Data Science Manager — Alternative Data Strategy

Capital One; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 197,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Manager, Data Scientist for the Alternative Data Strategy in McLean, VA. You will lead data science initiatives using open-source tools, cloud computing, and a broad tech stack to unlock insights from billions of records.

You will evaluate new data sources, engineer features, and build scalable systems while guiding dataset applications and vendor risk governance. The role offers hybrid work with on-site requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field with 6 years analytics experience.
• Master's degree or MBA with quantitative concentration plus 4 years analytics.
• PhD in a quantitative field plus 1 year analytics experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional team to deliver a product customers love.
• Leverage Python, AWS, Spark, and more to analyze large numeric/textual datasets.
• Build ML models through design, training, evaluation, validation, and implementation.
• Translate complex work into tangible business goals.
• Hybrid role with required on-site presence at the designated Capital One office.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Problem solving

Data storytelling

Education

Bachelor's in quantitative field

Master's in quantitative field or MBA with quantitative concentration

PhD in quantitative field

Tools

Python

Scala

R

AWS

Spark

H2O

Job description

Capital One is seeking a Manager, Data Scientist for the Alternative Data Strategy in McLean, VA. You will lead data science initiatives using open-source tools, cloud computing, and a broad tech stack to unlock insights from billions of records.

You will evaluate new data sources, engineer features, and build scalable systems while guiding dataset applications and vendor risk governance. The role offers hybrid work with on-site requirements.