Some examples of tasks you would be responsible for: Reviewing product feature changes for regulatory compliance issues by meeting with business partners to better under the feature, identifying legal obligations or risks, and providing recommendations to manage legal risk, e.g., revising user-facing content, drafting product terms and disclosures, and assisting with strategic partnership integrations, Performing legal research on the application of existing and new laws to novel implementations of technology, developing legal theories when applying the law to complex use cases, and using your knowledge and expertise to influence business strategy and decisions Who you are You are an intellectually curious, proactive, business-oriented legal professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You're comfortable being the go-to expert on complex legal topics and can break down intricate legal concepts into simple terms. You have a passion for technology, a desire to own your work, and a collaborative spirit. You are deeply familiar with the nuances of data privacy and the digital advertising ecosystem. Basic Qualifications: Juris Doctor from an accredited law school Active member in good standing of at least one state bar At least 5 years of as an attorney in a law firm environment, at a government agency, as a military judge advocate, or as in-house counsel At least 5 years of experience in law practice focused on privacy, ad tech, and product counseling Preferred Qualifications : 8 years experience in law practice focused on data privacy and security laws, including regulations like CCPA 8 years experience focused on the legal aspects of ad tech, including online tracking technologies and affiliate data sharing In-house product counseling experience supporting ecommerce, mobile apps, payments or software products and/or agreements Strong written and oral communication skills Ability to build strong relationships across teams. 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 beautifully designed offices listed on this job posting. The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked. McLean, VA: $230,400 - $263,000 for Director, Asst General Counsel New York, NY: $251,400 - $286,900 for Director, Asst General 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). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan. Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website . Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level. This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days. No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a 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 regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@capitalone.com . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations. For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to Careers@capitalone.com Capital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site. Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

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