Head of Customer Loyalty and Lifecycle Transformation

Capital One Capital One · Banking · Toronto, ON

This role is a Head of Customer Loyalty and Lifecycle Transformation at Capital One Canada. The primary focus is on managing and improving customer-facing programs, particularly rewards and account lifecycle transitions, through process ownership and cross-functional collaboration. The role involves team leadership, performance governance, continuous improvement using methodologies like Lean and Six Sigma, strategic execution, and customer-centric design. While the company mentions using AI in recruitment, this specific role is not AI-centric.

What you'd actually do

  1. Team Leadership: Inspire, coach, and empower a team of Process Managers, leading a culture of collaboration, continuous growth, and excellence in process performance.
  2. Performance & Risk Governance: Regularly evaluate process health through KPIs and OKRs, sharing insights and risk mitigation plans with senior leaders. Conduct regular risk assessments, control testing, and audits.
  3. Continuous Improvement: Apply various methods for process improvement (Visual Management, Lean, Six Sigma) to continually enhance operational effectiveness and identify the root causes of issues.
  4. Strategic Execution: Engage in strategic planning, demonstrating the ability to set a vision, chart a path, and execute process roadmaps with high impact.
  5. Transformative Ownership: Take end-to-end, Transformative Ownership of critical business processes. Go beyond merely maintaining the status quo by fundamentally reinventing and optimizing how we deliver rewards, insurance, and account lifecycle transitions while proactively managing risks.

Skills

Required

  • 5 years of experience working in process management, risk management, continuous improvement, or project management roles
  • 5 years of experience working in a cross-functional environment, ensuring stakeholder expectations are managed effectively
  • 2 years of experience leading a team

Nice to have

  • Experience using Lean & Six Sigma tools & methodology
  • Experience working in the Financial Industry
  • Experience working in an Agile workplace environment
  • Experience in basic coding and/or data visualization (e.g., SQL, Tableau)
  • Experience working in customer research or practicing customer-backed problem solving

What the JD emphasized

  • Transformative Ownership
  • continuous improvement
  • process improvement
  • risk management
  • customer needs