Senior Counsel, Senior Manager - Capital Markets Legal (Corporate)
Company websitecapitalone.com (Capital One, opens in new tab)
Base salary $200,700 to $229,100
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in McLean, VA
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- LocationMcLean, VA
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (1 h ago) · observed since
About this job
Capital One’s Legal Team is seeking an experienced Capital Markets attorney to support its capital markets activities. This is a great opportunity to join an outstanding team at a Fortune 100 Company that is consistently voted one of the best places to work in the U.S. Our legal department will allow you to showcase your talents in a fast paced environment. At Capital One, you get to work with bright and intelligent individuals who will help elevate you to a new level. If you enjoy working with a team of high performing top talent, Capital One is the place for you. Our legal team thrives on collaborating and creates an environment where everyone’s voice is heard. This exciting role will allow you to use your depth and breadth of experience to strategize and influence upper management as well as the business lines you support. In addition, you will have the opportunity to enhance your skills and broaden your knowledge. Come to Capital One to be a part of challenging work while enjoying our exceptional culture.
About the Role
As a member of Capital One’s Capital Markets Legal Team you will deliver critical business, transactional and regulatory counsel support across Capital One’s various capital markets funding activities, including credit card and auto securitizations. You will work closely with the Corporate Treasury team while managing legal risk and navigating complex securities and financial regulations. You will be part of a collaborative, inclusive and supportive Team that values your insight, encourages intellectual curiosity, rewards creative thinking and makes work fun.
To succeed in this role, you will need strong legal and analytical skills, an ability to navigate novel legal and business situations, the flexibility to simultaneously manage a wide range of projects and an ownership mindset. Strong written and oral communication and organizational skills are a must as well as the ability to work seamlessly with our business and legal partners.
Through its bold initiatives, state of the art infrastructure, breadth of talent and dynamic work environment, the Legal Department of Capital One has become one of the most highly admired corporate legal departments in the country. The successful candidate will become an advisor to Capital One’s Corporate Treasury team focused on funding and balance sheet management for one of the top 10 banks in the country. This is a great opportunity to join an outstanding Team at a Fortune 100 Company that is consistently voted one of the best places to work in the US.
Responsibilities include:
- Supporting the execution of capital markets transaction, including credit card and auto securitizations, for Capital One as issuer
- Counseling and advising Corporate Treasury on the impact of changes in securities laws and regulations
- Interpreting and providing guidance on existing agreements and obligations
- Providing strategic legal advice on complex and novel issues
- Collaborating with business partners to maintain securitization funding platforms, including supporting compliance with SEC reporting obligations
- Implementing and monitoring repeatable, controlled processes for capital markets transactions, including with respect to due diligence
- Supervising process-oriented work of other legal professionals
- Managing and coordinating outside counsel support and review
Basic Qualifications:
- Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school
- Active member in good standing of at least one state bar
- At least 3 years of experience as an attorney in a law firm environment, at a government agency, as a military judge advocate, or as in-house counsel with a focus on capital markets
Preferred Qualifications:
- 4+ years of experience in securities law
- In-depth knowledge of laws and regulations applicable to asset-backed securities, including Regulation AB
At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
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: $200,700 - $229,100 for Sr. Manager, Sr. CounselCandidates 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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected]
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).
Source: Capital One on Workday · View original posting (opens in new tab)
How this pay compares
Base floor $200,700, above 86% of the 88 Legal roles in Virginia on this site. The employer's range is $28,400 wide, 14% of the floor. Observed open for 24 days so far (since Oct 14, 2026).
Pay in context
Among 88 Legal roles in Virginia listed on this site, the median base floor is $153,900 and the middle half runs from $139,625 to $182,500. This role's floor ($200,700) is above 86% of them.
Base floors of 88 Legal roles in Virginia
Table
| Floor band | Share | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| $100K to $125K | 13.6% | 12 |
| $125K to $150K | 21.6% | 19 |
| $150K to $175K | 35.2% | 31 |
| $175K to $200K | 12.5% | 11 |
| $200K to $225K | 11.4% | 10 |
| $225K to $250K | 3.4% | 3 |
| $250K to $275K | 2.3% | 2 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Base floor distribution of the cohort
- Formula
- count of cohort postings in each $25K band of published base floor / postings in the cohort
- Denominator
- 88 open postings with this job family in Virginia
- Sample size
- 88
- Hidden when
- needs at least 30 postings in the cohort
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- 2026-11-08
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 8, 2026.
State against nationwide
Median base floor in Virginia vs nationwide
Table
| Value | postings | |
|---|---|---|
| Legal, Virginia | $153,900 | 88 |
| Legal, all states | $165K | 1,975 |
| This job's base floor (marked) | $200,700 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Median floor, state vs nationwide
- Formula
- median published base floor of each cohort
- Denominator
- open postings of this job family
- Sample size
- 88 in Virginia; 1975 nationwide
- Hidden when
- needs at least 30 postings in both cohorts
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- 2026-11-08
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
How Capital One pays
407 of Capital One's 1,230 live roles on this site list a higher base floor and 804 list a lower one. Across them the median floor is $182,500; the middle half runs from $149,800 to $209,000.
Base floors of Capital One's 1,230 live roles
Table
| Floor band | Share | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| $100K to $125K | 12.1% | 149 |
| $125K to $150K | 17.0% | 209 |
| $150K to $175K | 7.4% | 91 |
| $175K to $200K | 28.9% | 355 |
| $200K to $225K | 17.2% | 212 |
| $225K to $250K | 12.5% | 154 |
| $250K to $275K | 2.1% | 26 |
| $275K and up | 2.8% | 34 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Employer base floor distribution
- Formula
- count of the employer's open roles in each $25K band of published base floor / its open roles
- Denominator
- 1,230 open public roles at this employer
- Sample size
- 1230
- Hidden when
- needs at least 5 roles
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- current
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
Similar pay elsewhere
Other employers' Legal roles in Virginia with the nearest published base floor to $200,700, one per employer.
- Assistant General Counsel Smithfield Foods · base floor $200,000
- Associate General Counsel Range · base floor $200,000
- Legal Counsel, Government and Defense Applied Intuition · base floor $200,000
- Legal Director, Global Trade Compliance Counsel Arrow · base floor $204,800
- Employment Litigation Associate Jackson Lewis · base floor $207,500
This listingSenior Counsel, Senior Manager - Capital Markets Legal (Corporate)$200,700 to $229,100
Senior Manager, Product Manager - Bank Fraud ServicingFrom $200,700
Sr. Manager, Sr. Counsel - IP Counsel / Patent Portfolio Manager (Hybrid)$200,700 to $229,100
Senior Technical Product Manager | Developer Tooling - Capital One TravelFrom $200,700
Senior Manager, Product Management, PaymentsFrom $200,700
Senior Manager, Product Manager, Deposit Fraud Decisioning LeadFrom $200,700
Senior Business Manager - Product and Digital Strategy$200,700 to $229,100
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Senior Counsel, Senior Manager - Capital Markets Legal (Corporate) (this listing) | $200,700 - $229,100 |
| Senior Manager, Product Manager - Bank Fraud Servicing | From $200,700 |
| Sr. Manager, Sr. Counsel - IP Counsel / Patent Portfolio Manager (Hybrid) | $200,700 - $229,100 |
| Senior Technical Product Manager | Developer Tooling - Capital One Travel | From $200,700 |
| Senior Manager, Product Management, Payments | From $200,700 |
| Senior Manager, Product Manager, Deposit Fraud Decisioning Lead | From $200,700 |
| Senior Business Manager - Product and Digital Strategy | $200,700 - $229,100 |
Observed changes
No changes to the pay or listing since we first observed this role on Oct 14, 2026 (24 days ago).
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-09-29
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: McLean, VA
McLean, VA: $200,700 - $229,100 for Sr. Manager, Sr. Counsel
- Method
- Employer text, read with fixed rules and re-verified
- Checked
- Rule set
- us-base-v2
The pay passage appears in the employer's own job text. Fixed, deterministic rules located it, and the passage below was checked against the stored copy of the posting.
What we verified
- The pay figures come from the employer's own listing, quoted exactly above.
- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
- The role was publicly listed on the employer's job board when last checked.
We do not verify what the employer will actually offer, whether the employer is still recruiting for the role, or anything beyond what the employer published. Full methodology.