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Capital One Principal Associate Workplace Security - Global Services 
United States, Virginia, Arlington 
305739084

04.09.2025
Principal Associate, Workplace Security - Global Workplace Services


The ideal candidate should:

  • Demonstrate exceptional communication and interpersonal skills across levels, driving action and decisions that are grounded, clear and concise, and influence outcomes

  • Possess the skill to not only prioritize multiple tasks concurrently, avoiding compromising quality, efficiency, and impact, consistently delivering high-value outcomes

  • Adapts to change, embraces bold ideas, and is intellectually curious. Likes to ask questions, test assumptions, and challenge conventional thinking.

  • Learn how to navigate the organization, anticipate and address concerns with fact-based options

  • Be autonomous in role, demonstrate in-depth safety and security knowledge, and provide lift for team by apply and sharing expertise

  • Appropriately discern and manage information, synthesize multiple data points, and be comfortable working in white space

  • Act with integrity, model growth mindset behavior, and consistently prioritize the “big picture” over self-interest

  • Grounds severity of issues, recommends practical solutions, and adapts as priorities shift

  • Fosters collaboration, motivates others, and leverages team strengths to drive shared success

  • Have a passion for safety and security and how it influences culture and the environment

  • Thrive in a fast-paced environment that involves working independently and collaborating with others

  • Manage escalated and crisis situations with calm resolve and well managed counsel

Operational Excellence

  • Oversee day-to-day safety and security operations for corporate sites within area of responsibility, to include managing third-party security providers responsible for guard services and physical security

  • Oversee safety and security incidents, serve as the point of contact between security, and provide security consulting for internal customers

  • Leverage and analyze data to assess and determine security and safety trends while developing and deploying risk mitigation strategies

  • Conduct regional vulnerability assessments that ensure Capital One LOBs and corporate facilities are compliant with corporate standards, industry requirements and regulations pertaining to safety and security

  • Collaborate with security and workplace service teams to align corporate site and security objectives, and support evolving business needs

  • Plan and oversee security for corporate events, including risk assessments, resource coordination, and on-site support to ensure safe and secure environments

  • Partner closely with the Senior Manager of Workplace Security and extended Global Workplace Services team to execute against strategic operational objectives

  • Implement and lead life safety programming, including emergency drills, training, and preparedness initiatives, to ensure safety and regulatory compliance

Project & Program Management

  • Lead and contribute to multi-stakeholder projects and initiatives, with a clear focus on outcomes, aligning objectives with organizational priorities and regional needs

  • Drive projects based on defined priorities; ensure scope of deliverables, timelines and budget are met; identify risks and issues and mitigate and / or escalate as needed

  • Proactively identify and mitigate risks and issues, escalating to stakeholders as needed and proposing solutions

Relationship & Partnership Management

  • Maintain relationships with law enforcement, fire departments, subject matter experts and relevant industry professionals

  • Build and maintain strong relationships with key partners (i.e. Facilities, Security Tech, GSOC, Executive Protection, etc)

  • Serve as a key liaison with internal stakeholders and business partners needing real-time safety and security support

  • Understand customer and stakeholders needs, seek feedback, and deliver solutions that simplify and enhance the customer experience

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or military experience

  • At least 5 years of corporate security, safety and security operations, threat management, law enforcement or combination of equivalent experience

  • At least 4 years of program or project management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Certified Protection Professional (CPP) or Physical Security Professional (PSP)

  • At least 7 years of safety and security operations, security consulting, law enforcement leadership experience

  • At Least 7 years managing safety and security operations across multiple locations

  • At least 5 years experience with security technology and related systems to include access control, alarms, and CCTV camera systems

McLean, VA: $102,700 - $117,200 for Pr Associate, Security ServicesThis 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.

. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

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