Director, Data Scientist - Global Payment Network

Job Summary

As a Director, Data Scientist at Capital One, you will lead the development of machine learning and AI agents to drive foundational, scalable intelligence capabilities that power smarter business decisions and unlock new value across the payments ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love
• Leverage a broad stack of technologies , Python, Conda, AWS, H2O, Spark, and more , to reveal insights hidden within huge volumes of numeric and textual data
• Build machine learning models through all phases of development, from design through training, evaluation, validation, and implementation
• Translate complex work into tangible business goals

Requirements

• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining one of the following with an expectation that the required degree will be obtained on or before the scheduled start date:
• A Bachelor's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field) plus 9 years of experience performing data analytics
• A Master's Degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field) or an MBA with a quantitative concentration plus 7 years of experience performing data analytics
• A PHD in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field) plus 4 years of experience performing data analytics
• At least 4 years of experience leveraging open source programming languages for large scale data analysis
• At least 4 years of experience working with machine learning
• At least 4 years of experience utilizing relational databases

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive multi-project experience leading data science solutions within payments, financial services, or fintech sectors
• At least 1 year of experience working with AWS
• At least 3 years of experience managing people
• At least 5 years of experience in Python, Scala, or R for large scale data analysis
• At least 5 years of experience with machine learning

Salary Information

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are:

• McLean, VA: $269,100 - $307,200
• New York, NY: $293,600 - $335,100
• Riverwoods, IL: $244,700 - $279,200
• Chicago, IL: $244,700 - $279,200

Benefits

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being.