# Manager, Data Science - Model Risk Office

**Company**: Capital One
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $197,300 - $225,100
**Category**: Data Science
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

As a Manager, Data Science - Model Risk Office at Capital One, you will lead the validation of payment network business models, including fraud risk, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counterparty risk, and financial models.

Responsibilities:

- Perform independent model validations for payment network models

- Validate fraud and AML modeling approaches

- Remain on the leading edge of analytical technology

- Understand relevant business processes and portfolios associated with model use

- Communicate technical subject matter clearly and concisely to individuals from various backgrounds

- Maintain the efficiency and accuracy of models through continuous improvement and application of best practices

- Develop and maintain high-quality and transparent documentation

- Leverage the latest open-source technologies and tools to identify areas of opportunity in the existing framework

The Ideal Candidate:

- Is customer-focused and passionate about doing the right thing

- Is innovative and stays current with emerging technologies

- Is creative and thrives on solving big problems

- Is technically skilled with open-source languages and data science solutions

- Has experience with machine learning, statistical modeling, and data analysis

- Can interpret complex technical concepts and communicate them clearly

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in a quantitative field (Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science)

- 6+ years of experience performing data analytics

- Experience with open-source programming languages and machine learning

- Experience working with relational databases

Preferred Qualifications:

- PhD in a STEM field

- Experience working with AWS

- Experience with Python, Scala, or R for large-scale data analysis

- Experience with machine learning

Salary: McLean, VA: $197,300 - $225,100 Riverwoods, IL: $179,400 - $204,700

Benefits: Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial, and other benefits.

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- Scala
- R
- machine learning
- data analysis
- open-source programming languages
- relational databases

### Nice to have
- AWS

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